ONCIDIUM. 



ORCHIDES. 715 



Wild in Guoiemala — Skinner; Peru — Rchb., Mathews in lib. Ilooker; Mcxico, 

 Vera Cruz, on iMimosas, near rivulets, very rare — Gaieotli 5133'. 



Oncidium glossomystax Rchb. fil. io v. Mohl und v. Schl. B, Z. 1852. 696 1 



Pengonii pliyllo summo ovali aculo , lateralibns exlernis lanceolatis 

 acutis, internis oblongis, acutis , vix raajoribus, labello brevissimo late 

 cunealo, trilobo , lobis lateralibus oblon^is retusis, apicem versus dila- 

 latis, medio late unguiculato, dein dilatalo, reniformi, bi-, seu quadri- 

 lobo, lamellis 2 supinis parvis in basi antrorstim in fila plurima laceris, 

 crisla anteposila rbombea dorso aequaliter penicilljla, gynoslemii alis 

 dolabrifoimibus , vix crenulatis , aluiis parvis .suppositis , rostelio re- 

 tusiusculo. 



Eine niedliche Pnanze mit 3 — 4'" langen Blatlern , haardunnen , 1—2 hlulhigen 

 Bluthenslielchen, ganz kurzen, gekiellen Deckblaltern. Bliithen halb so gross, als die 

 des 0. iridiroliiim. Loxa. Rchb. fil. I. c : Tocache in Peru. 857. l^oppig. 

 Rchb. 01. Boiipl. III. 66, Ocanna. 3000'. Marz. Wagener. 



'Zti. ONCIDIU.M PUMIMO Rchb. (11. in L. F. sub 28. p. II: 



This is said to he very likc ilie Inst. but diirerent in the lip and column. TIio 

 former has a dcuble crest , Ihe lower half of whi^ch is rather ihe longer, wiih a few 

 finger-like lobes , ihe upper half shorier , deei^er , with upper edge lacerated. The 

 wings of ihe column are described as quadrangular and nearly eniiro. A (lower from 

 Prof, Hclih. shows it to be very disiinct from the preceding. 

 Wild in Brazil — Martius hb. 564. 



0. Pumilio Bchb. fil. in v. Mohl und v. Schl, B. Z. 1852, 695: 



Perigonii phyllo summo ac lateralibus inlernis ovatis, minulis, late- 



ralibus externis lanceolalis, aculis, labello basi cuneato, dein Irilobo. 



)ob)S lateralibus auriculaeformibus, abbreviatis, medio cunealo, dein di- 



lalato, quadiilobo, lobis exlernis oblusangulis, dilatatis, medianis multo 



angustioribus productis, carina bipartila in basi, partitiotie poslica paulo 



longiori, oligodactyla humiliori, anteriori margine superiori lacera, bre- 



viori, altiori, alis gynostemii quadratis, assurgentibus, subinlegerrimis. 



Vorigem tauschend ahnlich , allein durch Lippe und Saule weit verschieden. Von 



Martius Ilerb. BrasiL 564. — 



B. Scapus elongatus. 



29. G.NCIDIUM IIENEKENII Lindl, Fol, sub 29. p, 11 : 



0. foliis cultralis obtusis denliculatis scapo subpaniculato multo bre- 

 vioribus, rhachi flexiiosa , sepalo inleriori bifido 2-carinalo ,- labello ob- 

 ovato einarijinalo pubescente, crista maxiina liirla aulice biparlita catidis 

 2 utrinque, columna basi denle tiuncalo antice aucta , alis minimis Ji- 

 nearibns. 



This vcry curious pl?nt might be mistaken, whcn out of flower, for 0, vnriegatum 

 but its remarkable zigzng rnchis. dnik browii llowers . and strnnge hairy crost, aro 

 unlike ar.yihing olse in ilie gf*nus. This crcst resembles a j.hiiggy plnie, nearly as 

 large a» llie lip itself, cloven by a dtop antorior slit, arid tlividud on ench side into 

 three pnrts, o( which the iwo bnsal are taper aini taii-lik<*, while thnt in fiont is Iialf- 

 Inhcoolatp, Tlie .>-tigma is a projeciing cucullate space, airaosl as much raised above 

 level of ilic anihcr-bed as in a ^eotiin. 



Wiid in Si, Domingo; Ponlon. on Cacli, Rnndia and other prickly bushes— Schomb. 



30, ONCIDIUM TRIQUIiTHUM L. F. p. 12. — Ilook. Bot. Mng. 3393. — Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. Boi. III. 1844. 527. Jamaica. Purdie. Serl. 0. sub 48: 



Foliis Iriqufclns cullralis acutis, scapo simplici 5-floro. sepalis acutis 



90* 



