ONCIDIUM. 



ORCHIDES. 719 



(si mavis partitione antica reniformi emarginala anlice denticulata), callis 

 trilobis geminis in basi deinceps, lobo medio longiori. omnibiis lobis 

 oblusis, columnae alis dolabritormibus denliculatis, labula porrecta. 

 Cuba. Leibold 1 Wrjght {Oncidium variegaium Liadl. nec Sw.) 668. 



S. 3. Teretifolia. 

 Analysis of the species. 



Alae et crista obsolctae 39. nudum. 



„ ,, conspicuae 



tuberculum crisiae .solitnrium 40. stipitatum. 



„ „ 3-|.lura. 



alne rotundniae, peiala obtusa majora 4t. Sprucei. 



alae lunatae 42. CeboUeta. 



alae liiieares incurvae ; crislae tub. 7 43. ascendens. 



39. O.NT.IDIUM NUDOM natem. in D. R. t. 1994. L. F. l. c. p. 13 : 



Flowers smallest in tiii.s §. Lip yellow. Sepals and peials greenish with crimson 

 spots. Leaves ai»out seven inches long, 



Wild in ihe Caraccas— Daieman ; Venezuela— Funck and Schlim 481. 



Bai. 1. c. : 



Foliis lerelibus, sepalis petalisqwe subsessilibus rotundalis acutis 

 concavis, labelli lobis laleralibns lineuribus recurvis, intermedio obovalo 

 emarginalo, crislae callis 3iinearibus in fronle iunuiaque crenata con- 

 vexa ad basin. 



Caracas. Olto. 



Spp.nls green spotted wilh brown. Lip very long, pure yellow. 



Rchb. 111. Donpi. H. 14. Caracas. 100'. Juli. Wagener \ 1. c. IIL 66. S. Marta. 

 Mirz. Wagener 1 



40. ONCIDIUM STIPIT.ATUM Lindl. in Bot. Sulphtir. p. 172. L. F. I. c. p. 13: 



0. lacerum l.indl. Bot Reg. 1846. t. 27. 



Flowers laigcr, ihan in tlie Inst, paie sulphur-yellow wilh sepals nnd peials dotted 

 wiih criroson, and n crimson slain below ihe crcst. Miildle lobe of lip wilh a long 

 narrow isihmus , coarsely-toothed and iwo-lobed ; lateral lobes falcate. Wings of 

 downy coluinn half ovate, ncuie. 



Wilil in l'anama— Siriclair. 



0. sUiiitatum cf. Wnlp. Ann I. 789. 0. lacerum Lindl. cf. Walp. 1. c. nddendis: 



Ilabit of 0. longifoliurn , but rather denser, llowers with a lacerated and rather 

 crisp niiddle lobe to tlie lip, and a cresl coiisisling of one transverse tubercle like 

 thai of 0. nudum. and aDother largcr, compressed, rounded, and at rigbt angles to it 

 in front. 



41. O.NXIDIUM SPRUCEI L. F. p. 14. sub 41 : 



0. racemo paniculato , rachi flexuosa, sepalis petalisque obovatis 

 oblusis, labelli lobo rnedio transverso bilobo anguj^le unguiculato, latera- 

 libus obovatis, cristae luberculis 3 medio, erecto rotundato compresso, 

 laleralibus acutis pronis, columnae alis circularibus. 



Leave» furrowed . some timcs two feet seven inches long. and two and three 

 quarter inches in circumference. Sepals and peials yellow, colourcd with red above. 

 Lip yellow, siaincd wiib red at base, and spotted wiih red at^ack. — Spruca. Tbis 



