722 ORCniDES. oncidicm. 



Mr. Lrmon received il from Brazil in Aug. 1841 ihrough Lieutenant Turner ol H. 

 M. Packel ,,Ranger'' and in wliose coll. al Carclew il (1. 1«42. NoTbr, 

 Sepala ct petala viridia, labelluni llavimi. 



J5. ONCIDIUM LONGIPES Lindley in Paxt. Fl. Ganl , I. no. 76. Lindl. Fol. p. 15: 

 0. janeirensp Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. Ap I. 1854 I 

 A specimen in Piof. Rchb.'s herbariuni has five flowers instead of lnvo. as in the 

 plant dcscribed by me. 



Wild in Brazil ; near Rio Janeiro— Morel. 

 Huc: Oncidium longipes Lindl. B. Paxl. Fl. G. 1. c. p. 46 : 

 Pseudobulbis ovalibus diphyllis, foliis angustis tenuibus , scapo bi- 

 floro foliis aequali , pedunculis elongatis , sepalis lateraiibus elongalis 

 pendulis ba?i connalis, dorsali breviore laliore refracto, petalis obJongis 

 planis, labelli lobis lateralibus parvis obtusis intermedio transverso api- 

 cuialo sinu convexo serrato , crista pubescente depressa basi simplici 

 truncata papilla utrin<fte adpressa apice triioba, columnae alis miDimis 

 sinualis. 



Habit of uniflorum. but sepals and petals deeply stained with brown. 



45 b. ONCIDIUM JANEIRENSE Rchb. fil. Bonpl. H. p. 90: 



Aff. 0. longipedi ex descriptione insufficienti non intelligibili : sepalis 

 unguiculatis, tepalis cuneatis, labello pandurato , antice reniformi in 

 sinu serrulato, callo velutino piuripartito superne serrulato, alis gynoste- 

 mii in lincam angustissimam obsolelis basi lobulatam, tabula in Jabellum 

 Iransgrediente (more 0. ciliati). 



Pseudobuibi oblongi obtuse ancipites. utrinque quadricostali, transsectione elliptici. 

 Folia ligulata, apice attenuata inaequalia , 6— Tpollicaria , medio unum pollicera lata. 

 Pedunculus ramosus pedalis. Bracieae spatbaceae ovarii 'pedicellaii sesquipollicaris 

 teriiam aequantes. Sepalum summum anguste unguiculalum, undulalum; inferius 

 basi anguste unguiculata connatum, elongatum, dein raedio divisum, bifldum. segmento 

 utroque oblongo acuto , postice a'ato carinato , iabello longiori. Tepala obovato cu- 

 neata acula , abbreviata tepalo summo tertia parle breviora. Labellum basi trilobum, 

 lobi laierales obovati divergentes basi inferiori bumerali , lobus medius a basi trape- 

 zoidea angusta utrinque serrulata reniformis , calli baseos elevati triseriati, pluripar- 

 tiii, series raedia elevata; calii rhombei apice crenulati, laterales humiliores poly- 

 daclyli adjectis callulis quibusdam. Gynoslemium recium, foveae stigmaticae limbus 

 lateralis et tabula infrastigmatica magis adliuc producta, alae plane obliteratae excepto 

 lobuio quodam uirinque pone basin. Von Herrn Consul Schiller erhalten. 



Huc: Lemaire Illustr. Horlicol. II. Pl. 54. (cum synoriymo Oncidii o.n/acan(/josfwi Lein.) 

 Obs. Plantara uiramque bene diversam credo. 



46. OiNCIDIUM TRICHODES Lindl. Fol. 1. c. p. 15 : 



0. sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acuminatis undulatis omnino con- 

 formibus, iabelli lobo minore oblato apiculato sinubtis pilis laciniisque 

 filiformibus fimbriatis, crislae callis 3 verrucis utrinqae adjeclis. 



0. barbatum Paxt. Fl. Gard. ic. xyl. nr. 150. 



Sepals and petals dark dusky brown. Lip clear yellow , with a few crimsoQ •pot.'i 

 on ihe crest. Panicle one foot and a half long and branched. 



Wild in Brazil ; Para— Knowles. 



Huc : ex Fl. G. : Differs from 0. ciliatum in iis petals being acuminaie . not obluse 

 or emarginate, in the middle lobe of iho lip being smaller .(soraetimes very much 

 smaller than ilie lateral lobes) and in the ceniral luberclcs of the crest being fur- 

 oished wiih several smaller one on each side, a circumstance overlooked in tho 

 flgure by Mr. (now Sir) W. Hooker. published in CoUecianea, 



