728 ORCHIDES. 



ONCIDIUM. 



iliip. Bliiihen so gross , wie de cines gutgezogenen Oncidium maculaium , ganz 

 gold;,'elb. nur die Seite des Millelslucks der Lippe und die Spilze der Schwielen pur- 

 punoth. 



Veragua: Cliiriqui Vulkan ; Coslarica: Carlbago Vulkan.AnEichen. 8— 10.000'. v. Wswz. 



57. ONCIDIUM GARD.NKRI Lindl. Lond. J. Dot. II. 662. p. 19: 



Very near 0. crispuni and Forbesi, from which it difTers in ihe form and tubcrcn- 

 lation of lhe|lip, and ihc very suiall column wings. Flowers moderately largf. 

 brown. with a yellow lip. 



VVild in Brazil ; on irees in ilie foresis of the Organ Mounlains— Gardner. 



Huc Lindl. Lond. Journ. I. c. (1843) : 



Floribus paniculalis, sepalis oblongis obUisis jateralibus semiconnalis 

 pelalis duplo majoribus unguiculatis subrolundis undulatis, labello Irnns- 

 verso emarginalo basi auriculato , crislae tuberculis duobus a fronle 

 maximis intermedio minore duobus a latere linearibus binis alteris basi- 

 laribus circularibus verrucisque quibusdam in medio, columnae alis 

 nanis rotundalis. 



Ilab. — On trees in foresis Nr. 642. Organ Mounlain (first coll,). Brazil. Gardiier. 

 Tliis (Ine species allied to 0. crispum aiid Forbesi , is distincily separated by thn 

 peculiar from and luberculation of ihe lip , and by the very small wings of ihe co- 

 lumn. Tlie leaves and pseudobulbs are unknown. 



58. O.NCIDIUM AMIGTUM Lindl. B. R. 1847. t. 66. L. F. p. 19: 



Flowers large, yellow and brown . very handsome; ihe middle lobe of lip trans- 

 versely lozenge-shaped and bifld ; anther-bed hairy , wiih a membranous frill ; co- 

 lumn-wings ciliaied ; crest of a pair of diverging lancet-shaped lobes in fronl, and 

 two smaller at their back. 



Wild in Brazil— Hort. 



Cf. Walp. Ann. I. 788. 



59. ONCIDIUM TRIPTERYGIUM Rchb. fih in B. Z. 1852. p. 694. L. F. p. 19: 



Flowers as large as in 0. pectorale, golden yellow and brown. Dorsal sepal acu- 

 minate, lower with two acute lobes. Lip panduriform, wiih the basal lobes blunt and 

 crisp, ihe middle one very large, subsessile and iwolobed. Aniher-bed wiih a mem- 

 branous microscopically toothletted border. Crest of lip carinaic, loolhleited, rather 

 muricated. with a pair of legs in front. — Rchb. fil. 

 Wild in Peru ; near Loxa— Warscewicz. 

 Rchb. fll. I. c. : 



Perigonii phyllo summo oblongo lanceolato acnlo acuminalo, infimo 

 a cuneata basi oblongo , apice bilobo , iobis aculis, phyllis laleralibus 

 internis oblongis acutiusculis, sessiUbus , quam phyllum summum plus 

 dimidio latioribus, labello panduraeformi , lobi& laleralibus basilaribus 

 oblusatis crispulis, lobo medio maximo subsessili, biiobo, iobis dilatatis 

 rotundatis, gynostemio sal brevi , basi utrinque obtuse alato , superne 

 aplero, cucullo membranaceo microscopice denticulalo androcjinium cin- 

 gente, labello basi carinato, carina denticulala, antrorsum Jbicruri, muri- 

 culata. 



Bliiihen so gross, wie die des Oncidium pectorale, goldgelb und braun. Nur ver- 

 gleichbar mit dem purpurtleckigen 0, cucullatum Lindl. Dieses hat ganz kurze HQII- 

 blatter, kleine Seitenlappen der Lippe. stark genagelten breiten Millellappen derselben, 

 eine aufrechtstebende , spitzliche Kappe , nach oben gescbultene, grundsiandige 

 .Saulenflijgel. Loia in Peru. 



60. O.NCIDIUM FORBESI Hooker Bot. Mag. l. 3705. L. F. p. 19 ; 



A very fine plant resembling 0. crispum, wiih large brown flowers broken up wiih 

 yellow near ihe edges. Iis sharp column-ears olwavs banded with lines of violet are 



