730 ORCHIDES. 



ONCIDIUM. 



Lindl. 1. c. : 



Pseudobulbis ovalis compressis sulcalis diphyllis, foliis oblongis 

 oblusis papyraceis, scapo a basi paniculalo brevioribus, sepalis lalera- 

 Jibus semiconnatis petalisque obovatis majoribus undulatis, Jabelli lobis 

 lateralibus nanis, intermedio maximo convexo undulato bilobo , crista 

 ovata depressa acuminata margine verrucosa tuberculisque numerosis 

 circumdata, coiumnae alae truncatis. 



Imported from Rio Janeiro. Habit of 0. Forbesii , ieaves of flexuosiim. Pseudo- 

 bulbs at base and poinls leaved. Aniher very developed. Arrangment of tubercles 

 at iho base of ihe lip is difficult lo describe, and may be compared for general ap- 

 pearance to an old-fashioned ladies siomacher , siudded wiih litile knois; hence the 

 name. — Flos luteus purpureo piclus. 



63. ONCIDIUM CURTUM Lindl. in Rot. Reg. 1847. t. 68. L. F. p, 20: 



Flowers large brown except ihe lower half of ihe lip and some bands on ihe 

 sepals , which are yellow, The short whiie crop-eared column with a hairy anther 

 and ibc laieral tubercles of ihe crest arrangcd in a somewhat circular manner, se- 

 paraie this species frora all the preceding. 



VVild probably in Brazil ; its true origin unknown. 



Cf. Walp. I. 788. — Lindl. 1. c. : At firsl sighl like 0. crispum and Forbesri , but it 

 ia , in reality, near 0. pectorale (ihe breast plaie Oncid.). Dilfers : 



1) Flowers ore smaller, 



2) There is more brown in sepals. 



3) There is a broad brown border lo the lip. 



4) The space between the auricles and expanded part of ihe lip is verf short , 



wiih parallel edges. 



5) The auricies are broader. 



9) Thc lubercles of the crest are much more broken up and difTercnily arranged. 



7) The anlher is downy. 



8) The lateral sepais united to the point. 



64. ONCIDIUM HAEMATOCHRYSUM Rchb, in Linn. XXII. 844. (1849). L. F. p. 20 : 



Pedunculus gracilis superne furcatus (nunc pluriramosus?), partiiione uiraquc 

 pauciflora (3—5), sepala obovala aculiuscula , laleralibus connaiis , apice bidenlalis. 

 Peiala sepaio supremo subaequalia. Labellum panduralum , parle basilari quadratum, 

 unguicuiaium, auricula lanceolaia , obtusiuscula in utroque angulo posteriore ; crisia 

 crassa gyrosa, nunc in ires partes sulcis 2 transversis divisa ; callis 4—6 minutrs pa- 

 pillaribus in ulroque latere , parle mediana labelli constricia , antica transversa ro- 

 tundaia, antice biloba, lobo uiroque nunc bi- trilobulato; columnae alae subquadratae, 

 margiiie externo dcniiculaiae. — Such is the more imporiani part of descripiion given 

 by Rchb. fll. I bavo seen no specimen or skeich. Fiowers handsome, golden yellow 

 and crimson, wiih ihe cxception of the coluinn-wings. I can't distinguish it from 

 0. curium. 



"Wild in Brazil; near Rio Janeiro, whcnce il was sent lo Count Hofrmannscgg. 

 wiih whom it bloomed in 1841. — Rclib. fll. 



Cbs. 0. ochmatochilum Rchb. fll. conf. cx Lindl. 



64 b. ONCIDIUM FLABELLIFERUM Pinel Paxt. Mag. XVI. ad pag. 65. cf. Walp. Ann 

 III. 555. 



Huc : Oncidium flaheUiferum Pinel MSS. Paxt. Mog. XVI. p. 66 : 

 Plant an epiphyie. Pseudobulbs iwo inches or niore long, having frora one — 

 3 leaves at (he extrcmiiy of each. Lcaves erect, ianceolate. Flower scape one 

 foot to eighieen inches long, many flowered. Sepals and petals ovate lanceolate 

 rouridrd, wavy at the edges, thickly spotted and slrip^ed wiih purplish brown ; much 

 afier iho manner of ihe flowers of Oncid. ligrinuni. Labcllum large, spreoding, fan- 



