ONCIDICM. 



ORGIIIDES. 749 



panicula rel racemo elongaio. 



crisia convexa oblonga emarginata 108. gracile. 



„ digitaia 109. Darbacenian. 



„ bicariniua rostro interposito , 110. gruminifolium. 



scapo 1— '-^-fioro 111. byacliyandrnm. 



lunatum, ungue lineari auricuiatum 112. lunalHm. 



apice acutum, lobuio acuto antrorso uirinque 113. maculalum. 



apice obtusum rhombeum 114, linguiforme. 



oblongum acutum indivisum. 



c. alae minim. trianguiares 115. mcntigerum. 



maxim. dolabriformes 116. miserrimum. 



100. ONXiniUM MEIRAX Rchb. fil, in Donpl, I[. 12. 1851, Xenia; p. 42, t. 18. f. 3. 

 L. F. p. 30 : 



A singular litlle plant only a few inches high. Leaves solilary on the oblong 

 pseudobulbs, sligliily emarginate. Scape iwo-flowered , shorter llian ihe leaves. Lip 

 cordaie, acuminate. Sepals and petals linear , a liitle narrowed to ihe base, Prof. 

 Reicheiibach places it among the Cimiciferous microchiles, p. 9, 

 Wild in the Caracas— Wagener. 

 Rchb. m. in Donpl. H. 12 : 



Pseudobulbis ovalis, folio apicilari ligulalo apice subbilobulo, pe- 

 dunculo ullra bipollicari ex 3—4 inlernodiis conslruclo, fractinexo llof- 

 meislerellae pedunculo subsimili, alalo bifloro, bracteis scariosis Irian- 

 gulis ovaria pedicellata longe non aequanlibus, sepalis lineariligulatis 

 aculis basi valde atlenualis, lepalis subaequalibus , basi haud mulluin 

 angustalis, labello cum gynostemio prope reclangulo, triangulo, angulis 

 Jaleralibus rotundatis, tuberculo baseos trifalculalo, anteposito altero bi- 

 falculato, gynostemio gracili, apice aplero, tabula infrasligmatica ulrin- 

 que alata, antliera?, polliniis?, capsulis oviformibus tripleris rostratis, 

 alis in ovaria descendenlibus. 



Bluthe so gross, wie die des 0. deltoideum ; grungelb mil Purpurfleckchen. Ilcrr 

 Wagener traf nur cine Pflanze. 5000', Warz 1851. Caracas. 



101. ONCIDIUM ORNITHOCEPIIALUM L. F. 30: 



0. panicula gracili lenui ab ipsa basi rectangule ramosa helerantha, 

 sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminalis reflexis, labello circulari apicu- 



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lalo, crisla mulliloba ^ verrucis quibusdam segregatis utrinque , co- 

 lumna hirsuta alis maximis acutis fornicati.s, sligmale rostrato. 



I received a living specimen of this delicate and graceful thing from Mr. Liiiden, 

 in April 1852. It bears very few small yellow flowcrs , spotied wiih biighl brown, 

 amidsi numcrous stellatc abortions. 



Wild in Ncw-Grcnada; near Sa. Maria, in ihc provincc of Ocaiina— Schlim, 296. 



102. O.NCIDILM MAGDALENAt: Rchb. in L'onpl., March., 1S55. L. F. 31 : 



0. panicula giacili reclangule laniulosa homoeantlia, sepalis petalis- 

 que unguiculalis spathulalis aculis, labello cordato obtiise acuininato, crisla 



mulliloba } verrucis segregatis , columnae alis maximis obtuse do- 



labriformibus, sligmate rostrnlo. 



Very like 0, oriiilhoceph.ilum , bul not heleranihous. Thc flowers are largcr, 

 yellow, wiih a deep brown siain at thc basc of ai! thc parts. The lateral sepals have 

 flliform ungues longer ihan ihe oval limb ; thc dorsal sepal is nearly sessilc ; the 



