ONCIDIUM. 



ORCHIDES. 755 



Huc: Cyrlochilum maculatum var. Husselianum Lindl. Rot. XXVf. (1840.) Misc. S6 ; 



One of llie many fine varielies of Cyrtochihim maculaium wilh vcry large, richly 

 spotted flowers. Mr. Sliinner calls it C. Russelii and gives thc foUowing account of 

 it : its hahitat is cold dimate'; it luxuriates amongsl pincs, bul only allached lo oaks. 

 No plants of the Orchid. iribe are ever found on pines. except Catascta lowards ihe 

 norlh coast, but ihen ihose plants form such a mass of hairy roots as to secine 

 ibem compjetely from tbe inQuence of thc pitch that in all hot climaie, constantly 

 oozes from ihe pines. 



Cyrtochilum maculatum var. parviflorum Lindl. B. R. XXVIL (1841.) Misc. 87: 



Labello subliastaio laciniis lateralibus majoribus. Msrs. Loddiges nowcred a Mexican 

 plant (Nr. 794), which in so niany respects corresponds wilh the now comioon C. ma- 

 culatum, that I cannot regard it as more ihan a variety, but which never ihe less 

 differs in having smaller flowers, with the lateral lobes of the lip so much larger, 

 than usual as to give it a hastate appearance and with a frequent union between tlie 

 lower sepals more or less compleie. This circumst. breuks down yct more ihe limiis 

 belween Cyrtochilum and Oncidium. 



Oncidiutn maculatum Doniamim Rcbb. fil. Bonpl. IIL 215: 



Labello ligulalo aculo anle basin rolundalam ulrinqtie exlrorsum 

 angulato. 



Das vorlicgendc Blatl breit zungcnformig mit stumpfer Spilze. Das vorliegende 

 Sluck Intlorescenz ziemlich zwei Fuss lang. traubig. unten mil drei zweiblulhigen 

 Zweiglein. HuIIblatter gelarbt und gesialtet , wie bei 0. maculatum , abcr schmaler. 

 Lippe zungenformig, spitz, vor dem Grundc jederseits mit vorspringender Ecke, griin- 

 lich wciss , iiber der Mitte mit dunkelbraunem Bande ; vom Grunde bis an dieses 

 Band 4 nicdrige, vorn lappigc Kiele, welche am Grundc fleischig wulstig sind. Saule 

 niedrig. hautig, schmal , oben und untcn spitze Fliigelchcn; untere Partie mit Langs- 

 kiel und 2 Gruben wie 0. maculalum. — Garlen des Herrn Pescalore , cultivirt durch 

 Herrn Luddemann , und des Ilerrn Lennec Deraan zu Bierbais, cultivirt durch Hcrrn 

 Keilig. 



Cyrtochilum niaculatum Lindl. var. aristatum Bgl, Ind. Sera. II. Peirop. 1855. 



{Cyrtochilum aristatum II. Petrop.) : 



Sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolalis, flavis, pallicle fusco-purpureo- 



niaculalis; labello Lasi lamellis duabus, corniculis nullis ; alis columnae 



ulrinque arisla unica sursum versa munitis. Cetera ut formae genuinae. 



IIL OiNCIDIUM LINGUIFORME Lindl. Orch. Linden. 77. L. F. p. 34: 

 (J. umbrosum Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. Ap. I. 1851 ! 

 Odontofjl. umbrosum Id. in Linn. XXII. p. 848. Fol. Orch. Nr. 13. 

 A flower sent by Rchb. cfiables mc lo idenlify ihcse synonyms. The plant has 

 narrow leaves almosl two feet long, and a weak branching paniclc. ihe divisions of 

 which arc very ihinly occupicd by flowers, of a dirty yellow colour. wilh a wine-red 

 lip and column. It flowercd in 1854, wiih Sir Philip Egcrion; and is nol worih cui- 

 n'vation. 



Wild in Venezucla; province of Mcrida, at 5000 ft. of elevalion— Lindcn, 672; shndy 

 forcsts-Morilz , 1096. 

 Lindl. 1. c. p. li: 



Foliis ensiforinibus acutissimis panicula divaricata, sepalis lanceo- 

 latis pulenlis.'^imis lateralibus unguiculalis disjunclis, pefalis latioribus, 

 labello lingiiiformi subrliombeo basi angustato lamellis 5 inaequalibus, 

 columnae nanae alis rotundatis. 



,,An epiphyie from ihe provincc of Merida at the heighl of 5000'. Juli. Pscudo- 

 bulbs ovol comprcsscd libbcd. Petals yellow. Lip rosc colour. (Nr. 672). Lcavcs 

 18'' long, ond from V,— 1" broad. 



0. {Intefjrilabia) umbrusuni Rchb. hl. iu Bonpi. II. [12. Odontoglossum umbro^^um 



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