756 ORDHIDES. oncidium. 



Rchb. fil. Linnnca. Liiidl. Folia. Odontoglossum cimiciferum Jilolzsch llort. Berol. 

 Semin. 1822. nec Rchb. Ql. : panicula laxa diffusa, ramulis flexuosis (praesertim in 

 planla spontanea) , bracteis squamaeformibiis membranaceis dilatatis tertiam seu 

 quartam ovarii pedicellati aequanlibus, perigonio palulo. sepalis lanceolatis acutis. 

 tepalis oblongis aculis sublalcatis. omnibus viridiflavis , demum rufobrunneis, labcllo 

 violaceo ab unguiculata basi pandurato retusiusculo, basi laiiori, apice nunc bi-, seu 

 trilobulo , carinis 2 bidentatis in basi, inierposilo denticulo, gynostemii bumilis alis 

 obiuse quadiatis externo latere nunc minuie crenulalis, tabula infrasligmatica pro- 

 ducia. Merida. 5000'. Januar. Der weilhin windende Bluthenstengel rolhbraun. 

 Bluhte in Herrenhausen. — Caracas, Wogener. 



Gardn. Chronicle 1854. 535: 



A very ugiy straggling small-nowered species wilh a green calyx and petals and 

 a dull purple lip. It was found in New-Granada by iMoritz , and has reached our 

 gardens ihrough some of ihe iraporters. It flowered the other day with Sir Philip 

 Egerion. Mr. Reichenbacb originally described ii as an Odontoglossum , an error 

 ihat he has since corrected. Ii is near the Oncidium Lindleyi of Galeotti, a Mexican 

 plant not yel inlroduced, 



115, ONCIDIU.M MENTIGERUM L. F. p. 34: 



0. panicula ramosissima elongala pyramidali , sepalis lateralibus 

 elongatis pelalisque lanceolalis acutis, labello sessili oblongo aculo ca- 

 rinis cristae 2 antrorsum attenuatis, columnae 'alis obsoletis triangulis 

 buccis nuliis. 



Odonloglossum mentigerum Rchb. Ql. in Bonpl., Ap. 15. 1844. 

 Of ihis species the habit is that of 0. pyramidale. It has vei y small flowers on 

 rather disiant sjireading or ascending branches. It approachcs nearly ihe Myanihiaa 

 Odontoglots, to which Prof. Reichenbach perhaps refers it rightly, especially con- 

 sidering iis resemblance to Odont. megalophium. The lip is ceriainly noi three-Iobed 

 as Rchb. describes it. Tlie llowers seem lo be whole-coloured, wilh a paler lip, 

 Wild in Peru; sources of the Marannon— Warscewicz. 



116. ONCIDIUM MISERRIMUM Rchb, in Bonpl., March. 1855: 



Tliis seems to be nearly relaied to ihe last , from which it differs in havjng a 

 crest wiih two keels and ihree off-Iying tubercles in front, very large. blunt, hatched- 

 shoped column-wings, and ihe laierol sepals not very different frora the peials, 



Wild in Venezuela; Ocanna— Wagener. 



IIuc: 0. (Cimicifera ornithorrhyncha) viiserrimum Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. III. 66: 



Floribus minulis iiyalinis. labello ovalo acuto , carina apice biloba 

 in basi, tribus callis antepositis, callo medio quiclem posteriore , alis 

 gynostemii oblongis magnis. 



Adest ramus paniculae basi ramulosus. Rami fracliflexi, pauciflori, bracteae irian- 

 gulac acuiae ovariis pedicellatis quater breviores. Sepala icuneato-ovata acuia. Gy- 

 nosiemium tenue_ labula infrastigmatica paulo producta; dens ercctus in limbo anlico 

 androclinii supra processum roslellarem dentiformi roslratum dellexum ; fovea on- 

 gusta oblonga; alae oblongae utroque apice obtusae hyalinae. Anthera longe ros- 

 trata, Ocanna, Wagener, 



Huc includalur : Millonia Lindl, Fol. I. 1853. Dcc. 1. (B. R. 1977.): 



Sej^ala explauata, aequalia, lateralibus basi paulo connalis. Petala 

 conformia, aequilonga. Labellum indivisum, sessile, cum columna con- 

 tiniium, lineis qiiibusdam elevatis interruptis juxta basin. Columna nana, 

 auriculis 2. niinc cum clinandrio cucullalo confluentibus. Stigma exca- 

 vatum. Pollinia 2, cereacea, postice sulcata: caudicula obovata; glan- 

 dula oblonga. Antheia operculatn , merabranacea, nuda. Herbae epi- 

 phytae Americae tropicae, pseudobulbosae, colore saepius lutescente. 



