762 ORCniDES 



ONCIDIUM 



apicibus (laviclu. Tepaln latiora undulata apicnlata. Labelli albi ungui3 basi gynoste- 

 mii ndnatus. Androclininm utroquc apice aculangulum. Anthera veiutina. 



Brasilia? 



Obs. ihltonia spcciosa Kioizsch! herb. gen. berol. et 1. c. nil sistit nisi specimen 

 grandiflorum bene cultum ex horto Deckeriano, Haec est longa diagnosis: „Pseudo- 

 bulbis ovato oblongatis conipressis. supcrne attenuaiis bifoliatis pallide viridibus gla- 

 berrimis iaevibus basique disliclie foliaiis; foliis oblongis submembranaceis glaberri- 

 mis laetc viridibus brevi-acutis, ajjice recurvatis , basi condiiplicato attenuatis inaequa- 

 libus, snbliis aculo carinalis ; racemo teicti basilari erecio e viridi fuscescenle re- 

 mote bracieato foliis longiore bi — liilloro; fioribus magnis patenirbus; bracteis lan- 

 ce^liilis acuminatis teiiuissime membranaceis fuscescentibus suirullis; perigonii fo- 

 liolis oblongo elongatis breviter recurvato acuminatis stramineis undulatis fusco nua- 

 culalis. basi allcnuatis. interioribus maculis conlkientibus , basi planis ; labello magno 

 candido plano rotundato bifido (N, 1.), denle aculo brevissimo interjecto subrepando 

 elevatim ramoso venoso. basi cuneato truncaio bilamelloso cum pede columnae con- 

 nato; pynostcniio brevi crasso albido, antice roseo, anguslo bialato, alis albidis; an- 

 droclinio bilobalira marginalo , lobis obtusis fimbriatis (N. 2.); anthera semibiloculari 

 molliter-hispida." 



Ad N. 1. addimus calami lapsu hoc scriptum, cum labellum \\\ emarginato bilo- 

 bulum in specimine originali dici possit. 



Ad .N. 2. addimus, non timbriatum, sed dcniiculatum esse hunc limbum. 



„Die Publication dieser schonen Acqiiisition haben wir wiederum dem Eifer, der 

 Umsicht und Aufmerksamkeit des Herrn Obergartner Reinecke zu danken, welcber 

 das aus Brasilien lebend erhaltene Exemplar zur Bliihtc brachte. Dieselbe ist der 

 ihUonia cuneata Lindley zunachst verwandt , unterschcidel sich jedoch durch ganz 

 },Hatle Scheinknollen (N. 1.), schmalere zuriickgekriimnit-zuge.^spiizle Blaller (N. 2.). 

 kleinero Ciiiihen (Nr. 3.), den zweilappig gefranzien Antherengrubenrand (N. 4.) und 

 durch die stachel-zoltige Anthere (N. 5.)." 



Omnia baec nihil valent. Ad N. 1. pseudobulbi nuper inlroducti seu plantae loco 

 sicco culiae costali, plantae loco humido cultae laeves. K. 2. Folia in omnibus his 

 planiis omnino varia, ubi ab aliis depressa — recurvaia; ubi libere culta — assur- 

 genlia; angustiora; laliora. N. 3. Fiores speciminis typici mojores, quam flos ab 

 ill. Lindl. missus; lamina quidem paulo raajor in planta Klotzschiana, quam in icone 

 Lindleyana. N. 4. Androclinium non firabrialum. sed denticulaium; sinus pos/icus 

 cmorgiiiaius vulgo occuirii et conspici potest in iribus inflmis floribus iconis Lind- 

 leyanae. N. 5, Anihera velutina — aculeato villosa non estf — in omni Millonia 

 cnneata Liudley adest. 



LindL Fol. p. 4: ihllonia cuneuta Lindl. in Dot. Beg. i8i4. Misc. 2»., 1845. t. 8: 



M. pseudobulbis ovalo-oblongis, loliis oblongis slrialis subundulalis» 

 racenio plunlloro, br;icteis elongatis gluniaceis, sepalis pelalisque lan- 

 ceolatis undulalis, labello cunealo rotiindalo bai>i bilamellato iiljinque 

 snbrepando, columna nriedio bidenlata, clinandrio ujeinbranaceo cucul- 

 ialo denliculato repando rt-luso. 



Flowers nearly four inclies in diameter ; sepals and petals rich brown tipped with 

 green. The lip is pure white. with a tinge of pink ncar ihe base, in form different 

 from M. candida, for it is scarcely curlcd at the e^lge, is much narrowed to the base; 

 and has only onc pair of plates instead of iwo and a half. The wings of the column 

 loo are scarcely divided, or at all events noi at all nolched. 



^Vild in Brazil? 



