ONCIDIUM. 



ORCIIIDES. 7G3 



b. Labelliim cnrinalo cristaUim convolnlum circa gynoslemiiim. 



Rchb. fil. 1. c. p. 132. 



116. .- 8. - O.NCIDIUM CANDIDUM Rclil). lil. Mss. : Xcnia I. p. 132: Miltonia candidn 

 Lindl. Dot. Reg. 1838. (XXIV.) Misc. 29: 



Labelli subrotundi undulati convoluti lamellis quinis in liasi, gyno- 

 slemii alis angustis serrulatis in androclinii limbo serrulato conlUientibns. 

 Pseudobulbi ovati oblongive ancipiles diphylli. Folia ligulaia acuta pedunculo bie- 

 viora. Pcdunculus racemosus. Bracteae scariosae triangulae ovario pedicellato bene 

 breviores. Sepala a cuneata basi ligulaia acuta. Tepala lalioia brevius cuneata. La- 

 bcllum prope orbicuiatum, nunc trilobulum. seu quadrilobulum. Carinae lateralcs 

 furcatae. Gjnostemii tabula infrastigmatica ulroque lalere apicali valde angulaia. 

 Anthera pulchre velutina. Caudicula lineaiis (dum in speclabili ovata!). Callus glo- 

 buliformis slipitatus in ima Lasi gynostemii. Linibus foveae veluiinus. Ex colore ac 

 florum amplitudine varia: 



&) laxa: pedunculo erecto seu pendulo , multifloro (— 12) , floribus mediociibus 

 flavis bruuneo fasciatis, labello albo, (fc. Sert.) 



b) flavescens Ilook. Bot. Mag. 1. c: eadem gynostemio ac labello flavidis 



c) Jcnischiana Rchb. fll. in Otto und Dielrich Allg. Gartenztg. 1835. (XXIII.) p. 23: 

 Xenia Orchidacea tab. 5i : pedunculo slricto , grandiflora, paucillora. sepalis te- 

 palisque prope lotis cinnamomeis, excepto margine, labello candiiio. 



Brasilia. 



Lindl. Fol. p. 4: Millonia candida LindL in Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 29. Sert. t. 21: 

 M. pseudobulbis ovatis apice anguslatis diphyllis , foliis angustis 

 racemo brevioribus, biacteis membranaceis concavis squamaeformibus, 

 sepalis petalisque oblongis aequalibus , labello subrotundo crispo circa 

 columnam convoluto basi 5-lamellato, columna pubescente basi biauri, 

 clmandiio cucullalo crispo membranaceo utrmque decurrente. 



(A) Coluran purple, lip white. 



(B) Column and lip yellowish. Bot. Mag. t. 3793. 



Flowers iu long erect racemes, very large ; scpals and petals spotted wiih brown; 

 lip white. One of tbe flnest planis of the order. 



Wild in Brazil. 



Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIX. (1843.) Misc. 111: 



Of this finc plant a most beaulifiil varietr fiowers with Mr. Rucker, who purchased 

 it al Hamburgh. Its flowers are iwice as large as ihose of the original variely. the 

 lip is of a most brilliant while . and thc sepals and petals are of a deep rich browa 

 spoiled towards ihe extremilies only with yellow. 



c. Labellum ecarinatum planurn ovatum. Rchb. fil. I. c. p. 132. 



116. — 9. — ONCIDiUM FUSCATUM Rcbb. fil. Mss. Rcbb. fil. Xcn. I. p. 132: MiUonia 

 Warscewiczii : 



Adsunt ramuli duo flexuosi cum vestigiis caulis primarii, quorum altcr qunluor^ 

 olter quinque bracieas naviculares acutas ovario pedicellato quater breviores gerit. 

 Flores illis Odontoglosxi Karwinskii Rchb. fll. subaequales. Scpala ac tepala cuneato 

 liguiata obiuse acuta niargine crispula obscura (cinnamomea?). Labellum sepalis 

 bene longius ovatum, oblongum flabcllatumvc , antice bilobum aeu relusum cum api- 

 culo, basin vcrsus velutinum, iluabus tcrtiis inferioribus obscurum concolor, anticum 

 pallidum (cinnadiomeum albumque?). Gyno.stemium crassum ac brevissimum, siccum 

 vix lineam excedens. x\ndroclinium postice anguiutum angulum versus utrinque an- 

 gulo insilienti ; aptero marginatum ; limbi fovcae ulrinquc Miltoniarum more evoluli ; dens 

 roslellaris lineari reliisus; tabula infrastigmalica margine supcriori emarginato; iobo 

 uiroque laierah nunc simplicitcr int»gcriimo, nunc paucicrenato; utrinque paucisulca- 



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