766 ORCIIIDES.. 



ONCIDIDM. 



Obs. Brassia pumila Lindl. 1. c: 



Foliis binis paUilis elongato-lanceolaiis, canaliculaiis, sepalis linearilanceolatis acu- 

 minalis inferioribus iabello longioribus, labello panJurato ncuminalo subundulalo basi 

 bicarinalo dcntibus anie carinas 2 aculis clavnlis aucio. 



Dwarf. Pale yellow (lowers siained wiih dull purplc at the base of ihe peials; 

 but there is no purple on the sepals and Ihe lip is very slighily tinted. It seems 

 to be peculiar in the large size of ihe pair of somewhat transparent teeth which 

 stnnd at ihe base of the lip ; but it may be a var. of Brassia Lanceana. Ils aspcct 

 is howevcr widely dilT. — Barker. 



116. — c. — ONCIDIUM LAWRE.\CE..\^-UM Rchb. DI. Huc Lindl. Fol. p. 2 : Drassia 

 Lawrenceana Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 6, t. 18: 

 B, sepalis lateralibus labello duplo loneioribus, labello oblongo-lan- 

 ceolalo acurninalissimo undulalo , lamellis 2 pubescentibus antice con- 

 nalis truncalis. 



(B.) angusta. All the paris very narrow ; the lip aristate with a tendency to be- 

 come concave. 



B. cochleata Knowles and Westcolt, Fl. Cab„ t. 53. 

 B. angusta Lindl. in B. R., 1844, Nr. 3. 

 Except size and colour I find no safe mark by which to dislinguish A and B. 

 Bolh arc very sweet-scented. The former has bright yellow flowers , spotied wiih 

 cinnamon; the laiter has all the parts narrower, ihey are dirty yellow with a uni- 

 form dull brown stain on the lower half of ihe petals, and a few dull brown spots 

 near the base of ihe lip. Both are occasionally received among collections formed 

 in Brazil ; if B. cochleata is the same as angusia, which I can hardly doubt , then il 

 would .seem to be fiom Demerara. The truncutc double lamella, wiih no additional 

 teelh in front, affords an easy mode of identifying ihe specics , and separates it es- 

 pccially from B. Lanceana. 



Huc: Brassia angiista Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844. (XXX.) Misc. 13: 

 Pseudobulbis oblongis ancipilibus, foliis binis oblongis sessilibus 

 undulalis racemi longitudine, sepalis linearibus, acuminatis, Inbello I;- 

 reari-lanccolato acuminalo lamellis baseos connatis pubesceutibus anlice 

 denticulo auclis. 



Brnzil. 



Extrcmely Jnarrow sepals and lip, which arc of a pale dull yellow , with litlle 

 marking , exccpt a few brown spols at the base of sep., pet. and lip. In ihis respect 

 it varies, for in some cases ihe spois at ihe base of ihe peials arc few and distinct, 

 in olhers ihey run together into brown. 



Huc: Brassia cocUlcata Knw. Westc. FI. Cab, IL 53. (1838): 



Pseudobulbs ovaie oblong, furrowed, ihe base cloihed with sheathing leaves, the 

 apex bearing 2 leavcs. Leaves linear lanccolaie, acute keeled. Scape racemose, pen- 

 dulous. Sepals as petais planc, not undulntcd, pale grecn , elegantly morked wilh 

 brown. Lip elongaled, slriaied , marked with whiie and brown dots, somewhat con- 

 slrictcd in the middle , ihen lorming a spoon-like cavity and terminating in lengh- 

 thened, somewhat rccurved apcx. Dracteas small. 



Dcmerara ,,on the banks of the Demerara river, some forty milcs from its mouiJi." 

 Uenchman. 



— BRASSIA DIDENS Lindl. cL infra. 



116. — d. ~ ONCIDIUM CAUDATUM. IIuc : Lindl. Fol. p. 3: Brassia caudata Liiidl. in 

 Bot. Reg. t. 832. L. 0. 212. Bot. Mag. 3451 : 

 n. sepalis laleralibus longissimis acuminatissimis , pclalis iabello 

 \ix longioribus , labello ovalo-obloiigo apice subulato , lumellis pubes- 

 cenlibus apice iiberis denliformibus. 



