ONCIDIUM. 



ORCHIDES. 767 



Epidendrum caudatum L. sp. pl., 1349. 

 Malaxis caudata W. sp. pl., iv. 93. 

 The shortness of the petals, which are not longer than the labellum, and the 

 rery great length of ihe lateral tail-like sepals are peculiar. The llowers are duil 

 yellow , spotted with broad brown blotches. In Regc-rs Brazilian specimens , which 

 are very ill-preserved and referred here with sonie doubt, ihe iip is obovate and ex- 

 tended into a long bristle-shaped point. 

 Wild in ihe West-Indies; Brazil— Regel ? 

 116. _ e. — ONCIDIUM PERUVIANUM Rchb. fil. Brassia pervviana Popp. Endl. Gen.Sp. 

 II. t. 117. Lindl. Fol. p. 3: 



D. foliis eloncalis acutissimis, „sepalis angiiste linearibiis acumina- 

 tissimis aequalibus; floribus resupinalis, labello oblongo lanceolalo aculo 

 undulato crenulato" sepalis subaequali unguiculato basi bicalloso. 



I have never seen anylhing like ihis plant. The flowers are represented as gro- 

 wing in one-sided spikes, not exceeding len in number . about an inch apart , yello- 

 wish-green spolted with purple. The perfect equality of ihe sepals and peials, if ii 

 really exists, is a very peculiar feature of the plant, as is also the unguiculate lip. 



Wild in Peru; in dry thickets on ihe easlern face of ihe Andes , in the dislrict 

 of Chihuamccala, towards Cuchero— Poppig. 

 116. — f. — ONCIDIUM WAGENERI Rchb. fil. Mss. Huc: Drassia Wageneri (Pandura- 

 bilia squamibracieata) Rclib. fll. Bonpl. I. 14: 

 Sepalis tepalisque linearilanceolalis setaceo acuminatis, his subaequi- 

 longis seu paulo brevjoribus (in floribus infimis), labello a basi utrinque 

 rolundala angustato, dein apicem versus rotundato dilatalo demum in 

 apicem longiusculum cuspidatuin altenuato, carina basiiari profunde 

 sulcala, apice utrinque dentato truncata , basi velutina, carinulis trian- 

 gulis dentiformibus apici carinae appositis', ulterius progredientibus. 



Eine statlliche Pllanze mit langen Trugknollen, uber fusslaogen , ziemlich spitzen 

 Blittern. Die iiber fusslange Aehre tragt Bliithen von der Grosse derer der B. Lan- 

 ceana. Sie sind nach dem beiliegenden Gemalde heilgrun, die Tepala am Grunde 

 schwarzbraun, die unlere Ilalfie der Lippe mit schwarzbraunen Fleckchen. Ich lcije 

 besonderes Gewicht bei Aufstellung dieser Art auf die langen Tepala , welche langer 

 oder gleichlang sirid mit der ausgezeichnet fein gespitzien Lippe. Caracas. 5000'. 

 April. Wagener. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. II. 280. Ocanna: Teorama. Juli. 3000'. Nr. 735. Schlim. 



116. — g. — ONCIDIUM VILLOSUM Rcbb. fih Huc: Brassia villosa Lindl. I. c. p. 4 : 



B. floribus subcarnosis, sepalis petalisque subaequalibus immacu- 



lalis, labello ovali apiculalo convexo disco pulverulo, lamellis villosis 



abbrevialis apice confluentibus verrucis 4 oblongis oblique anlepositis. 



Flowers smaller and much more fleshy ihan in any olher of ihe genus (,.very 



sweet-scented-' — W.), The four warts placed obliquely in front of a short, shaggy, 



double lamella are very peculiar. 



Wild at the sources of ihe Marannon— Warscewicz. 

 Huc : Drassia hea:odonta Rchh. fll. Warscew. Bonpl. IL 98: 



Aff. B. Warscewiczii callis in basi labelli quadrigeminis , anlepositis 2 lamellatis. 

 Pedunculus mullillorus, parvillorus, secundiflorus , bracteae ovatae acutae ovario pe- 

 dicellato 3.-4. breviores, flores inversi, sepalum summum oblongolanceolatum, laie- 

 ralia paulo angustiora, paululum longiora , tepala lanceolata acuminata, labcllum a 

 cqneaia basi ovatum aniice aculum, nunc subtiliter lobulatum , disco punctulato velu- 

 tinum, basi sexcallosum. calli 4 postici biseriati, obtuse irianguli , sinu interjecio pu- 

 Lerulo, caili 2 anieposiii iamelliforines. semirotundi , velutini ; gynostemium humite, 

 aniice ulroque apice acuiangulum. ^achsi B. Waracewiczii , welche vollig verschic- 

 dene Schwielcn am Lippengrunde.lragt, Peru. v. VVarsccwicz. 



