770 ORCIIIDES. oncididm. 



vioribus, labello brevi ovato acuminato convexo, lamellis glabris depressis 

 apice obtuse runcinalis. 



Flowers yellow spotted with red. The lamellae are perfecily smooih. Leaves nol 

 longer than the racemes. scarcely an inch and quarter broad. 



Wild in Merida ; from damp forests at the height of 5600 feet— Linden, 646. 



116, — 0. — ONCIDIUM IMDRIC.\TDM Rchb. fil. Mss. — L. F. p. 5.: Brassia imbricata: 



B. racemo paucifloro foliis breviore squamis imbricatis acuminatis 

 vaginato, bracteis herbaceis carinalis ovario aequalibus, sepalis pelalis- 

 que a lata basi setaceo-acuminatis , labello oblongo plano acuminato 

 lamellis pubescentibus depressis apice in dentes assurgenlibus. 



Very like a larger foim of D. glumacea: but the leaves are not only full two 

 inches wide. but much longer than ihe flowering stems. The sepals and petals are 

 also finer poinied, and ihe lamellae are conspicuously downy. 

 Wild in Sa. Marlha— Purdie. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. IIL 66. Pilanze wie die der Brassia Keiliana Rchb. fil. Bluihe 

 braun gefleckt. 5000'. Ocanna. Wagener. 



117. — p. — ONCIDIUM CINNABARLNUM Rchb. fil. Mss. IIuc : Brassia cinnabarina 

 Lind. Mss. Lindi. Fol. p.i6 : 



B. bracteis ovalis cordalis acutis ovario brevioribus, sepalis petalis- 



que lanceolatis aculis, labello oblongo lanceolato acuminato glabro la- 



mellis flexuosis venas incrassatas referentibus medio dente obtuso auctis. 



Flowers very brilliont orange-red , an inch and half long before expansion. The 



Jameilae have the appearance of a pair of tliick veins extending to two-lhirds the 



lengih of ihe lip. and furnished each wilh a blunt tooih about ibe middle. 



VVild in New-Granada ; in ihe provinces of Solo and Ocanna at the height of 9000 

 feet— Schlim. 1035. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. II. 280: Ocanna. Januar 5—6000'. Eine durch brennendes Roth 

 und schone Deckblaiter hochst ausgezeichnete Pflanze. Nr. 403. Schlim. 

 Rchb. fil. Bonpl. III. 66. Ocanna. Marz. 5000'. Wogener. 



116. — q. — ONCIDIUM KEILIANUM Rchb. fll. Mss. Huc : Brassia Keilidna Rchb. fli. 

 in Paxt. Fl. Gard., ibb2, iNr. 585. B. Z. 185'2. p. 761, L. F. p. 6: 



B. spica pauciflora, bracteis navicularibus ovaria superantibus, se- 

 palis lineari-Ianceolalis acuminato-aristatis pelalis brevioribus, labello ob- 

 longo-lanceolato undulalo acuminato, lamellis ereclis utrinque obtusan- 

 gulis basin versus velutinis antice in aunculas excurrentibus , columna 

 basi angustata. 



Sepals yellow, ihen beaulifuily brownish orange : cinnnbarine when dried, lip wbil- 

 ish. Very near B. cinnabarina , from which it is readily known by its long navicular 

 bracts. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. II. 2S0: Sania Marla. Walder von Minca. 5000'. Juni 988. Schl. 



116, — r. — ONCIDIUM SPATIIACEUM Rchb. fil. Mss. IIuc : Brassia simlhacea Lind. 

 Rchb. fll. Bonpl. II. 279: 

 Aff. Brassiae imbricalae Lindl. vaginis pedunculi distantibus, brac- 



leis spalhaceis acutis flores integros aequantibus , labello ovali acumi- 



nato aculo ante carinas geminas postice oblusangulas, antice unidentatas 



puDerulas disco incrassato. 



Folium oblongoliguiaium acutum prope tres pollices laium , subbipedale. Pedun-* 

 culus folio aequalis, basi vaginis duabus. dein racemo sepiemfloro. Sepala nc tepala 

 subaequilooga lanceolata acuminata poilicaria. flava, rufo maculala. Labellum duas 

 teriias sepalorum aequilongum. Gynostemium basi merabranaceo dilataium (more 

 Lr. cinnubannae Limlen). — Walder Ocannas : 6—7000'. Juli. Nr. 735. Scblim, 



