ONCIDIUM. ORCllIDES. 773 



g. 9. Pulvinata Lindl. 1. c. p. 35. 



Anaiysis of the species. 



Pulvinus villosus inappendiculatus. 

 £impiex. 



labelli lobis lateralibus serratis 117. sphegifcrum. 



., „ crispis 118, pulvinatum. 



quadrilobus, lab. lob. lat. iniegris 119. divaricatum. 



Puivinus dentibus 5 ascendentibus circumdatus 120. Uarrisoniannm. 



117. ONCIDIUM SPHEGIFERDM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843., Misc. 23. Paxt. Fl. Gard.. II. 

 ic. 124: 



Fiowers brilliant yellow, witli rich crimson spots on the lip , and a duH purple 

 stain on the sepals and pelals. Base of ihe lip flat and serrated, not crisp; cushion- 

 like crcst, oblong obovate, not circular, 



VVild in Brazil— Loddiges cic. 



Lindl. 1. c. : 



Panicula ramosa divaricata, sepaiis dislinctis aculis, petalis retusis, 

 labelii lobo intermedio bilobo iransverse oblongo unguiculato lateralibus 

 serralis subaequalibus, luberculo villoso ovato pulvinalo, columnae alis 

 firmis rotundatis. 



A Brazilian spccies , intermediaie as it were belween 0. divaricatum and pulvina- 

 lum, of which it has quiie the appearance and colour ; it is however clearly disting- 

 uished by the lateral lobes of ihe iip being serrated, and by thc rounded tirm purple 

 wings of ihe column. Flowered with Msrrs. Loddiges. 



118. ONCIDIUM PULVINATUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. Misc. 115. 1639. t. 42. Paxt. FI. 

 G.. IL ic. 126: 



Much like the preceding, frora which the crisp base of the lip , circular cushion, 

 and broad middle lobe of the lip appear to separate it. 

 Wild io Brazil; Minas Geraes— Regnell. 

 Lindl. B, R. 1. c. Misc. 115: 



Panicula ramosissima divaricata, sepalis obovatis, lateralibus liberis, 

 petalis conformibus aculis, labelli lobis subaequalibus, intermedio bi- 

 lobo undulalo laleialibus crenatis rotundatis crispis, disco pulvinalo vil- 

 losissimo, columnae alis rotundatis. 



Resembles O'. divaricalum with a panicle 8 — 9' long, importcd from Brazil by 

 Rich. ilarrison, Esq. of Aigburgh , lo whom a medal was awarded for his cxbibition 

 of il at a recent meeting of the llort. Soc, ol Loiidon. 



Ilook. Lond. Journ. 1842. 1. p. 189: on large trees, in virgin forests, on ihe Cor- 

 covado. Septbr. Gardner. 



Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXV. (1839.) 42: 



Panicula ramosissima iniricata , glabra, 8—9' longa ; axi pcrcurrente rcciiusculo. 

 pennae corvinae crassitudine, ramis simplicibus ramosisqiie divaricatis, geniculalim 

 Oexuosis internodiis pollicaribus, bractuis refractis mcinbranaceis acutis pluries lon- 

 giorihus. 



Flores 0. divaricati simillimi , lutei, in medio sanguineo guttati. — 



It differs from 0. divaricatum in iis lip having ihe middle lobe largesl , not smal- 

 lesl ; and in the cushion at iis base being much more villous and equally convex, 

 not dividcd iato equal quarters. The lateral lobes of tbe lip are also crisp in ihis 

 species, not plain, as ia 0. divaricatum. 



Lindl. Seri. sub 48: perhaps a varietr of Oncidium divnricatum. 



