774 ORCIIIDES. 



ONCIDHIM. 



IIuc: Oncidlum schnus Scheidw. All|?. Gnrtzig. 1839 p. 496: 



Peiala el sejiala aequalia, ovnla, apicc mucronulata, sepnla concava . libera . omnia 

 unguiculaia, flava , ad basin fusco purpurea, labellum irilobalum, lobis laieralibus ro- 

 lundalis, maculis rotundis purpureis variegalis, iniermedio amplissimo, reniformi 

 undulaio cupraio, poslice maculis biiiis iransversis , discus liarbaius, auraniiacus, 

 albovariegaius. Columna alba , alata , npice parum incrassata , rostellum porrecium, 

 flgurarn sciuri refert. Folia mn.xima, 12—14 pollicaria, lanccolata, basi plicala , cari- 

 naia, carnosa; scapus radicalis dcbilis, ramosus, quinquepedalis et ulira. Flores spe- 

 ciosi. subpollicares^ luiei, lusco-purpurei maculali. 



Brasilia. c. at Lacken. Schcidw. 



119. ONCIUIUM :DIVAIUCATUM Lindl. Orch. 2o5. Bot. Reg. t. 1050. Hot. Cab. t. 1212: 



The short concave coriaceous leaves assist in scparaiing ihis riora tlie preceding, 

 as does tho enlire flat edges of llie latcral lobes of (he lip. I also hclieve the four 

 lobed cushion lo alTord a good mark. The Howcrs are somelimes yellow wilh a 

 great dcal of copper-red staining and spotting, anU somelimes of one unironii dull 

 coppery tiiit. 



Wild in Drazil ; trunks of bigh irees', on Ihe mouniains of 6'erra das Argoas, in 

 Ilha Grande— Descourtilz. 



120. ONCIDIUM HARIUSOKIANUM Lindl. Orch. 202. Dot. Rcg. i. 1569. L. F. p. 35: 



U. pallidHin Lindl. tn Bot. Reg. 1840. Misc. 108. 



,. ., 5 Ilofi^mgg. flde Rchb. fil. 



0. pentaspUum 5 



0. raniferum Ilort. Gorm.. fide Klotzsch. 



0. acrobotryum Kloizsch. in Allg. Gorienztg. Sept. 15, 1855. 



The dull grey horn-Iike recurvcd leaves. and most remarkable crcst, render it im- 



possible to mistake ihis pretly liltlc plant, whose brilliani vellow flowers are enlivened 



by rich crimson linear stains. It is not very unusual for Oiicidia to liave a lerminol 



indorescence, as in the 0. acroboiryum of Klotzsch , which is uiiquesiionably a mere 



monster of tbis. 



VVild in Brazil; Organ Mountains— Miers ; on the ascent of tlie S. de Piedade, pro- 



vince of Mines— Martius. 



Bot. Reg. I. c. : 



Pseudobulbi ovi passerini magniludine, sed globosi , laete viridcs, lacves. Folia 



4—6 poliiccs longa, omnino avenia. Scapus e squama tubulosa proveniens, ascendens, 



pedalis vel ullra. Panicula composila. apicc cernua, raniulis divaricalis vel^decurvis. 



Flores vitellini. Sepnla petalis pnulo mojora , atrofusco maculata (uti pel.) Labellum 



unicolor, sepalis Interalibus longius. Crisia c luberculis 5 constat , quorum 4 late- 



ralia. comprcssa , rotundata, leviter incurvnnlur; quintum aniicum multo est an- 



gustius et cornu parvuin refert ; inter omnia adest area pulvinala pubescens. 



Oncidium pcillidum Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXVI. 1^40. Misc. 108: 



Pseudobulbo obcordato coinpresso marginalo, foliis acule carinalis 



convexis oblongis caesiis, scapo ereclo paniculalo, sepalis pelalisquc 



oblongis obtusis liberis, labelli auriculis rotiindatis lobo interniedio cu- 



neato obovato emarginalo angustioribus, disci basi glandulosi appendice 



5 parlita: laciniis cornutis aequalibus pubesccntibus, columnae alis bre- 



vissimis oblique Iruncalis. 



, Rrazil. imp. Lucomlio , Pince 8: Co. of Exeier. Laeves sea grocn likc ihose of 



Mnxillaria Rollissoiiii ; Tlie panicle is almosi a fool long , and ihe ftowers are in co- 



lour similar 10 0. divaricaium. Very near 0. Ilarrisonianum. 



