780 ' ORCHIDES. 



ONCIDIUM. 



dentalo, lalerihus serralo, gynostemio basi gracili, alis dolabriformi qua- 

 dratis, conspituis, niargine externo nunc denliculatis angulo inferiore 

 acuto extenso, tabula infrastigmatica pandurala. 



li\& Blutlien sind hocligeib. Die uniern Drciviertel cler Hullblatter bis auf einen 

 dunnen Saum schon rolh ; quer iiber die Mitte der Lippe ein rolhes Band, am Grund 

 einige dergleiclien Fleckchcn; die Grosse ist die derer des Oncid. lunatum. Die 

 schniale Lippe erinnert an 0. NVentworihianum und 0. raniferum. Carabobo. Wagener. 



127. ONCIDIUM WEDDELLI Lindl. Fol. 39: 



0. pnnicula ramosissima heterantha ramulis flexuosis intricatis, 

 sepalis petalisque lineari-obovalis secundis, labello basi acute rhombeo 

 antice elongalo in lobum med. reniformem emarginalum expanso, crista 

 tomentosa quinque-Ioba dentibus 8 liberis aculis circumslantibus, co- 

 lumna tereli tomentosa alis bipartitis linearibus buccis horizontalibus 

 oblatis. 



A most curious planl with ihe habii of 0, pyraniidale. Fiowers equaliy small. 

 Colum lerete , wiih a pair of horizonial oval cheeks, and column-wings each divided 

 to the hase into two linear lobes, of which ihe two upper arch over the anlher. 



Wild in Bolivia ; in ihe valleys of Tipani and Apolobamba , in ihe province of 

 Larecaja and Caupolican, among grass— Weddell. 



128. ONCIDIUM SCIILIMII Linden. Lindl. in Paxlon's Fl. Garden, no. 444. L. F. 39: 



Owing 10 some coniusion in my references to Linden's numbers, no one has been 

 able to idenlify this well-markcd plant. The paniclc is widcly sprcading, loose , and 

 compound. FJowers bright yellow, spolted wilh brown. Its twolobed column-wings. 

 wilh tbe lobes divaricnling and t,apering lo flne points, and thc rostrate stigma mark 

 it well, In 0. ligraium ihe iwo-lobed column-wings are truncatc or even emarginatc. 



Wiid in New-Granada ; in ihe province of Ocanna, at Ihe height 0^3—4000 ft. — 

 Schlim. 1012. 



Lindl. Pa.xt. Fl. Germ. II. 118: 



Foliis binis rectis ensifcrmibus, scapo ^ubscandente racemoso pa- 

 niculato racemis flexuosis, labeliu bilobo rolundalo basi angusliore auri- 

 culato crislae tubercidis qualernis, tolumnae alis triangularibua, utrin- 

 que acuminalissimis. 



Scape 5' long. (Funck and Schlim 7. Oct.46.) Meridn 7000'. Pseudobnlbs narrow. 

 Panicle wavy, weak, inclined to scramble and beafs shori racemes or imperfeci 

 panicles. Fiowers smaller than in 0. rf'ne.vuni near which tlie spccies will staml. 

 Driglit yellow slighlly aud irregiilarly barrcd wilh brown. 



129. ONCIDIUM TIGBATUM Rchh. fil. in Bonpl., May I. 1845. Lindl. Fol. 40: 



Flowcrs deep-ycllow^ wilb dark criinson blolclies. Coluiiin - wings so deeply 

 iwo-lobed, as to be blunily lunalc. Dilfers from Weddeili in tlie lobesofihe column- 

 wings being broader, ihe column smooili, not downy. I havc oiily s^t^n a single flower 

 and a sketch. 



Wild in Peru-Warczewicz. 



Rchb. fil. Wrscwz. Bonpl. II. 109: 



Nulli afllne, labclli portione postica rhombea in anlicam reniformem 

 .«^inuatam pcr ungucm brevem transeunle, callo varicoso in basi, prae- 

 posilis canniiiis ternis, alis assurgentibns sinuato excisis, hinc erecto 

 bifidis. 



Paniculne rami ramulosi fractillcxi , bractcae lincarilriangulae ovariis pedicellatis 

 mullolies breviores, flores illis Oncidii carlliaginensis aequimagni ejusdemque sub- 

 stantiae in sicco subcliartacci ; sepalum dorsale oblongocuncatum apiculatum. late- 

 ralia unguiculaia cuneata oblonga subapiculaia |)auIo longiora, tepala a cuneata basi 

 flabellaia, apice retusiusculo roiuiidata nunc cum apiculo, sepalis duplo latiora, la- 



