ONCIDIUM. 



ORCHIDES. 781 



belli poriio posterior iransverso rhombea uirinque acuia, medio aniice producta in 

 unguem anguslum portionis anlicae paulo latioris cordalo rcniformis apice exciso si- 

 nuatae, sinus interjecii angusti obliqui; callus varicosus in basi , praepositae 3 cari- 

 nulae subtrianguiac, addita utrinque falcula subaequali, regio anlecarinalis velutina; 

 gynostemium rccurvatum, basi tenui, supra clavaium, rosiellum breve ornilhorrhyn- 

 chum denexum, alae assurgenles excisura sinuaia ad niedium bifidae, laciniae ligu- 

 latae brevcs, superior hinc crenulata; tabula infrastigmaiica ulroque medio margine 

 sinuata. Bliilhen scheinen hochgelb; Hullblatter und Lippengrund dunkelcarmoisin 

 geneckt und bandirt. Diese Art sieht durch die Ge.nalt der Saulennugel allen bis- 

 her beschriebenen Artcn dieser Gruppe fern. Auf den ersten Blick glaubler» wir, 

 Oncidium retusum vor uns zu sehen, welches in den meisten wichtigen Punkten 

 yollig verschieden ist. v. Warscewicz. 



IJuc: Oncidinm leopardinum Lindl. Fol. p. 28. sub Nr. 93: 

 Pynicula laxa diffiisa flexuosa, pelalis ovalis oblusis apiculalis sub- 

 unguiculalis, labelli auriculali lobo medio unguiculato Iransverso emar- 

 ginalo, crista anlice 5 carinala carinis lateralibus anticis longioribus 

 falcatis postice sinuosa dentibus confluentibus duplici serie circumdata, 

 cum alis maximis cordalis sublobatis retrorsum falcatis. 



Apparently a plani witb a loose straggling panicle. Flowers ihe size of those of 

 0. pyramidale, or smaller, wilh very dark distincl bands on the sepals and pelals, and 

 at the base of the lip. The crest consists at the base of a lobed sinuous centre sur- 

 rounded by a double line of half conlluent teeih, in front of flve teeth, of which the 

 two basal are short, the centrol twice as long as they , and the two in front still 

 longer and curving outwards. 



Wild in Peru; sources of ihe Marannon-Warscewicz. 



II. („Sarcoplera" Lindl. 1. c.) Miltoniastnm Rchb. fil. 



130. ONCIDIUM CARTHAGINENSE Swz. act. Holm. 1800. p. 240. LO. 201. Lindl. F. 40: 

 (.\) Swartzii. Flowers wliiiish, variegated with ferruginous and purple. Petals paler. 

 E. undtdatum Bot. Mag. t. 777. 

 0. carthaginense Swz. 11. ind. occ. 1479. 

 E. cartliaginense Jacq. Amer. 228, t. 133, fig. 4. 



(B) Oerstedii. Flowers pure while, variegated wilh various shades of rose. 



0. Oerstcdii Bchb. in Bonpl.. Ap. I. 1854. 



(C) sanguineum. Flowers smaller than usual, pale yellovv, wiih brighl irreguiar 

 crimson spots. 



0. sanguineum Lindl. Sert. Orch. t. 27. 



0. llunlianum Bot. Mog. t. 3806. 



0. roseum Lodd. Cat., ed. 2, nb. 1318. 



0. luridum Ilcnchmanni Km. ot West. Fl. Cab. l. 97. 



0. llenchmanni Lodd. Cal., cd. 2, no. 1323. 



0. panduriferum HIJK.. L 31«, t. 82. LO. 203. 

 {D) Klolzschii. Flowers larger than the last, diriy whitc, markcd wiih round 

 spots of deep rose. 



0. Cartliaginensc Lk. Klolsch el Otto. Ic. t. 6. 

 I return lo my original view of the distinctness of ihis and 0. luridum , which 

 never has ihe dorsal sepal arched over ihe column wiih a longer ur>guis ihan othcrs, 

 nor the ba.se of ils lip nearly as broad ns ihe niidille lobe , lo say iioihing of minor 

 dislinclions. Prof. Bchb. was lcd by an inaccuralc drawing iiilo proposing 0. Oer- 

 stedii , as I vvas by the same cause in ihe case of 0. sanguineum, whose crest is 

 most incorrccily given in ihc ,.Scrium" ; it in reality consisls of tlic usual flve tu- 

 bercles. of wliich one ccntrnl and iwo iu froni arc plump and evcn, while, ihe two 

 in ihe rear are shrivelled and sinuous. Sirniiar negligence has bcen shown by the 

 ariist who prepared the plaie for Link, Kloizsh, and Otlo'8 „Icones", ilije crest of 



