782 ORCHIDES. 



ONCIDIUM. 



which bears no resemblance to triiih. Wiih rogard to ibis 0. sanguineum, tbere is 

 no doubt tliat thc 0. Iluntianum of llie ,,U. M.'' and it are idenlical. Sir Wm. Hooker 

 Avas misled by ibe assnraiice from Woburn, ihat ibe plaut sent him fioui that place 

 was nraziiian, not ibe only misrepresentalion whicb has found ils way inlo public 

 out of that establisbmt^nt. 



0. obsoletum , an unpublishod? name of Galeolti's, evidently bclongs to some 

 variety of tbis , as I learn from Prof. Hcbb. To ibe same acute observer is due liie 

 discovery, tbat 0. panduriferum is nolbing more iban some common form of 0. car- 

 ihaginense; probably of var. sanguineum , judying from a (lower with whicb he bas 

 favoured nie. 



Wild in Tropical Ainerica; A. Jamaica, on trunks and large branches of irees— 

 Swar/z ; tbick loresis ofCarthngena— Jacquin ; B. Nicaragua— Oersted ; C. La Guayra— 

 Loddiges; Santa Mariha— Purdie, in bb. Hooker; D. Caraccas— Wagener. 

 ad C. Oncidium sangiiineum Lindl. Bot. Rcg. XXV. (1839.) Misc. 18: 

 Ebulbe, foliis oblongis coriaceis dorso carinalis, scapo lonsissinio 

 paniciilalo, sepalis snbrotundis unguiculalis lateralibus basi connalis pe- 

 lalisque crispis sublobalis, labelli Irilobi siibcrispi vernicati iobis sub- 

 aequalibus intermedio retuso cuneato, crista ovata convexa corrugala, 

 columnae alis rotundatis sublobalis, anlhera puberula. 



Habit of Oncidium carlhagincnse, but with straw-coloured llowcrs stained wiih 

 crimson bloiches. La Guayra. Loddiges imp. 



Lindl. Paxt. I. p. 21: thc two posterior lubercles are more oblong. projecling wilh 

 a furrow in the nirddle. In all varielies of Oncid. carthaginense there is a pair of 

 slrong warls in place of the small leelh one on each side of ihe anterior eleTalion, 

 and ihc like body is divided iiito iwo disiinct V. — Ilook. Lond. Journ. III. 508. 

 (1814.) Kingslon, on Logwood hedges. Purdie. — Hcbb. fll. Bonpl. JI. 13: Caracas 

 '2dQ0'. Wagencr. 



IIuc: Oncidium llHnlianum Hook. Uot. Mag. 3806: 



Pseudobulbo conico, lolio solitario, oblongo, coriaceo, crasso aculiiis- 

 culo, basi attenualo, sessili: scapo longissimo, racemo composito, elon- 

 gato; pedicellis bi- >— Ififloris; pelalis sepalisque patenlibus, oblongo- 

 ovatis; crispatis; labello trilobo basi supra sub 5-tubercuIato, lobis la- 

 leralibus crassis aculiusculis, inlermedio subllabelliformi longiore medio 

 emarginato, columna bialata. 



Brazil. Woburn 39 (10.)— Perigonium flaveolum, rubro adspersum , labii basi 

 flava. 



131. ONCIDIUM GUTTATUM Rchb. fiL (LUHIDUM Lindl. in Bot. R. t. 727). Lindl. Fol. 11: 



(A) olivaceum. Flowers olive-grcen , with dusky brown bloiches. Botan. Magazin. 

 1839, t. 16. 



(B) gutialum. Flowers dull yellow, spottcd wiih cinnamon-brown. Bot. Rcgisier 

 1839, t. 16. 



£p. guUalum Linn. sp. pl. 1351. 

 Cymbidium gullatum Willd. 4. 102. 

 0. Boydii Ilort. 

 0. cunculum Lindl. Coll. Bot. sub t 27. 



(C) atratum. Flowers dull olive, witb a vcry dark brown whole-coloured lip, 

 Hort. Soc. Journ., VI., c. ic. xyl. 



0. Lindcui Lodd. Cat. 



(D) intcrmcdium. Flowcrs dull ycllow, markcd wilh circular brown spots. Panicle 

 stilT, narrow, wilh rigid Qexuose branchcs. 



0. intermcdium Knowlcs and Westcott Fl. Cab. t. 60, bad. 



(E) Morreni. Flowers pale roae-colour, spoiied wiih crimson aiid tipped with 

 yellow. Lip cinnamon-brown. 



