784 ORCniDES. 



ONCIDIUM. 



133. ONCIDICM LANCEANCM Lindl. in Hort. Trans. n. s. II. 100, t. 7. Dot.Reg. i. 1887. 

 Lindl. Fol. 41: 



This benuiifui plnnt seems confined to Surinam. Iis sepals and petals are greenisli 

 richly moiiled wiih brown; iis lip rose-colour, deep violet on ihe lower half. The 

 flowers are frngrant, like Vanilla, and vary in the deplh of colour ; bui tbis seeras lo 

 depend on cultivation only. 



Wild in Surinam-Lance. Regel 1786, Hoslmann 342. 

 Lindl. in Hort. Trans. I. c: 



Ebulbe, foliis oblongis aculis planis substrialis carnosis, scapo ra- 

 cennoso composito ereclo rigido racemulis conferlifloris, sepalis pela- 

 lisque conformibus oblongis obtusis carnosis concavis margine undu- 

 lalis, labelli lobo medio dilalalo subcuneato inlegerrimo basi hastalo, 

 lobis lateralibus semiovalis, crista triloba carnosa jugoque elevato pro- 

 clivi, columnae alis carnosis rotundalis, anthera cristata. 



Fioral. Cab. II. Nr. 791 In Tamarindo , SapodiUa, Calabash trees. — 



13L ONCIDIL\M C.AVENDISHIANUM Raieman Orch. Mex. t. 3. Lindl. Fol. 42: 

 0. pachyphyllum Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3807. 

 Flowers large yellow , in a siifl" panicle , wiih a tinge of green on the sepals and 

 petals. Base of lip much wider than ihe middle lobe. 0. pachyphyllum has some 

 crimson spois on llie sepals and peials. 

 Wild in Guatemala— Skinner. 



Bat. 1. c. (1837): 



Foliis ereclis carnosis lale lanceolalis acutis scapo elato triplo bre- 

 vioribus, sepalis obovalis obtusis, supremo fornicato, petalis subaequa- 

 libus oblongis obtusis, valde undulatis ; labello magno trilobo, laciniis 

 lateralibus rotundis petalis subconformibus intermedia majore reniformi 

 profunde emarginata, cristae tuberculis 2 ad basin, 2 a fundo lamellae 

 elevatae rotundatae sitis; columna brevi crassa auricula decurva versus 

 apicem utrinque aucta. 



Sepals greenish yellow spoiied wiih bright chestnui. Lip of a pure yellow. 



Guatemala. Skinner. 



Lindl. Sert. sub 48: 



Ebulbe. foliis carnosis slrictis acutis basi complicatis, scapo pani- 

 culato brevioribus, sepalis obovalis obtusis snpremo fornicato, petalis 

 subaequalibus oblongis obtusis valde undulatis, labelli trilobi laciniis 

 lateralibus unguiculalis rotuudatis intermedia majore reniformi profunde 

 emarginata, cristae tuberculis 2 ad basin, 2 a fronte lamellae elevatae 

 rolundatae sitis, columnae alis linearibus decurvis inflexis. 



Guaiemala. — A mosi noble species. panicles of large flowers, having greenish 

 sepals and petals nnd a bright clear yellow lip. 



Van Houtte FI. Serres IV. 330: dicit analysin in Bot. Mag. 2807. minus esse cor- 

 rectam. quam flguras planiae delineaiae ipsius. 



Huc judice Lindl. : Oncidium pachyphyllHtn Hook I. c: 



Pseudobulbo nullo, folio elliptico oblongo apice recurvo aculo cras- 

 sissimo, panicula ampla, sepalis late obovato spalhulatis undulalis 11- 

 beris, pelalis similibus sed paulo angustioribus, labello triparlito, disco 

 basi tuberculis 4 cruciatim dispositis, quinto in medio , laciniis latera- 

 libus obovalis intermedia transversim oblonga emarginata, columna 

 utrinque ala oblonga deflexa. 



Mexico, Woburn CoUection. Parkinson. 



Perigonium flavum, rubro adspersum. 



