ONCIDIUM. 



ORCIIIDES. 787 



ein kleiner, oben offener Kasten obne Deckel ist eine wunderliche Neuigkeit. Chi- 

 riqui Cordillcren 6—9000' auf Baumen. October. v. Warscewicz. 



140. ONCIDIUM FASClFKnUM Rchb. fil. in Honpl.. May I. 1854. Lindl. Fol. 42; 



A lall brar.ching wide panicle, with acuminate spalhaceous hracls iiaif as long as 

 the pediincie, and an exlreniely short column , wiih small circular wings and carti- 

 laginous clieeks of ihe some form , and not nuich lareer, are cliaractftrisiic of ihis 

 well-marked plant. Tlie cresi consists of a hroad blunt corina , on each side of 

 wliich stands a pair of notched teelh, one a lillle ia front of the oiher. I have a 

 fine specimen from Warczewicz. 



Wild in Peru; at iho sources of ilie Marannon— Warczewicz. 



Rchb. ni. Wrswcz. Bonpl. II. 109: 



Aff. penladaclylo floribus monomorphis, labello basi duplo angustiori, 

 quam apice, calli systeniate quinqiieseriato; mediano interjecto lineari. 

 Panicula elongata hrachyclada, rannili distantes . infinii 4— 8fiori. Iiracteae trian- 

 gulae ovaria peiiicellala quinta fere parte aequantes. sepala linearilanccolata acuta 

 basi bene cuneata, tepala a hasi anguste brevissi;iieqne cuneala stalim diiatata ob- 

 longa acuta sepalis duplo laliora , lahellum panduratum, basi utrinque aculangulum, 

 angustum , antrorsum scnsim angustalum, ab hoc ungue subito dilatatum in laminam 

 reniformem apice medio triangulo insiliente excisam, callus quin([ueserialus: carina 

 media abhreviota; adjectae ter binae earinulae : anticae lineares, reliquae 4 obtusan- 

 gulae; extremae utrinque 2 lincanligulatae hreves ; gynostemii postice dorso summo 

 apiculati fovca cordiformis; alae angustae , longae, dolabrirormes, angulo superiori 

 aculae, infcriore ohiusae ; tabula infrnsiigmatica apice utrinque valde angulata. Nachst 

 0. pentadaclijlon Lindl. ! Es fehlen aber die abortirten Uluthen , di'.' Zweige der 

 Rispe sind hei dieser Art gross und verzweijjt; die Sanlennugel broiter , die Lippe 

 am Grunde eben so breit, als vorn (hier schmaler); endlich die Iluckel verschieden. 

 Die Bliithen hcidi-r Arten sind gleich gross , HiiiiblaltLr und Lippengrund bei dieser 

 sehr schon rolhhraun gelleckt. Peru. v. Warscewicz. 



141. ONCIDIUM PLAMLARRE Lindl. in Journ. Ilort. Soc, VL 59, c. ic. xyl. L. F. 43: 



Flowers dull olive-brown, excepi the lip , which is clear yellow, and cinnnmon 

 coloured at the base. The singular rhonihoidal denticulate crest with ihe anterior 

 angle produccd and resting uj)on a pair of unequal leelh on either side is very 

 peculiar. 



VVild in Brazil; localily unknown, 



Lindl. Journ. H. S. Vi, 59. Paxt. Fl. G. L 170, Nr. 220: 



Pseurlobuibis ancipitibus lenuibus costalis, foliis ensalis racemo 

 brevioribus, racenio siniplici, sepalis pelalisque lanceolalis unguiculatis 

 undulalis subat^qualibtis, hibelli laciniis lateralibtis oblongis parvis, inter- 

 media semicirculuri phina cmarginala, crista riiomboidea ciispidala niar- 

 ^ine crassa vt-riucis 2 inaequalibus utrinque versus cuspidem, dente 

 forti obtuso fatiei columnae adnato, columnae brevibus carnosis in- 

 Hexis. 



Much like 0. Sulloni. Sepals and petals rhomhoid lanceolate. acuminate, wavy. 

 Crest consists of a broad lozengesliaped rugged eilgod cusp date process, benealh 

 which, near ihc point, on either side ,. aro 2 sraall unequal lnbircles; in addition to 

 which llierc is a stout blnnt looth which rises in front of ihe column, forming part 

 of it. The wings of tlie column are roundish, dwarf, incurved. 



142. ONCIDIUM TIPULOIDES Hchb. fiL in Dot. Zeit. 1852, p. 856. Lindl. Fol. 43: 



Sepals lanceolate, wavy, narrower than the ohlong acute unguiculaie petals. Lip 

 hasiate, very narrow al ihe base, tapering into a long narrow unguis expanding inio 

 a blunily crescent-shaped emarginate middle lobe. Crest small, consisting of a horse- 

 «hoe ridge, whose convexity is extended inio a keel , wiih a sraall wari ai ihe hase 



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