788 ORCHIDES. oncidium. 



on eiiher side. Flowers yellow, very norrow, wiih a few reddish-brown flecks. From 

 a skeich communicated by Rchb. and his descriplion. 

 Wild in Peru; Cuchero— Poppig. 



Rchb. fll. 1. c: 



(Foliis oblongis basi peliolalim altenuatis, acutis), panicula laxa, dif- 

 fusa multiflora, lamis liaud elongatis, bracteis triangulis apice subulatis 

 abbreviatis, perigonii phyllis unguiculalis dein oblongis aculiusculis re- 

 pandulis, labello brevissinio unguiculalo cuneato, basi utrinque anguste 

 angulato, liumerato, dein lineari, apice in laminam reniformem postice 

 utrinque valde anguslatam antice medio emarginatani dilalato, carina 

 inlerposila in basi postice in lineam transversam lunulatam expansa, ad- 

 dito iobulo obtuso, utrinqae in maigine, gynostemio incurvo aptero, la- 

 bula intrastigmatica prominula, utroque margine qnadrata, retusa, medio 

 canaliculata, androclinio postice apiculato, rostello ornithorrbyncho, de- 

 flexo, brevi. — 



Ob die Blaiter mit dazu gehoren, kann ich nicht verburgen, da sie lose liegen. 



Biuihen gelb mil [wenig roihbraunen Flecken; [sehr schmal und aulTallend lang. 



Cuchero in Peru. Poppig. 



143. O^CIDIUM CITRLNUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1758. Lindl. Fol. 43: 



Flowers bright yellow, wilh a few duU clouds on ihe sepals and petals. This must 

 be nenr tipuloides, which I have not seen. The cheeks of ihe column are raore 

 consj^icuous, thon in any of the succeeding of this section. 



Wild in Trinidad— Loddiges. 



•Lindl. I. c. (1836): 



Pseudobulbis oblongis compressis. foliis ensiformibus riijidis scapo 

 simplici brevioribus, sepalis petalisque labelli longiludine lineari ob- 

 longis unduhilis, labello cordato utrinque introrsuin arcualo apice dila- 

 tato subieniformi, crisla 8 luberculata pubescenle, alis niinimis, sligmate 

 orbiculaii. 



Planta 0. altissimo (fol. 1651), igitur Baueri valde affinis et forte mera varietas. 

 Diversa tanipn videlur scapo non ramoso, floribus paium maculaiis, sepalis petalis- 

 que minus ocuminatis. crista tuberculata potius quam digilata , demum alis minimis et 

 sligmate orbiculari nec anguslo compressoque. Trinidnd. 



144. ONCIDIUM PICTURATUM Rchb. fil. in lionpl.. Ap. I. ^i. L. F. 43: 



L.\liemely like 0. ciirinnm, c.\cept tliai tlie flowers hnve olive-green sepals and 

 peials, spoiied like ihose of 0. leucochilum. This and ihe last require to be compa- 

 red in a living slate. 



Wild in ihe Caraccas— Warczewicz. 



Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 13: 



Panicula racemosa , bracteis scariosis spathaceis, ovarii pedicellati 

 terliam seu quarlam adaequanlibus, perigonii piiyllis oblongis acutis 

 undulatis, labello pandurato, basi angusto, lobis basilaribus obtusangulis 

 postice humeralis, scnsim antrorsum angustato, lobo medio lalo reni- 

 formi, aj)ice bilobo, sinu interjecto parvo, callo baseos utrinque triden- 

 talo, gynostemio incurvo , alis relusis, anguste quadratis, denticulatis, 

 bosi acuiangulis, tabulae infrastigmalicae limbo obtusangulo. 



Kine hochst ausgezcichncte Art. Bliithen so gross wie die eines grossen 0. ku- 

 cochilum. Dic llullblatler sind olivengriin, mit schonem Schwarzrolh iiberwiegend 

 reich und gross gcfleckt, die unlere Hiilfle der vorn hochgelben Lippe ist braunroth. 

 Oncid. sphacelatum Lindl. und Consorten sind die nachsten Verwandten. Die fast 

 ellenlange Aehre, welche unten durch kurze, bochsiens dreiblulbigft Zweiglein ris- 



