ONCIDIUM. 



OnCHIDES 791 



lUhb. fll. Warczewicz I. c. II. 109: 



Aft'. 0. picliirato callo rhombeo marginibiis anlicis denfato, disco 

 carinato. lineolis sulcatis poslice in basi labelli, alis bilobuiis, 



Panicula elonpaln, brncliYcladn , superne racemosa, ramuli fracliflexi oliganthi a 

 squamis^spathaceis (6'" longis , basi 2,5" lalis) stipali , bracieae lanceocucullatae 

 V»— 'A ovarii pedicellali gracilis occupanies, sepala ac tepala a cuneata basi oblonga 

 acuta, undulata, sepala . extcrna p.iulo longiora , Iai)ellum a basi brevissime ungui- 

 culata utrinque auriculatum, auriculae ligulatao, poslice rectilineae. anirorsum sensim 

 in cuneiim angusiatum longum transeuiites, pars antica reniformis, bilobula , basis 

 labelli inDma callo ciepresso lineolis sulcantibus parallelis notata , calkis anticus 

 nscendens, apice rostratiis , utrinque pluri (3—5) dentatiis , gynoslemium gracile ; 

 fovea rhombea; aiae breves , bilobae, obtusnngulae , medio srnuatae , tabula infra- 

 sligmatica producla. Die Bliiihe ist so gross , wie bei 0. Caucij Lindl. Nachst 

 0. picluratuni Rchb. fil., welclies grossere Cluthen, abgerundeie Oehrchen, einen 

 breiteren Nagel der Lippe und andere Schwiclen hat. Dio Linien am Grunde der 

 Lippe und die zweilappigon Saulenllugel bilden die Ilauptkennzeichen. Peru : von 

 Warsczewicz. 



150. O.NCDIUM ALTISSIMU.M Swarlz LO. 200. Bot. Reg. l. 1851. Bot. Wag. t. 2990. 

 Lin.ll. Fol. 41: 



Hacemes sometimes thiriecn fcei long, almost simple except quite at the base. 

 Sepals,and pctals brown and yellow. Lip bright yellow. The column is raiher shori; 

 its wings wavy and somewhat lobed, 

 Wild in the West Indies. 

 Bot. Reg. XXII, (1836.) 1851 : 



Pseudobulbis subrolundis compressis ancipifibus, foliis (distichis) 

 ensiformibus carinatis acutis, scapo decurvo multo brevioribus, racemo 

 subsimplici , sepalis petalisqiie Ijbelli longifudine lineari-lanceolatis un- 

 dulalis , labello apice dilatato bilobo raedio constriclo basi auriculato, 

 crii-ia enneadactyla , depressa, columnae alis rotundatis abbreviatis 

 undulatis crenulalis. 



Ep. aUissimum Jacq. siirp. Am. 229. l. 141. 

 Perigonii phylla 5 \iridia brunneo maculato, labellum flavum. 

 Hook. Bot. Journ. I. 7: Panaramo and Columbia: Cuming. — Lond, Journ. IIL 

 527. Jamaica. Purdie. 



151. ONCIDIUM SPHACELATUM Lindl.. Sert. Orch. sub t. 48. Bot, Reg. 1842, t. 30. 

 LindL Fol. 44: 



(A) minus. Flowers small. Raceme panicled at the base. 



(B) majus. Flowers larger. A complete panicle. 



Remarkable for its brillinnt yellow, and Ihe rich brown of the sepals and pelals. 

 Its column-wings are; always brown at ihe edgis. The iwo varieties in cultivation 

 seem to be constant in ihe peculiariiies of iheir respective inflorescence. The buds 

 always , before expansion. curve back the points of ihe sepals and peials in the form 

 of Dvc recurved horns. 



Wild in Guatemala; Malpais— Skinner ; Honduras— Loddiges; Mexico— Oaxaca, on 

 trees and rocks, al 2—3000 fi.— Galeotli, 5176; Tabasco— Linden, 1223. 

 Lindl. liot. Reg. XXVIIL (1812.) 31 : 



Pseudobulbis elongalo ovatis ancipilibus a lalere planiusculis. foliis 

 longis ensiformibus apice recurvis, scapo stricto, racemo composito 

 multifloro, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis undulatis, labello aequa- 

 libus, labello medio constricto basi auriculato apice dilatato rotundato 

 bilobo, crisla depressa pubescente a lalere denlata apice triloba, co- 

 lumnae alis elongatis truncalis erosis sphacelatis. 



