798 ORCllIDES. oncidium. 



Mexico. Loddiges'; vcry near 0. renexiim. Tlio flowers aie much smallcr. ilic 

 sepals and pelals cliocolatf: colour, tipped witli yellow; tlie lip vellow , with a cinna- 

 nion brown middlc. Tlie wings of ihe column are yeliow. It has a faint and agre- 

 oble cdour. It was scnt lo Msrrs. I.oddiges by Ueope in ihe year 1835. 



Huc ex Lindl. : Ann. Sc. nat. 1845. p. 26; 0(itjd. inucroftenm Rich. ei Gai. l. 32: 

 Pseudobulbis ovoideo-ohlongis 2-pliyllis; foliis lanceolalis; scapo 

 ramoso paniculato, gynoslemii alis lalissiinis Inincalis, labelli lobis la- 

 teialibus oblusis , inlerinedio Iransverso, einarginato. Mexico. 

 Obs. Oncid. Wendlandiamm Uclib. ni. Doiipl. II. (1850) p. 91: 

 Aff. 0. ansilero: recedit (uberciilo apice iniilico, ungue lobi medii 

 breviori, laliori, tabula infrasligmatica haud ila angulata , alis angus- 

 tioribus. 



Pseudobuibi 4 polliccs longi, prope duos modio lati, oblongi. subcompressi, ob- 

 tuse ancipiies, utrinque iricoslaii. di|)hylii. Folia ligulata, basi attenuata. bene acula, 

 subbipcdalia .i mcdio paulo uiiia bipollicaria. Panicula laxissima Hexuosa pro magni- 

 tudine paucidora , quadripedalis. Ramuli paucinori , pedicelli incurvi, subpollicares 

 bracteas byalinas lanccas abbreviatas longe superanies. Perigonii phylla oblonga 

 acuta undulaia aeoualia. Labellum hilobum , lobi loterales dolabriformi rhorabei, 

 dorso convoluti, hinc quasi lineares, lobi medii unguis hasi labelli dimidio aequila- 

 tu9. subrcniformis, sed basi abruple hnstalus, anirorsum paulo angustatus. apice si- 

 nuatus, bilobus cum apiculo inttrjecto. margine parvicrenulat**, luherculum baseos 

 hemisphaericum pluripapulosum. apice bicrure, regio anteposita velutina (more 0. 

 Suitoni). Gvnostemium abbreviaium, rectum , crassum , andruclinium subcbliquum. 

 supra foveam stigmaiicam ulrinque unidentatam . dentes transvers; parvi, processum 

 rostellarem tegentes, fovea ipsa parva transversa , tabula inlrasiigmatica medio unl- 

 sulculaia ; alac angustae, e,xlrorsum retusac minulissime crenulaiae , apice acuiae. 

 Hulle braunlich mit Siich ins Olivengrun, endlich zimmlrolh ; an der Spiize gelh vor- 

 gesiossen. Lippe gelb, mit brauner Querbinde und einige solcher Flecke vor dem 

 Grunde. Cullur des Herrenhauser Berggartcns, 



Num vere an Oncid. suave Lindl. peninoat, mihi non liquct. — Uchb. Ql. 



16?. ONCIDtUM ANSIFERU.M Rchb. ni. in Uot. Zeil. 1852, p. 695. Lindl. Fol. p. 46 : 



VVell disiinguislied from U. suave , which il is very near, not only by the middle 

 point of ihe crest being prolouged inlo a downy beak, but by longer and more wavy 

 sepals and peials, a veiy short column , ihe cheeks of which, although very promi- 

 nent, are scarcely discoverable above ihe crest, and byihe crest itseUhaving a lobed 

 looih on eiiher side at its base. 



Wild in Veragua; Chiriqui, at 8000 ft.— Warczewicz. 

 Rchb. fll. L c: 



riiyllis oblongo-obovalis crispulis. exlernis unguiculalis, sensim di- 

 latalis, labelli auticulis basilaribus ligulatis, poslico margine curvilineis, 

 labelli cuneo lalo sensim anguslato, subilo in laminam reniforniem di- 

 lalalo, anlice emarginalo, callo basilari angusto, brevi. anlice in roslrum 

 uncinatum allenualo, superne carinalo, utrinque trigyroso, gynostemii 

 brevissimi recurvali alis oblongis paucicrenalis, alis corneis inferioribus 

 exlrorsum curvatis, ansam simulantibus. 



Dte funf Ilullblatter einfarbig, grunlichschwarz (nach der trocknen Pflanze — hochsi 

 eigenihumliche Farbung!), mii gelben Spitzen. Lippe goldgelb.l mit 2 schwarzbraunen 

 Qucrbindcn am Grunde , welchu am Rande iii cinaiider ubergelien. iNathsl 0. suavc 

 Lindl.I Alloin die Verzweigung ganz verschieden , schlalT. Dic Uandhaben an der 

 Saule, die Farbe und der Schnubel an der Lippenschwiele zeichnco es aus. 

 Chiriqui. 



163. ONCIDIUM MICROSTIGMA Rchb. flL In Bonpl.. April I. 1884. L F. p. 46: 



,,Sepal8 aiid peials oiange-vellow ; lip pale, almosi whiie." I bave a single flower 



