ONCIDIUM. 



ORCIIIDES. * 803 



its long riarrow panicle, wilh ilivnricating brandics. Tho flowcrs are said lo be 

 „yellow spolled wiih brown" in Ocanna, and „y«llow spoited with rod" in Merida. 

 My specimens of ihe first are also sirongcr than the other. with lcss*zigzag side 

 branches. I propose to name it in honour of niy very sharp-sightcd and indefatigable 

 fellow-workman in this difficult mine. 



Wild in New-Grenada ; in the province of Ocanna, ai 5000 ft.— Schlim, 27; Vene- 

 zuela, at Laguneia. in Ihe province of Merida. al 7000 ft.— Fiinck and Schlim, 1030. 



0. maizaefoUum Lindl. (?) Rthb. fil. Bonpl. II. 279: Es ist unmoglich, nach dcr 

 Diagnose die Art ganz sicher zu bestimmen. Jedeofalis steht sie nachst pictian Ilb. 

 B. Klh, und ist eine wahre Prachtpflanze wegen der unzahligen schon gefarbten Blii- 

 then. Ocanna. Juli. 5000'. Nr. 27. Schl. 



173. ONCIDIUM MAIZAEFOLiUM Lindl. Orch. Lind. no. 78. Lindl. Fol. p. 49 : 



Lcaves nearly one inch and a half wiile, coarsely ribbed (whcn dry). Flowcrs in 

 a vcry large entangled branching panicle. ,,Petals bright yeliow, spotted with red. 

 Lip pale yellow.'* Very distinct from the preceding. I have it from Mr. Rchb. as 

 0. Sclilimii? galhered in N. Grenada, by Warczewicz. 



Wild in Venezuela; forests on the slope of the Sierra Nevada, in the province of 

 Merida, at 7000 ft.— Linden. 

 Lindl. I. c, 0. Lind. : 



Foliis lanceolalis mullinerviis , panicula ramosissima imbricata ra- 

 mulis flexuosis, sepalis pelalisqiie lineari-oblongis obtusis undiilalis pa- 

 lentissimis, labello apice reniformi basi Iriangulari pubescente crisla 

 multidentata, columnae alis acinaciformibus sursum elongalis. 



Sierra Nevada in ihe province of Merida. August, rseudobulbs oval ribbed; stcm 

 two feet high. (Nr, 681.). 



One of the herd of species aliied to 0. reflexum and pictum. The Icavcs are a 

 foot long, or less. 



174. ONCIDIUM SESSILE Lindl. in Paxt. FI. Garden, t. 21. Llndl. Fol. p. 49 : 



The large golden-ycllow flowers rival those of Cavcndishianum. Their broad 

 oblong sei^als and pelals, with a few cinnamon spots at the base . are rcmarkable. 

 0. pirarense (no. 160), wiih flowers of a sirailar form , has long auricles to thc lip, 

 and a totally diflerent crest. 



Wild in ihe Caraccas; Santa Mariha— Purdie. 



Lindl. I. c. cf. Walp, Ann. III. 555. 



175. ONCIDIUM E.NSATUM Lindl. in Dot. Reg. 1842. misc. 15. Lindl. Fol. p. 50: 



Panicle very open . once only branched, gracefully bending at tbe point. wiih 

 conspicuous herbaceous mucronate bracts. Leaves narrow.like a straight two- 

 cd^zed sword. 



Wild in Guateraala— Skinner ; Mexico : near Oaxaca— Ilartweg. 

 Lindl. Sertum 1841 sub 48: 



Pseudobulbis subrotundis compressis , foliis ensiformibus striclis 

 carinalis , panicula longissima multillora, bracleis membranaceis acutis 

 canaliculatis, sepalis pelalisque lanceolalis acuminalis subundulalis, (oli- 

 vaceis luteo-marjiinatis), labello (luteo) rcnirormi einar^inato basi auri- 

 culato (disco olivaceo) crista pubescente subseptemtuberculato tuber- 

 culis elongatis , coluninae alis emarginatis utrinque acutis. 

 Guaiemala. *"' 



Singular long sv/ord shaped crect lcavcs, panicle like ihat of altissimnm. Flowors 

 ycllow in ihe lip and on the border of ihc scgments, aboui olivo brown in ihc raiddle 

 of ihe lip and ilio fare of the spe^meut'». 



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