614 ORCIIIDES. 



ONcmiuM. 



B. R. 1. c. sub t. i920: ^ 



Pseudobulbis ovalis sulcalis diphyllis, foliis lato-linearibus acutis 

 scapo paniculato brevioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongis aculis patulis, 

 labelli iaciniis lateralibus triangulis, intermedia cuneata emarginata, 

 crista depressa medio constricta, diniidio posteriore quadratabasi utrin- 

 que callosa medio tuberculata anteriore triangulari, apice emarginata 

 utrinque foveata, alis columnae integris. — Brazil. 



A smallflowered species wiili the lower tialf of the lip chesnut coloured ; it exists 

 ia Mr. Knighi's coll. 



Bot. Reg. (XXIV) 48: notive of Brazii. Mr. Dcscourtilz met wiih it in damp forealp 

 near Bananal. This iravelier observed, ihat it fixes itself to branches not exceedinj 

 12 feei in disiance from the earih. — Yar. major Ilook. B. Mag. 371'^. 



195. ONCIDICM WENTWORTHI.\NCM Batem. in Bot. Reg. 1840. Misc. 194. Paxtons Fl. 

 Gard. II., ic. 127. L. F. p. 55: 



Thcre are two varieties in culiivation, of which one, sent me by Sir Philip Eger- 

 ton, has brilliani yellow Dowers niuch larger than in the original, and barred witb 

 the richest possible hrown, 



VVild in Guatemala— Skinner ; mouniains of Santa Rosa, in May— Hartweg. 



B. R. XXVI. (1840.) Misc. 194: 



PseudobulbJs nebulosis oblongis compressis ancipitibus diphyllis, 

 panicula angusla elongata ramulis 3-floris, sepalis liberis petalis- 

 que oblongo lanceolatis acutis, labelli cordati laciniis lateralibus ro- 

 tundatis grosse crenatis inleimedia multo brevioribus , intermediae 

 ungue basi lato apice angustiore lateribus rectis lamina reniformi den- 

 ticulata basi ipsa labelli duplo angustiore, crista 5-dentata denticulis 

 2 anlicis aucta, columnae alis erosis brevibus. 



Approaches 0. Baueri and altissimum, but the flowcrs are very difTerently shaped, 

 and richly siained with crimson upon a yellow ground. 



j,Is much used in adorning altars." Skinner. 



The beautifully motiled pseudobulbs at once distinguish it from evcry other spe- 

 cies ; it has llowered here, and I have had it drawn. In habit it is never V? the size 

 of 0. Bauer; and aliissimum, though it rivals them in the lengih of its sicms ; 

 neither does it ever forra corapound laieral branches from the spike. 



In complim. to Lord Fitzwilliam. Bateman 0, Mex. 39. 1842. — Lindl. in Benth. 

 Pl. Horiw. p. 94: Santa Rosa Mexici Hartweg! 



196. ONCIDICM PERGA^MENECM Lindl. in Benih. Pl. Hartw. p. 93. B. R. 1S42. Misc. 7. 

 L. F. p. 55; 



To the pseudobulbs and leaves of 0. tenue ihis almost adds tlic flowers of Went- 

 worthianum, with tbe same broad base of thc lip and similar spotting. Tbe crest is 

 formed by a heap of aboul nine short stumpy tubertles. The inlloresccnce is that of 

 0. suave. 



Wild in Guaiemala; montona en medio. Aug.— Hariweg. 



Lindl. Benih. Pl. Hartw. 1. c. : 



Pseudobulbis ancipitibus lucidis costatis diphyllis, foliis paLentibus 

 pergamencis oblongis acutis undulatis, panicula longissima divaricata, 

 sepalis liberis petalisque lanceolalis acuminatis patcntissimis , labello 

 Irilobo basi latiore, laciuiis lateralibus cordatis undulatis medio sub- 

 emarginatis, intennedia emarginata apiculata paullo latiore quam longa, 

 crislae tuberculis 5 parallelis linearibus undulalis subpubescentibus, co- 

 lumnae alis triangulajibus aculis. 



Mcxico. Hariweg. 



