ONCIDIUM. 



ORCHIDES. 815 



Bot. Reg. XXVIII. 1842. Misc. 7: 



Leaves 5— fi" long, 17o— 2 wide, of a thin parchment like texture. Panicle weak, 

 loose. 2—3" long, mucli appearance of Baueri. Sepals anJ peials wavy and brown 

 tipped wilh yellow, lip yellow except a dull hrown siain on each side of the hase of 

 Ihe middle lobe. The lip is in form like ihat of 0. Wentworthinnum, tiiat is to say, 

 it is broader at the base than ihe apex, which is transversely oblong, with a sraall 

 point in front. Thc wings of the column are small, short , and curved like a bird'3 

 bill wilh a few obscure toothings on Ihe upper edge. 



Lindl, Sert. sub 48: 



Very ihin pseudobulbs , sharp edged and somewhat furrowed on each side. 

 Leaves in pairs. from5— 6" long by one, and '/2— 2 inches wide, of a thin jiarchment 

 like lexture , oblong, narrowing down to their base and sharp poinied. The flowers 

 nre in a weak loose panicle, about 2 — 3 long, have much llie appearance of 0. 

 Baueri. Sepals and petals narrow, sharp pointed , every brown tipped wilh yellow; 

 lip is a dull yellow ; except a duU brown on each side of the base of ihe middle 

 lobe. Lip in form iike ihat of 0. Weniworthianum, that is 10 say it is broaden at the 

 base than the apex, which is iransvcrsely oblong, with a smali point in front. Wings 

 of the column are sraall , sliort curved like a bird's bill, wiih a few obscure tothing's 

 on the upner edge. 



§. 14. 



*,* It is difflcult to find a saiisfactory place for 0. Papilio ; and now ihat a se- 

 cond species is known , equally furnished with peials and dorsal scpal much longer 

 ihan the laterals , it seems desirable to associate them in one small group quile 

 apart from the others. 



197. ONCIDIUM PAPILIO L. 0. 203. B. Reg. t. 910. B. M. t. 2795. B. C. t. 1086. 

 ' L. F. p. 56 : i 



(A.) Lip yellow, mottled all over with brown. 



(B.) limbalum. Lip yellow, with a cinnamon-brown border. B. M. t, 3733. B. C. 

 t. 1086. 



(C.) albiflorum. Flowcrs while. (A specimen once found in the Caraccas, accor- 

 ding to Rchb. fil.) 



(D.) Krameriannm Rchb. fll. in litt. Xenia t. 33. Flowers denliculate and crisp 

 ever all iheir edge, bright yellow with a few brown spots. 



This well-known plant is remarkable not only for its vcrjr long linear dorsal sepal 

 and petals. but also for the singular glands which surround the aniherbed. They 

 vary somewhat in number and position; bui I do not see how any djstinction can be 

 derived from their condition. 



Wild in Trinidad— Woodford ; Caraccas; near Merida, at the height of"4— 5000 ft. 

 on precipiious cliffs- Wagener ; Dominica— Imray, in hb. Hooker, „not indigenous"; 

 D. on Chimborazo, at 3000 ft. — Warscewicz. 



Lindi. Paxt. Fl. G. l. 104; 



0. pseudobulbis subrolundis compressis rugosis inonophyllis, foliis 

 oblongis coriaceis oblusis maculalis, scapo perrennanle debili ancipili ar- 

 liculalo apice paucifloro , sepalo supremo pelalisque linearibus Jongis- 

 simis basi angustalis, sepalis lateralibus latis revolulis unduiatis, Jabeilo 

 longioribus, labelli lacinia intermedia oblonga emarginata subrotunda 

 crispa basi valide anguslata lateralibus rotundatis , crislae glandulis 

 forma-ranae cubantis, columnae alis serralis. — Trinidad. 



No resemblance to oihers. Il probably foruis a scciion (genus?) by iiself. 



