ONCIDIUM. ORCHIDES. 817 



Species iDSufficienlly known L. F. 57. 



Oncidium funercum Llave L. 0. p. 201 : 



Pseiidobulbis subrotundis depressis hyalino-virescenlibus diphyllis, 

 foHis lanceolatis spithamaeis. scapo tenuissimo simpHci elongato, sepalis 

 petaiisque aequahbus patuHs apice reflexis, labello carnoso convexo 

 emarginato, cristae tubercuhs variis denticulisque. 

 Mexico. 



Known orily from ihe description of Ln Llave. Ii is said lo bc used by the people 

 of Mechoacan as an ornament of their tornb?. The lip is described as yellow, the 

 segments of the flower as olive-brown spoited. The leaves are a span long. 

 „0. iilipes?" Rchb. 



Oncidium olivaceum 11. D. K. L. 0. p. 202: 



Bulbo ovato-obiongo, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis , fedunculo simplici 

 multifloro, foliohs calycis carnosis retlexis, labello trifido, lacinia inter- 

 media subreniformi emarginata, gynostemio basi alis rolundatis instructo, 

 apice cucullalo. 



Popayan. 



Leaves thrce or four inches long. Scape one to two feet high. Petals oblong- 

 ncute. shorter than the sepals. Lip very large, -with ihe middie lobe crenuJated, 

 fleshy pink, an inch broad, narrowed at the base, with a conical yellow crest; the 

 lateral lobes obliquely ovaie, wavy, distinct, spoited with red, from four lo five iines 

 long. 



..Oticid. cuciiUaium?" Rcl)b. 



Oncid. emarginatum Meyer L. 0. p. 206: 



Foliis lanceolato-Hnearibus obtusis emarginatis, floribus terminalibus, 

 labello obovato integerrimo, gynostemii aHs ovato subrotundis. 



Essequibo. 



Caules spithamaei, sulcati. Folia 2 — 2»/^ poll. longa. Flores parvi, purpurei. 

 punctis argenteis notati. Sepala oblongo-acuminata. inferiora 2 paululum breviora, 

 acuta. Labellum obovatum, basi attenuaium, intcgerrimum, planum. supra tuberculis 

 rugaeformibus notatum. Columna brevis, apice alis 2 parvis, patenti erectis, rotun- 

 daiis instructa. 



Obs. Esi Epidendrum stenopetalnm Hookl Rchb. 



Onciditm rariflorum Ach. Richard in Ann. Sc. Jan. 1845 : 



Pumilum, pseudobulbis ovoideis compressis, 1-phyHis; folio lan- 

 ceolato acuto; scapo radicali 2-floro; gynostemio bialato ; labello trilobo, 

 lobo medio obcordato. 



Mexico. 



Oncid. brevifolium A. Richard 1. c: 



Pseudobulbis ovoideis 2-phyllis , foliis, ellipticis acutis coriaceis, 

 brevibus; scapo paniculato, subsimplici, floribus- luteis maculatis : la- 

 belli lobis lateralibus anguslis, intermedio orbiculari bifido. 



Hexico. 



Oncidium amocnum A. Richard I. c. : 



Pumilum ; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis diphyllis, floribus par-- 

 vulis paniculatis, sepalis oblongis, reflexis, obtusis, pallide brunneis,. 

 Jabello luteo trilobo, lobo medio obovato, spathulato, emarginato. 

 Mexico. 

 VI. 103 



