ODO.NTOr.I.OSSUM. 



ORCHIDES. 825 



§. 1. r.iioilonloglosfnnn Lindl. F. 1. c. p. 2 : 



Columna apice alis longis acuminatis ereclis aut cirrhosis instiucta. 



This, llie originai forra of the genns, is readily known by the attenuation of Ihe co- 

 lumn-ears, which nre never rouiuled and hroad, but invariably tapered into a narrow 

 point, which is often extended into a brislle-like uppendage. 

 1. ODONTOGLOSSUM LINDLEVANUM Rchb. fil. Wrswz, Bonpl. II. 99: 



Aff. 0. constricto Lindl. labello linearilanceo iitroque latere angulato 

 in disco bifalcigero, basi per carinam cura gynostemio connato. 



Pseudobulbi obovati conipressi , folia linearilanceolata acuta pedunculos haud 

 aeqiiantia. pedunculi gracilenli, longiuscule arliculati, apice fle.xuosi . racemus 3— 12 

 floius , bracteae oblongae acuiae apiculatae scariosae ovaria pedicellata dimidio seu 

 tertia parte aequantes. Flores stellali, sepaia a basi anguste cuneata linearilanceo- 

 lata acutoacuminata , tepala paulo latiora , sublongiora, labellum linearilanceolalura 

 ante medium trilobum , lobi laterales oblusanguli, lobus raedius angusle linearilan- 

 ceus. produclus ; pars lertia inOraa carina inlerposita cum gynostomio connata (uiore 

 Trichopiliae) ; anteposita linea callosa sulcata in basi lobi medii in cofiiicula ancipitia 

 ligulata retusa , asccndcntia excurrens; gynoslemium gracile velulinum ; auriculae 

 erectae lanceofalcatae juxla anllieram conicam, veriice gibberosam anlice rostratam. 

 liliithen goldgelb mit Purpurflecken, wenig kleiner. aber in allen Theilen schmaler. 

 als die des Udonloglossum epidendvoides Ilb. Klh. Die Lippe weiss mit Purpur und 

 g«lber Spiize. — Der cine von uns hielt das Odontoglossum epidendroidos Lindl. (nicht 

 Hb. Kth.'; dieses hat halbrunde hauljge . nach vorn gerichlete Oehrcben) fiir das 0. 

 Schillerianurn. Jencs passt aber noch besser auf dieso Art. Neu-Granada. 3— GOOO . 

 V. Warscewicz. 



Huc: Odonioglossum epidendroides Lindl. Fol. I. c. N. 1. (non Hb. Klh. N. G.) : 



Pseudobulbis ovato oblongis compressis, foliis lanceolalis subcoria- 

 ceis , scapo racemoso multifloro, sepalis petalisqne lineari-lanceolalis 

 acuminatis, ialiello angusto unguiculato bastato acuminato basi bicorni, 

 columna tomentosa, auriculis erectis angustis aciiminatis. 



Damp fores'.s of Pamplona, at the heighl of 8500 fect; Noveinber— Linden, 12fil. 



Flowers large. yellow. scentless, witli brOad brown blotches , according to Ilum- 

 boldt and Bonpland. The plant from Mr. Linden, which I suppose to be ihe samc as 

 this, is described by ihat traveller as having pseudobulbs small , oval, leaves strait, 

 lanceolate; stem twelve to sixteen inches long; flowers fragranl; sepals linear, golden- 

 yellow, spottcd wiih purple ; lip white, spolted with purple. The column is very 

 downy; and ihe claw of the labellum is united half way to the face of ihe column. 



Uchb. fil. Boiipl. n. 278: Ocanna: Walder bis 9000'. N. 1162. Schlim. Rchb. fll. 

 Bonpl. IIF. 66: b. majiis: flore duplo raajore. Ocanna. Wagener. 



2. ODONTOGLOSSUM CONSTRICTUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc.25. L. F. I. c. n. 2 : 



Foliis ineari-lanceolatis pcrgameneis basi valde an,2ustalis, panicula 

 laxa racemosa, sepalis petalisque lineari-Iaiiceolatis acuminntis, iabello 

 medio constricto; hypochilio oblongo, epichilio subpandiiralo cuspidato 

 serrato basi iamellis' 2 serralis auclo, columna bicirrhosa. 



(B.) majus, Flowers larger. Epichil hastate. 



Wild in La Guayra, gardens : B. in the Garaccas ; April 1842— Lindeu, 623. 



A much more slender plani ihan ihe last, wiihout the long horns at ihe base of 

 ihe laraina of the lip. Flowers yellow, spotted wilh brown, except Ihe lip which is 

 white stained wiih violet. 



Rchb. Ul. Bonpl. IL 12. Caracas. Wagener. 



3. ODONTOGLOSSUM NAEVIUM Lindl. in Paxtons Fl. Gard. L t. 18. F. I. c. N. 3: 



Pseudobulbis costatis, foliis tenuibus lanccolalis basi angustatis, pa- 

 nicula diftusa, sopalis petalisquc anguslis ovato-Ianceolatis acuminatis un- 



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