ODO.MOGLOSSUM. 



ORCHIDES. 829 



sepalis plus duplo brcviore: disci crisla apicc [iuncala liitui.erculato 

 iitrjnquc in niedio dente calloque auctj, coluinnac tomcntosac auriculis 

 rotundatis coilvexis incurvis. 



Wild in ihe cooler parls of Gnatemala— Siiinner,, Harlweg. 



The diied (lowers measure six incbes and a half from the tip of ihe petals, and 

 the fro.^sh ones are even iarger. They are yeilow. almost covered with cinnamon- 

 brown hands and blotches. The auriclcs at the base of ihe lip uirn their posterior 

 edges down and inwards till ihey meet henenth the unguis and there grow togetber. 

 Two to llve flowers grow together on a scapc , which is seldom more than flve or 

 six inchcs iong. This noble species, now so common in gardens, has been found by 

 Mr. Trevor Clarkc to live in heallh and to flower in the open air in England under 

 ihe shade of th« laurel, during the summer. Mr. Skinner states that in its native 

 couniry il lives in a climate the' exlreme temperntures of which are sixty and seventy 

 degrees, and prefcrs damp shade. 



Obs, Odonloglossum tignnum L. F. Nr. 10. cf. Oncid. tiorimim Le\. supra p. 79-1. 



14. ODONTOGLOSSUM MACULATCM Llave Orch. Me.\. 2. 35. B. R. 1840. t. 30. L. F. 11 : 



Pseudobulbis oblongis compressis monoiihyllis, foliis oblongis ner- 

 vosis acutiusculis racem\s pendulis rnultinoiis brevioribus, biacteis na- 

 vicularibus herbaceis ovario brevioribiis, sepalis lineari-.Ianceolatis acu- 

 minatis discoloribus, petalis oblongis nndulatis acuminatis, labello cor- 

 dato acuminato snbcrenato; appendice ungiiis bivalvi concava cochlcari 

 apice libera bidentata per mcdium argute scirulata, columna pubesccntc 

 siibaptera. 



VVild in Mcxico— Barker, Karwinski. 



Scpals chesnul-brown. Pelals and lip clear yellow, spoited wilh brown. DilTers 

 from 0. cordatum chiefly in ihe petals bcing broader ihan ihe scpals and rauch raore 

 acuminaie, ilic racemes drooping, not siifT and erect, Ihe lower hracts abont half as 

 long', and ihe upper quite as long as the ovary , and in ihe want of a doul»le looih 

 which, in 0. cordatum standing al the very base of the slalk of the lip, picsscs itsclf 

 against the foot of the column. 



l'escatorea t. 28. 



15. ODONTOGLOSSUM CORD.\TUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 183S. Misc. SO. Knowlcs and 

 Westcoti, Floral Cabinet t. 100. L, F. N. 12: 



Pseudobulbis oblongis comprevsis diphyllis, foliis latooblongis planis 

 aculis scapo squamis carinatis vaginato bievioribud, racerno stricto dis- 

 ticho, bracteis navicularibus acuniinatis membranaceis ovario multo bre- 

 vioribus, scpabs pctalisquc lineari -lanceolatis acuminatissimis, labello 

 coidato acuminatissimo integerrimo appendice unguis carnosa apice bi- 

 loba basi utrinque dcnle unico aucta, columna pubescente clavata sub- 

 aptera. 



Wild In Mcxico-Barker ; in Gnatemala— Hartweg ; on ilie Cumbre of Choacas. 



Scpals and pelals richly blolched wilh brown upon a yeliowish green ground. 

 Lip while, wilh the cresl at ihe base purplish, and llie apcx spotted and blolched 

 wiih rich brown. 



Pescaiorea t. 26. — Ilook. B. M. 4878. (sub 0. macul.Uo). 



Obs. Odonto(jlossum umbrosum Hclib. L. F. iNr. 13. cf, Oncid. linijuifonne Liiull. 



16. ODONTOGLOSSUM MYST.VCI.NUM Rchb. fil. v. Sclil. B. Z. 1852. et L. F. Nr. 14 : 



Psciidobulbis ovalibus compressis corrugatis monophyllis basi poly- 

 l)hyllis, loliis ligulatis acutis planiusculis caiinalis scapo gracili siibra- 

 moso muKo brevionbus, bractcis hcrbaccis lanccolatis, pcdunculis diiplo 

 brevionbus, scpalis pctalisque ovatis acuniinutis , labcljo unguiculalu 



