832 ORCIimES. 



ODO.NTOfiLOSSUM. 



Rchb. fii. in Bonpl. H. 2l8: 



Eino (Jer stolzesten Arion dieser henlichen Gaitung. Nur 0. graadc hat grussere 

 Dliiiheii. Ocannn. Walder 7—8000'. Nr. 404. Schlim. Bonpl. III. 66. Ocanna. 6000'. 

 Wagener. — Pcscaiorea t. 46. 



24. ODONTOGLOSSUM SPECTATISSIMUiM Lindl. FoL Nr. 55: 



Pseudobulbis ovatis monophyllis, foliis lanceolalis in petiolum cana- 

 jiculatum angustatis scapo simplici stricto 3— 4-floro aequalibus, bracteis 

 ovatis brevibus membrariaceis, sepalis petalisque lanceolafis acutissimis 

 aequalibus, labelli basi anguslati limbo ovalo apiciilato denticulato crista 

 simplici antrorsum bicruri denliculo utrinque adjecto, columnae alis 

 membranaceis denliculatis aculis. 

 Wild in Neu-Grnnada— Linden, 147, 



Whole plant about a foot high. Fiowers nearly three inclics in diameter, sU'ongly 

 hlotched \vith somc very dark coiour upon a pale ground. One of the flnest species, 

 with the sepals and pelals so Lroad ihat it approaches nearly lo ihe nest division. 



§. 3. Lcucoglossum L. F. p. 8: 



Columna auriculala vel aptera. Labellum ungue longo lineari (semper 

 bilamellato) inslructuiTi, album aut purpureum. 



These species have in general rnembranous deiicate flowers, and ncver show thc 

 least tendency to produce a yellow colour in iheir lip. Yellow indeed is unknown 

 among them except in the two plaies ihat surmount the unguis of the iip. 



25. ODONTOGLOSSUM STELLATUM LindL in B. R. 1841. Misc. 25. L. F. i\r. 18: 



Pseudobulbo ovali compresso, folio solilario lanceolalo recurvo, 

 scapo subbifloro, bracleis ovarii Iriquclri medium baud attingentibus, 

 sepalis petalisque aequalibus linearibus acuminalis berbaceis , labello 

 rhomboideo subrolundo grosse dentato appendice unguis truncata qua- 

 dridenlata apice libera. 



Wild in Mexico — Ilariwcg; Guaiemala, on thc Volcan del Fuego and Cuesta of 

 Argueta— Skinner. 



Of nearly tbe same size and habit as -0. Rossii, from which it differs in the se- 

 pals and peials being cqualiy herbaceous and narrow, of a dull olive green, 

 faintly spotted or raiher clouded wiih purple. It has a pure whiie lip. 

 Iluc: 0. (Lcucoglossum) erosum Rchb. fil. v. VVarscewz. Bonpl. II. 99: 



AtT. 0. rubescenli tepaiis sepaJisque aequalibus. 



Pedunculus 2— 3florus, a spaiha ancipiti acuta membranacca fultus, Lracteae mem- 

 Lranaceae lanceolatae acutae ovariis pedicellaiis sexies — decies brcviores, sepala 

 oc icpala linearia acuminaia, lamella unguis oblonga excavata apice libero quadriloba, 

 lobis mediis parvulis, lamina triangula, lateribus posticis paulo ascendentibus inte- 

 gris, limbo reliquo eroso lobulato; gynosteuiium gracile, aplerum. Bliilhe so gross, 

 wie bei 0. siellatum. Hullc und Lippe purpurn. Veraguas. v. Warscewicz. 



Huc: Odonloglossum erosum \. Rich. Gal. in Ann. Sc. nat. Jan. 1845: 



Pseudobulbo ovoideo oblongo 1-phyllo; fol. lanceolatis acutis; scapo 

 1-fioro; sepalis luteis; labello lilacino lale ovali marginc croso-denticu- 

 lato. — Mexico. 



25. ODONTOGLOSSUM EIIRENBERGII Link, Klolzsch, and Otto. Ic. p. 38. t. 16. Pai- 

 lon's Fi. Gard., IIL; gleanings Nr. 496. Ic. 247. L. F. Nr. 19: 



Pscudobulbis caespilosis globoso-subelongatis compressis, foUis so- 

 litariis ellipticis aculis membranaceis rigidis margine subreflexis, scapo 

 unifloro medio arliculato bibracteato, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis dorso 

 longiludinaliter carinalis patentibus, petalis latioribus oblongis acutis 

 utrinque allenualis recurvis, labello subcordato acuto undulato crenu- 



