OOO.NTOGLOSSUM. 



ORCHIDES. 835 



34. ODONTOGLOSSUM CICTONIENSK LinJL in D, l\. 1840. l. 66 ; Seil. Orch. sub t. 25. 

 L. F. Nr. '-^8: 



Pseudobulbis oblongis compressis 2— 3-pliyllis, foliis ensiformibus 

 undulatis pBlenlibus scapo racemoso duplo bicvioribus, bracteis herba- 

 ceis lanceolalis acuminalis ovario duplo brcvioribus, sepalis pelalisque 

 subaequalibus lineari-lanceolatis maculatis, labelli ungue bilamellato 

 limbo cordDto acuminato undulaio, columnae alis transverse oblongis in- 

 tegris. 



CyrtochUum Bictomense Ual. Orch. Mex. et Gu3t.. t. 6. 

 Zijgopetalum africnnum Ilooker iii 13. Wag. t. 3812. 

 A slately specics wiih vcry brighl iipright raccmes of flowers, whose sejials and 

 jtetals are green spoiied with brown, and ihe lip eiiher lilac or nearly whiie. Ii was 

 stated in ihe ,,Botanical Magazirie", by niistake, to bo African. 



§. 4. Myanthium L. F. p. 11 : 



Columna auriculala vel aplera. Labellum sessile, vel sallem liaud 

 iinyue lineari inslructum. Sepala laleralia parallela, elongala, manifeste 

 unguiculata. Flores sacpe inconspicui. 



In ihis section ai c collected all the sraall-nowered species . in which the prevai- 

 ling colours are yellow and brown. willi liltle brilliancy of tone, They all posses a 

 peciiliar irregularily of appearance iti consequence of the length and parallelism ol 

 ihe laleral sepals, wliicli project considerably below and beyond tho lip. This is 

 especially observable, wlien ihc Iloucrs arc expanding and when tlie real proporlions 

 between the parls are most readily observable. 



a. Labellum cordatum aut basi valde obtusum, in apicem 

 longum carnosum pioductum. 



Obs. Odonloglossum dicancatum Lindl. 0. Lind. Nr. 89. Tab. ^r. 29 ; cf. Onci- 

 dmm refraclum Rchb. fll. supra p. 707 : 



35. OUOiNTOGLOSSUM COSTATUM Lindl. FoL Nr. 30: 



Foliis lanceolalis tenuibus basi angustatis, panicula longa laxa sub- 

 volubili, lloribus parvis distantibCls internodiis duplo brevioiibus, sepalis 

 petalisque lanceolatis undulato-crispis recurvis imis semiconnatis, labello 

 basi subrotundo 5-coslato linibo longo angusto linguiformi, columnae 

 alis anguslis apice dentalis. 



Wild in Venezucla ; in the province of Truxillo, near Agua de Obispo , at the 

 beight of 8000 feet; Augusl-Funck and Schlim, 1028. 



A long slraggling species, wilh the aspect of a sraall-lipped Oncid, but ihe colunin 

 is tlavaie. and distincily uniled with tho base of the Iip. VVhen very young the lip 

 has three ceniral ridges which touch each olher, nnd p pair of tubercles on each 

 side; when the llowcr is full grown each pair of lubercles has become a lib, aiid 

 ihe middle ribs have sejiarated from each olher by a lunsiderable interval. 



36. ODO.NTOGLOSSUM DIPTEUUM LindL Orch. Llnden Nr. 87. L. F. Nr. 31 : 



0. foliis ensifoimibus versus apicem Inlioribus, pnnicula stricla ra- 

 cemiformi. sepalis lanceolalis sessilibus pptalisqiiu oblungis unguiculatis 

 undulatis obtusis, labelli bastati glabri lobis lateralibus rotundalis por- 

 reclis subcrenatis inlermedio elongato, luberculis disci duobus acinaci- 

 lormibus ascendenlibus quinque a fronle cuncatis minoribus, columna 

 aplera, antliera pubescente. 



Wild in New-Grenada; in ihe province of Mariquiia, at ilie Leight of 9000 Icei; 

 January— tinden . 1277. 



Terrestiiil. Pacudobulbs oval. acute. Flower v.hite spotled wiih purple, the size 

 of Oncidiuin aliisiiinum. 



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