842 ORCHIDES. 



ODONTOGLOSSDM. 



60. ODONTOGLOSSUM HASTILABIUM Lindl. in Orch. Linden. Nr. 84; Hooker Boi. Mag. 

 lab. 4272. L. F. Nr. 51: 



0. foliis oblongis coriaceis, panitulae ramis spicalis, bracteis cym- 

 biformibus acnminalis ovario aeqiialibus, sepalis petalisque lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis acuminatis undulatis, labello apice subrolundo-ovato acuto basi 

 auriculis acutis lanceolalis porrectis auclo lamellis 5 elevalis, columnae 

 alis ob.^olefis undulalis margine versus basin membranaceo dilatato. 



Wild in New Grenada; Tesqua , in ttie province of Pamplona, at ihe elevaiion of 

 2500 feet ; April— Linden, 1376; on ihe road trom Sania Mariha lo ihe Sierra Nevada— 

 Purdie. 



Thi.s handsome species has flowers three inches in diameter, with the appearance 

 when dried, of 0. laeve, but ihe flowers are whitc and sweet-scenied. Petals and 

 sepals greenish or greenish while , barred with red. Lip white , purple at ihe base. 

 The base of the column , which is expanded on either side into an inflexed mem- 

 brane , resemhies that of cristatum and some others , but is very different from the 

 tumid base of ihe genus Oncidium. 



Bonpl. IL 219 : Ocanna. Januar 5—6000'. Schiim 414 — Bonpl. III. 66. Ocanna 

 5000'. Wagener. — Pescatorea I. t. 11. 



61. ODONTOGLOSSUM LAEVE Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. t. 39 L. F. Nr. 52: 



0. pseudobulbis compressis sulcalis, foliis oblongo-ensiformibus ob- 

 tusis apice obliquis, floribus laxe racemoso-paniculatis, bracteis brevi- 

 bus merabranaceis, sepalis petalisque oblongo-linearibus acutis planis, 

 labelli limbo panduriformi apicuJato ungue laevi obsoletissime bideutato, 

 columnae alis apice rolundatis crispis basi planis. 

 Wild in Guatemala— Skinner. 



The fragrant flowers have cinnamon-brown blotches on the yellow ground of ihe 

 petals and sepnis; and the lip, which is white, is handed witli violet across the 

 middlc. The absence of all bui rudiments of a crest upon the lip is a very peculiar 

 feature. 



62. ODONTOGLOSSUM KARWINSKIl Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. III. 214. Huc : Miltonia Kar- 

 winskii Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. IV. 77. c. ic. : 



Scapo paniculato, sepalis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis apicuJalis, 

 labello obovato rigido cristalo venis centralibus recurvantibus lamella- 

 tis, auriculis columnae serratis, caudicula obovata. 



Onciditim Karwinskii Lindl. Sert. sub t. 20. 

 Cyrtochilum Karwinskii Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub 1992. 



Wild in Mexico;: Karwinski in hb. reg. Monac. 



A flne species with flowers 2V2 inches in diameter. Sepals and peials banded 

 wilh brown on a yellow ground. Lip deep violet on the lower half, pale on tlie 

 upper ; the lateral sepals placcd exactly beneaih il. — Paxt. Mag. VI. XVI. Paxl. 

 FL G. IL c. xyi. Van Houtie VII. p. 32. Xyl.ex Paxi. Mag. XVL- Paxi. Fl. G. xyl. floris. 



Obs. Mirum, plantam adeo spectabilem adeo rarissimam mansisse. Unde venerint, 

 quae in Anglia floruere specimina , noii novi. In herbariis non nisi Karwinskiana oc- 

 currere mihi specimina. 



63. ODONTOGLOSSUM REICHENHEIMH Lind. Rchb. fil. in BonpL IH. 214: 



Aff 0. Karwinskii Rchb. fil. (Uncidio Karwinskii Lindl.) et 0. laevi Ldl. 

 gynostemii alis obsolelis apice el basi lobulum minutuiu sistenlibus, la- 

 bello oblongo basi cordalo apice obtiisalo lobulalo, callo tumido ulrin- 

 que anle basin, canna gemina ante basin extabulatam gynostemii (cf. 

 Pescaloreara). 



