ODONTOGLOSSUM. 



ORCHIDES. 847 



Wild in Peru ; on ihe Cordillera near Loxa ; July— Hartweg. 



Pseudobulbs ovaie oblong compressed, one leaved. Leaves two incbes broad, and 

 sometimes noi rauch longer. Flowers an inch and a half or more in diameter, eleven 

 or iwelve in a drooping raceme, apparently purple. 



75. ODONTOGLOSRUM CHIRIQUENSE H. G. Reichenbach in Bot. Ztg. Oct. I. 1852. 

 L. F. Nr. 62: 



0. sepalis oblongo-cuneatis obtusis crenulato-crispulis, petalis sub- 

 aequalibus vix brevionbus supra basin brevissime cuneatafn hastatis, 

 labello ima basi cum columna parallelo trilobo jobis basilaribus trian- 

 gulis margine postico curvilineis divaricatis lobo.medio longe producto 

 a cuneata basi dilalato antice rotundato crenulato undulato, crista ob- 

 longa paucicrenata inter lobos lalerales cristulis inde in marginem an- 

 teriorem laciniarum lateralium transeuntibus, columna gracili; alis tri- 

 angulis margine superiori denticulatis , clinandrii cucullo acutiusculo 

 denticulato, lacinula triangula sub stigmatis labium inferum sislente. 



Wild in Veragua ; on the Cordillera of Chiriqui, ai the height of 9000 feet. on de- 

 cayed trunks; in October— Warscewicz. 



Flowers as large as in Oncidiutn crispum. — Rchb. Pseudobulbs oval. Leaves in 

 twos, large and green. Sepals brown. Petals and lip golden-yelloVv. — Warczewicz. 

 Rchb. fil. 1. c: 



Perigonii phyllis externis oblongo-cuneatis, obtusis, crenulato-cris- 

 pulis, laleralibus internis subaequalibus, vix brevioribus , supra basin 

 brevissime et anguste cuneatam tamen obtuse hastatis, labello ima basi 

 cum g^nostemio parallelo. trilobo, lobis lateralibus basilaribus triangulis 

 margine poslico (et inferiori) curvilineis, divaricatis, lobo medio longe 

 produclo, a cuncata basi dilatalo, antice rotundato, crenulato, undulato, 

 lamina oblonga depressa paucicrenata erecta in basi inter utrumque 

 lobum lateralem cristulis inde in marginem anteriorem (et superiorem) 

 laciniarum lateialium Iranseuntibns, gynoslemio inferne gracili, alis late- 

 ralibus triangulis, margin'3 superiori denticulatis, androclinio postice cu- 

 cullato, cucullo acutiusculo denticulato membri 

 sub fovea sligmatica labium inferum sislente. 



Ich erhielt nur Bluthen. Sie sind so gross, wie die des Oncidium crispum, denen 

 sie entfernt ahnlich sind. Nachsi 0. brevifoHtm Lindl.l Lelzieres hat um ein Drit- 

 theil kleinere Bliiihen, viel feinere Kerbzahne; die seitlichen, inneren Hullblaiter 

 sind siizend. Der Plan dcr Lippe und Saule isl vollig derselbe, aber diese hat nur 

 kleine Oehrchen, ein kurzes, buckeliges Anhangsel. Das Zapfchen unter der Narben- 

 hohle ist siumpl. — ,,TrugknoIlen oval, Zwei grosse, grune Blatier. Innere Hull- 

 blatier und Lippe goldgelb. Aeussere Hullblaiter braun. Cordilleren von Chiriqui. 

 9000'. Auf verfaulten Bauraslainracn. October. v. Warscewicz. 



76. ODONTOGLOSSUM ARMINII Rchb. fil. Bonpl. Hl. 66: 



Simillimum Odontoglosso coronario Lindl., labelli auriculis falcalis 

 acutis postice serrulalis, in margine anlico papulosis, callo teretiusculo 

 apire papuloso anle pedem gynostemii eidem semiadiiato, gynoslemio 

 brevi crasso apice triptero, ala postica semiiotunda denticulata, alis an- 

 ticis qnadialis, margine externo denticulatis. 



Rhizoma repen.s. Pseudobulbi ovali ancipiles monophylli. Folia cuneato-oblonga 

 acuta subius obscure violacea. Pedunculus apice racemosus. Bracieae lanceolatae 

 acutae ovai iis pedicellaiis quinquies breviores. Flores illis 0. coronarii subdimidio 

 majores. Sepaluin summum cuiieato-obovatum. Sepala lateralia cuneaio-ovata mi- 

 nora. Tepala a basi cuneata lato rolundato cordata subpanduraeforraia. Omnia haec 

 organa cri^ipula dentlculata. Labelli lobus medius cuneato-flabellaius verosimiliter 

 albus. Ocaona. MSrz. 7000'. Wageaer. 



