Syn. : Oneidium olivaceum var. Lawrenceanum Gower 
in Garden 52: 26, 1897. 
Neotype: Ecuador, without exact locality. Coll. 
Lehmann no. 10081! (x, AMES). Since no type speci- 
men has ever been designated, the above-cited collection 
by Lehmann is selected here because duplicates of it al- 
ready exist in various herbaria under this name. 
Observation: The long, almost straight branches produced in pro- 
fusion lend a very distinct appearance to the plants of this variety. 
I have seen specimens from the Imbabura province of Kcuador and 
from the Cauca, near Popayan in Colombia. When more information 
will be available of this remarkable plant, it may prove to be a dis- 
tinct species. 
Illustrations : Cogniaux, Dict. leon. Orch. Oncidium pl. 28, 1899, as. 
O. cucullatum; Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 37: 13, 1968, as O. cucullatum. 
Oncidium Kennedyi Stacy, sp. nov. 
Type: Ecuador, along road from Quevedo to Lata- 
cunga, ca. 6000 ft. alt. Coll. G. Kennedy s.7./( AMES). 
KE. piphytica, caespitosa, usque ad 65 cm. alta; radici- 
bus crassiusculis, glabris: pseudobulbis ovoideis, bifoli- 
atis, usque ad 7 cm. altis; foliis lineari-oblongis, usque 
ad 22 em. longis, 2.5 cm. latis; inflorescentiis arcuatis, 
paniculatis, usque ad 65 cm. longis; pedunculo rigidius- 
culo, tereti; rhachide fractiflexa; sepalo postico valde 
concavo, anguste ovato-oblongo, acuto, 15 mm. longo, 
5 mm. lato; sepalis lateralibus inter se connatis, bifidis, 
ovato-cymbiformibus, 16 mm. longis, 7 mm. latis: pe- 
talis reflexis, ovato-ellipticis, undulatis, obtusis, 15 mm. 
longis, 6 mm. latis; labello 8-lobo, lobis lateralibus ob- 
lique ovatis, obtusis, lobo intermedio cuneato-flabellato, 
antice bilobulato, margine undulato, disco sparse papil- 
loso, callo lateraliter compresso, obscure 38-carinato; 
columna erecta, auriculis oblongo-linearibus Juxta stigma 
ornata; clinandrio suborbiculari, crenulato; ovario pedi- 
cellato 8.5 cm. longo. 
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