Notwithstanding Reichenbach’s clear analysis of the distinctions, 
Lindley’s error has been carried on to the present. Veitch in his 
Manual of Orchidaceous Plants pt. 8: 30, 1887, suggests that since 
O. nubigenum was described first, Lindley should have reversed the 
reduction by calling O. cucullatum a variety of O. nubigenum. This 
opinion is echoed by Dodson and Frymire in Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 
27: 750-751, 1958, by calling O. cucullatum and O. Phalaenopsis a 
subspecies of O. nubigenum. Fortunately, no legitimate transfers were 
made at that time. 
Oncidium alticola Stacy, sp. nov. 
Type: Ecuador, Prov. Azuay, Nudo de Potate, pass 
between headwaters Rio Tarqui and Gir6n, ca. 9,000 ft. 
alt. ‘‘Kpiphyte. 5 segments pale to ochraceous-yellow 
with purplish tinge; 6th white with purple splotch at 
base. Base of column purple, apex white. ‘Bulbs’ (pseu- 
dobulbs) called ‘guagra saccha’ and when ground said to 
be diuretic; but natives often eat them when thirsty.” 
Coll. Camp no. EK-2163! (AMES). 
E;piphytica, caespitosa, usque ad 16 em. alta; radici- 
bus flexuosis, glabris; rhizomate abbreviato, crasso ; pseu- 
dobulbis approximatis, lateraliter compressis, anguste 
cylindraceis vel cylindraceo-ovoideis, 2-foliatis, usque ad 
4 cm. altis: foliis lineari-oblongis vel oblongo-oblanceo- 
latis, acutis, usque ad 11 cm. longis, 1.2 cm. latis; in- 
florescentiis, satis gracilibus, remote paucifloris, usque 
ad 16cm. longis; bracteis ovato-cucullatis, acutis, 4mm. 
longis; sepalo postico obovato-oblanceolato, acuto, 12 
mm. longo, 4 mm. lato; sepalis lateralibus inter se usque 
ad medium connatis, anguste obovatis, acutis, 12 mm. 
longis, 4 mm. latis; petalis ellipticis, obtusis, breviter 
apiculatis, 10 mm. longis, 6 mm. latis: labello 4-lobo, 
lobis lateralibus subrotundis, inter se 9 mm. latis, lobo 
intermedio e cuneata basi flabellato, antice valde bilobo, 
lobis subrotundis, disco ima basi callo 8-partito, tumido 
ornato, toto labello 19 mm. longo, antice 17 mm. lato; 
columna humili; clinandrio tenuiter marginato; ovario 
pedicellato usque ad 2 cm. long. 
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