FROM THE SOCIETY'S GAKDEX. 



303 



says (^Linncea, vol. iv., p. 226,) that the inhabitants of Mount 

 Orizaba, where it grows wild, know it to be dangerous to tlie 

 horses that bite it, and in another place that it is called the 

 *' Sevoeja." 



It Is probably a hardy perennial, requiring to be grown in 

 peat soil and a rather moist situation during summer. It is in- 

 creased freely by dividing the old roots when in a state of rest. 

 It flowers in June and July, and obtains a height of 2 or 3 feet. 



June 30, 1846. 



51. OnCIDIUM UNGUICUIiATUM.* 



Presented to the Society by C. B. Warner, Esq., F.H.S., 

 who purchased it at a sale of Mexican Orchids. 



This is one of the finest yellow Oncidiums in cultivation. Its 

 oval shining pseudo-bulbs are 3 inches long. The leaves are a 

 foot long and 1^ inch wide. The scape is 3 feet high, and 

 divided into several slender straight rod-like branches, over 

 which, at the distance of about 2 or 3 inches, are scattered the 



* O. unguiculatiim ; pseudobulbis ovalibus nitidis ancipitibus 2-3-pliyllis, 

 foliis lanceolatis erectis apice recurvis, scapo stricto paniculate multo altiori 

 ramis panels rectls distantibus, floribus secundis, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis 

 subundulatis sequalibus lil.eris maculatis, labelli trilobi lutei unicoloris 

 laciniis lateralibus nanis rotuudatis Intermedia unguiculata transversa blloba, 

 crista linear! apice 3 medio 2-dentata, columnae alls truncatis rotunda- 

 tis.— J. L. 



