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protection. It is therefore desirable to keep plants in small pots^ under a frarae^ planting them out in the 
spring. 
Bot Man.y t. 4555, 
Oil tlie opposite page are figures of some little known species of Oncidiunij viz : 
', in Bot. Beff.y t. 1929. Flowers pale primrose^ witli rich 
251. OXCIDIUM LUNATUM. 
brown spots; lip white, ^itli pale brown stains. — Demerara. — (Fig. 122^ about natural size.) 
252. Oncidixjii geacile, Lindley, in Bot. Beg., 1920. IloAvers wliole-colonredj yellow. 
Brazil. — (Fig. 12iJ, titice the natural size.) 
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253. Oncidium sphegiferum. Lindleij, in Bot. Reg.^ 1843^ misc. 23. Plowers very pale 
clear greenish yellow^^ with the sepals and petals stained with rust at the base ; lip clear yellow^ 
with numerous brolvcn crimson bands. — Brazil, — (Fig- \^^yjfowery twice iJie natural size.) 
254. Oncidium sekpexs. Lindleij, Genera ei Sp. Orch,^ p. 204. Flowers yellow^ spotted with 
dark brown. — Peru. 
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255. OxciDiUM PULVINATUAT. TAndley, in Bot. Reg., 1838, misc. 115. Flowers bright yellow. 
numerous 
Brazil. 
'^ifotver, less \ 
Wentwokthi 
Batemanjn Bot. Beg., 1840, misc. 194. Flowers yeUow, 
coloured 
lip, — Guatemala, — Of this there are two distinct varieties of size and colour; the second, in the 
possession of Sir Philip Egerton, has flowers twice as large and as richly coloured as in the variety 
first known. 
fower, natural size of 
257. Oncidium DELTOiDEuar. Bindley, in Bot. Beg.,L 2006. Flowers bright yellow, whole- 
coloured, except the lip and column-wings, which are spotted with rich red. — Peru. — (Fig, 128, 
fower, natural size.) 
Flowers greenish-yellow. 
258. OXCIDIUM SUTTONI. 
Bateman, in Bot. Reg., 1842, misc. 8. 
with the base of all the parts a uniform dirty brown.— Mexico.— (Fig. 129, afoioer, rather above the 
FloM'ers very small, bright 
usual size.) 
259. Oncidium kanum. lAndley , in BoL Reg,, I84( 
yellow, with rich red spots.— Guiana.— (Fig^ \Z^,fiower,ft 
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260. O^-ciDiTJM Kaewinskii. Serium orcludaceum, 25. Flowers large, btiglit yellow, barred 
with brown. Lip wliitc at the end, deep violet at the base.— Oaxaca.— (Fig. 131, a flower, qtcarier 
the natural »ize~) This is given to show how the Oncids differ from Miltonias, which are 
distinguished by the absence of warts, plates, or crest of any kind upon the base of the lip. Notliing 
of the kind being present here, the species is now called Miltonia Karwinskii. See Journal of 
JTori. Soc, iv. 83, where is a full-sized fignire of the flower. 
261. Oncidium pumilum. Loddlgei Bot. Cab., t. 1732. Mowers very small, yellow, marbled 
Jfotcer, four times the natural size.) 
Lindley, in Tlantm llaitwegiantB, p. 151. Flow^ers small, brownish 
with brown. — Brazil, 
TW 
coloured 
Peru 
263, Oncidium unguiculatum. 
with 
dze^ 
(Fig. 133, twice the natural size.) 
•Mexico, 
Flowers pale green, 
nd lip, half natural 
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