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THE TH11EE-TONG0ED ONCID. 
from a portion of which they in fact differ in nothing except the lip having no adhesion to the face 
of the column. 
The Cyrtochilian Oncids, as these plants might be termed, comprehend eleven certain, and two 
Am 
long rambling panicles of large brownish flowers variously mottled with yellow and purple ; not 
twine 
to them in order that their heavy flowers may be supported. 
figured 
distinguished 
A 
•lik 
B 
plate above described becoming more free from the Kp. 
cesses (a section of it in front has the appearance of fig. a); near 
the base the section is like fig. b, in consequence of the yellow 
Towards the base of the tliree tongues 
pui 
the two pairs of tubercles the tliree tongues rise up into a white triple tooth. 
The following memoranda will serve to guide both botanists and collectors to a knowledge of 
curious 
ONCIDIA MICROCHILA— CvuTocHiLuM h.b.k. l. p. 210. 
1. 0. trifurcatum LindL in Ann. Nat EisL^ vol xv.; sepalis lateralibus uiiguiculatis spatliulato- 
obovatis planis dorsali unguiculato rotundato crispo duplo breviorij petalis oblongis crispis dorsali 
minoribus^ labello unguiculato tripartito laciniis linearibus truncatis lateralibus canaliculatis, crista 
trilameUata^ columna tetraptera alls superioribus linearibus carnosis apice abrapte recurvis inferioribus 
rotundatis tenuioribus^ clinandrii dorso in dente antherifero producto, rostello membranaceo bifido. 
Fern (Hart\veg). — I have only seen tliree flowers of this. They are three inches in diameter; 
the lateral sepals are whole-colouredj the dorsal and the petals are bordered with yellow (?). It 
stands near 0. serratu7n. 
2. 0. serratum LindL SerL Orch, sub t. 48; mp\ vol. i., no. 42, fig. 15; pseudobulbis 
ovalibus diphyUis, foliis erectis rigidis acutis basi angustatis canaliculatis panicula pauciflora bre- 
vioribus, sepalis serrato-crispatis dorsali renifonni lateralibus multb longioribus obovatis patentissimis, 
petalis ovatis acutis serrato-crispatis conniventibus, labello multb minore hastato : lacimis acutis 
intermedia lineari obtusa medio constricta lateralibus acuminatis 3-plb minoribus, (crista depressa 
crenulata), columnse alis subulatis ascendentibus. — Pern. — This singular plant has large flowers, 
brown, oblong, smooth, terete pseudobulbs, each having two broad sword-shaped leaves at the points 
and several others below the pseudobulbs. The flower-stem is nine feet long, partly twining, with 
five or six lateral branches, each carrying from four to six flowers near the extremity. These flowers 
are said to be cinnamon-brown in Peru, with bright yellow tips to the upper divisions. In the fresh 
flower they have the colour of Oncid'mm luridimj only brighter ; but the yellow on the upper half of 
the dehcately fringed and crisped petals is clear and brilliant. It flowered with M. Pescatore at Paris. 
singular lip, the callosities upon which are not easy to represent 
either by words or a drawing. In form the lip represents a long ij 
trowel, curved inwards at the edge, and backwards at the point ; 
near its base is planted a pale yellow plate, free at the edges, 
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