i 
; 
macranthum 
Z. p. 205; pseudobulbis ovatis. Mis obloiigis obtusis, racemo volubili, 
sepalis cordatis oblongis obtusis undulatis unguiculatis, petalis gequalibus conformibus paulb latio- 
ribus 
sequalibus crista trilamellata: lamellis 
acuminatsB 
runcinatis. 
rotundatis 
Gmyaquil. — Tlo^ers three or four inches across. Sepals 
tipped with yellow. Petals bright yellow. Lip purple, with a white crest. 
4. 0. cordatum LinclL Serf. Orc^., sub t. 25; pseudobulbis 
., foliis oblongo-laiiceolntis 
acutis coriaceis basi angustatis, scapo paniculato ramosissimo, bractcis oblongis cucullatis membra- 
naceis obtusis, sepalis unguiculatis ovatis undulatis, petalis unguiculatis cordatis margine crispis 
denticulatis, labelli hastati unguiculati lobis ■'" " '' ''' '' *"* " • - ■- • 
angustis acuminatis appendicibus disci petaloideis. 
columna subaptera. — Peru ; roch on the road to Pangoa. — A fine large species, with brown flowers 
M hose segments appear to be bordered with yellow. 
5. O. falcipetalum LindL Orch. Linden.^ no, 76; fohis lanceolatis acutis pergameneis 7-9-ncrviis, 
floribus dense paniculatis, bracteis cymbiformibus obtusis, sepahs breve unguiculatis supremo sub- 
rotundo-cordato lateralibus ovato-oblongis obtusis, petalis sessilibus brevioribus oblongis crispis 
complicatis falcatim recurvis, labello carnoso hastato acutissimo basi utrinque corrugato et lamellis 
dentatis aucto, column^ Isevi, alis parvis semiovatis unidentatis, clinandrio postice mucronato 
pubescente. — Both e^ijphyte and terrestrial, from the forests of 3Ierida, at the height ^5000 to 6000 
feet. — Pseudobulbs oval, compressed, two or tliree inches long. Stem twenty feet long, scrambling. 
Plowers very large, brown. A noble species, with flowers more than tliree inches in diameter. 
Leaves eighteen inches long, one and a half wide. 
6. O. trilingue Lindley in Paxtoi^s Fl. Garden, vol. i-, no. 63; vol. ii., t. 63; foliis 
racemo subvolubili basi paniculato, floribus raris, bracteis oblongis spathaceis ovario quadruplo 
brevioribus, sepalis lateralibus unguiculatis basi connatis lanceolatis undulatis elongatis dorsali 
subrotundo-ovato crispo ungue auriculato columnae longitudine, petalis lanceolatis revolutis vald^ 
crispis, labelli pugioniformis crispi revoluti auricuhs grosse dentatis carnosis asccndentibus crista 
maxima valde convexa \ fronte trilingui \ tergo bitubercidato lamina tenui interjectd denticulo 
carnoso utrinque, columnse glabrae alis pan'is setaceis. — Peru. — Plowers cinnamon -brown, in a long 
half-climbing panicle. Lip dagger-shaped, with a yellow crest, consisting of three flat yellow tongues 
terminating a thin winged plate. 
7. O. superbiens Reichenhach fL in Zinncea, vol. xxii., p. 843; ^'foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, 
latis, panicula maximd, bracteis cymbiformibus acutis, sepalo supremo reniformi, unguiculato, basi 
utrinque auriculato; lateralibus obtuse triangularibus longius unguiculatis, basi pariter auriculatis; 
petalis subsequalibus, sed brevius latiusque unguiculatis, undulatis; labello triangulari, brevissimc 
unguiculato, basi utrinque obtusato, apice acuminato, callo crist^formi antice 3 — 5-dentato in disco, 
dentibus 2 lateralibus in basi; columnee alis erectis, retrorsum falcatis, androclinio postice dentato. 
y. Grenada, near Pan?j)lona. — Discovered by Funk and Schlim in January, 1847. Flowers brown; 
the lateral sepals yellow, with brown spots. Said to be near 0. halteratwn. 
8. O. halteratum LindL OrcL Linden. , no. 75 ; foliis ensiformibus tenuibus acutis, racemis laxis 
longissimis, bracteis cymbiformibus obtusis, sepalis longe miguiculatis supremo cordato-subrotundo 
lateralibus ovatis obtusis, petalis sessihbus ovatis undulatis obtusis brevioribus, labello carnoso 
lanceolato acuto subtus carinato supr^fc crista elevata etiam carinatd pubescente aucto basi utrinque 
dentato, columnse dorso sub apice glanduloso, alis linearibus retrorsum falcatis. — Epi^hgte from 
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