_[Prate 87.] 
THE HOODED ONCID. 
(ONCIDIUM CUCULLATUM.) 
a —— 
A Stove Epiphyte, from CENTRAL America, belonging to the Order of ORCHIDS. 
Specific Character. 
THE HOODED ONCID. Pseudobulbs oval, long, bluntly | ONCIDIUM CUCULLATUM,  (TETRAPETALA MICRO- 
ribbed. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, flat, as long as the PETALA) ; pseudobulbis ovalibus obtusé costatis elongatis, 
angular seape. Raceme simple, scarcely panicled. Upper foliis oblongo-lanceolatis planis scapo angulato eequali 
: : ei ; 
two-lobed, with round toothletted divaricating lobes ; the concavum bidentatum connatis, labello cordato panduri- 
base furnished with three convex rounded plates, and a formi apice dilatato bilobo laciniis rotundatis subdentatis 
line of well-defined hairs near the base. Column dwarf, divarieatis lamellis 3 brevibus levibus rotundatis pone 
with short rounded auricles near the base. Anther-bed basin serie solitarià villosum, colummá nané auriculis 
hooded, fleshy. brevibus rotundatis juxta basin marginatá, clinandrio 
|  earnoso eucullato 
Oncidium cucullatum: Lindley, Sertum Orchidaceum, sub t. 21 ; Orchid. Linden ; aliàs Leochilus sanguinolentus : 
Bot. Reg. 1844, mise. 91. 
THIs curious plant was originally made known through a dried specimen, probably from 
Dr. Jameson, in Sir W. Hooker’s Herbarium, gathered on the trunks of trees on the western 
declivity of Pichincha. It was afterwards found by Mr. Linden, in the account of whose 
Orchidaceous plants it is mentioned as “ An epiphyte with oval obtuse ribbed pseudobulbs. This 
magnificent species has deep red petals, and a two-lobed violet lip spotted with purple. Forests of 
