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THE PUEPLE-LIPPED ONCID. 
\raong Oncids this purple-lipped kind is one of the best, being inferior to none except Lance's, 
: contrast between the crimson of its % the greenish-yellow ground-colour of the petals, and 
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endeavoured 
must have felt the task to be one of extreme difficulty, in sc 
sufficiently precise classification of the genus. What was sum 
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number : and that which succeeded has proved insufficient 
classification as may meet the exigencies of the case, now that the discovery of new species has much 
ascertained 
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0. serratum figured in another page, and Mr. Bateman's 0. microchilim may be taken as examples. 
stalks 
some cases nearly to escape observation. They constitute the true Curtochllums of Humboldt 
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leaves tapering, like an onion ; and the remainder have the ordinary flat leaves. 
Among the herd of flat-leaved species some have the side sepals united 
equitant ; " others have the 
times 
contrary, have five divisions, unmistakeably distinct. 
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the 
formerly 
Some of the Tetrapetal 
others, sepals and petals are of the same size. 
Among the Pentapetalous set some have 
Some have it narrowest cnmo k»™;i„„A ~i *i 
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For the separation of the narrow-based ear-lipped 
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minute warts. 
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fourth 
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In this way a dozen well-defined groups are obtained, under whi< 
principal part are in gardens, may be readily arranged. 
^t!Z ^ ecies /ow figured belongs to the sectJn having a pen 
species, of which 
tubercles on its crest. 
lZ o / " T * cg > ]84a ■* ^-Mexico. 
lake O. reflexum,but the flowers are much smaller 
Sepals and petals chocolate colour tipped with yello^ 
1»P yellow w^th a cinnamon-brown middle. Has a li 1' 
agreeable odour. ™» a slight 
2. O. Suttoai, Batman, in Tint »„. ,«„ . . 
Guatemala. — Leaves grassy. Flowers small, yellow 
and olive coloured ; not worth cultivation. 
3. 0. tenue, linctl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. iii. p. 76 ic.— 
Guatemala. — A species of little beauty, resembling 
0, suave. Flowers small, yellow, mottled with dull 
brown. 
