4. 0. pentadactylon, Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist, xv. — Peru. 
Flowers small, in a large panicle — often altogether 
abortive ; not in cultivation, nor worth it. 
5. 0. maizaefolium, Lindl. in Orchid. Linden. No. 78. 
New Grenada. — A mountain plant. Flowers bright 
yellow, spotted with red. Not in cultivation. 
6. 0. ramosum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., sub. fol. 1920. alias 
0. Batemannianum, Knowles and Westcott, Floral 
Cabinet, 3. 183. t. 137. — Brazil. — A fine species, with 
gay pale yellow flowers in a branched panicle as much 
as five feet high. 
7. 0. retusum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., sub t. 1920. — Peru. — A 
beautiful species, with deep chestnut and yellow flowers, 
and a yellow lip. 
8. 0. oblongatum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1844, misc. 11. 
Mexico. — Like 0. reflexum, but with coloured pseudo- 
bulbs and a speckled stem. Flowers very yellow, large, 
and handsome. 
9. 0. Barkeri, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1841, misc. 174. Sertum 
Orchid., t. 18. — Mexico. — A very handsome plant, with 
large yellow flowers with rich brown spots on the sepals 
and petals. Raceme simple. 
10. 0. unguiculatum, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc, i. 303, ic. 
• — Mexico. — Near O. Barkeri, but stem erect, and 
branched, lip longer and narrower, and tubercles of the 
crest narrower. Lip bright yellow ; sepals and petals 
yellow, speckled with brown. Very handsome. 
11. 0. Pelicanum, Martins, Bot. Reg., misc. 216., 1847, 
t. 70 — Mexico. — Very like O. reflexum, from which it 
differs in the tubercles being smooth, not downy, and 
the lateral lobes of the lip smaller in proportion to the 
intermediate segment. 
12. 0. reflexum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., sub. t. 1920. — Mexico. 
A branched species, in the way of O. altissimum, but 
Her. Flowers yellow, spotted with brown, except 
the lip. 
13. 0. nebulosum, Lindl. in But. Reg., 1841, misc. 175 ; alias 
0. Geertianum, Morren in Ann. Gand. 1848, Feb.— 
Guatemala. — Flowers large, pale yellow, with faint spots 
of brown. 
14. 
0. citrinum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1758.— Trinidad.— 
Flowers bright yellow, with faint traces only of greenish 
blotches. 
15. 
totem, Lindl. in Bentli. plant. Hartweg. p. 94. 
16. 
9. digi- 
Mexico 
and Guatemala. — A charming species, with greenish 
flowers speckled with crimson, and a white lip fading to 
yellow. 
0. sphacelatura, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1842, t. 30— Mexico 
and Guatemala.— A fine handsome and branching 
species with yellow flowers spotted with rich brown. 
There are two varieties, of which the large flowered 
alone deserves cultivation. 
17. 0. altissimum, Swartz, Bot. Reg., 1. 1851.— West Indies. 
Flowering stems sometimes 10-13 feet long. Flowers 
yellow and brown ; inferior to many others, notwith- 
standing its long panicles, which, however produce a 
striking effect when they have room to develope. 
18. O. Baueri, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 200., Bot. Reg. t. 
1651. — Panama and Tropical America. — Much like the 
last, but the panicle more compound, and the column- 
wings truncate. 
19. 0. ensatum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1842, misc. 15. — 
Guatemala. — Also very like the last, but the leaves 
straight, long, and stiff, like sword-blades. 
20. O. pictum, Humb. Bonpl. and Kunth, nov. gen. and sp. i., 
t. 81. — Popayan. — Like O. altissimum, but the panicle 
is more compact, the flowers larger and more yellow, 
and the edge of the leaf-sheaths very wavy. 
21. 0. snngximeum, Lindl. Ser turn, t. 27 ; alias O.Huntianum. 
B. Mag.,t. 3806 ; alias 0. roseum, Lodd.; alias 0. Henck- 
manni, Lodd. — La Guayra — A very variable plant near 
O Carthaginense. Flowers small, blotched with crimson 
upon a straw-coloured ground. 
22. 0. hsematochilum. — Of this plate. 
23. 0. cosy mb ep h orum, Morren, A nn ales de Gand. t. 275 — ? 
Flowers very pretty, bright rose colour, spotted 
with crimson and tipped with yellow. Lip cinnamon 
brown. 
24. 0. carthaginense, Swartz, alias Epidendrum guttatum 
Linn. ; alias 0. lurklum, Bot. Reg. t. 727 ; alias 0. inter- 
medium, Floral Cabinet, t. 60.— West Indies and tropical 
America — Another very variable plant, usually having 
dull olive brown speckled flowers ; but in the variety 
called guttatum they are rich brown and yellow, and 
«, very handsome. Other varieties are also known. 
25. O. Lanceanum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg.,t. 1887.— Surinam 
The finest of the section, with large deep brown 
speckled flowers and a rich violet lip. 
Fragant as 
Vanilla. 
26. 
O. Cavendishianum, Bateman Orch. Mex., t. 3 ; alias 
0. pachyphytlum, Bot. Mag. t. 3807.— Guatemala.— 
Leaves thick, fleshy, erect. Flowers large, bright 
yellow. 
27, 0. bicallosum, Lindl in Bot. Reg., t. 12, 1843. 
Guatemala.— Very like the last, but flowers larger, 
slightly scented, with two great tubercles on its lip, 
besides smaller ones. 
28. O. cultratum, Lind, in Ann. Nat. Hist., xv.— Popayan, 
A small, dwarf species, with not more than ten flowers 
in the panicle. Not in cultivation. 
