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THE CERVANTES ODONTOGLOT. 
(ODONTOGLOSSUM CERVANTESII.) 
A Greenhouse Orchid, from Mexico. 
Jtycctfic Character. 
Mr^CBflFiJVTjESODONTOGLOT.— Pseudobulba ovate, 
angular. 
narrowed 
ncDed footstalk. Scape few-flowered. Bracts and sheaths 
membranous, acute, equitant, long. Sepals membranous, 
obhng-hnceotete, acute. Petals broader, somewhat 
unguicukte. Lip slightly cordate, ovate, acute, with a 
fleshy, cup-shaped, downy stalk, having in front a double 
tooth, and in advance of that a pair of long hairy 
processes. Column downy, with rounded ears. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CERVANTESII; pseudobulbis ovatis 
angulatis, foliis solitariis oblongis in petiolum canalicu- 
latum angustatis, scapo paucifloro, bracteis vaginisque 
membranaceis acutissimis equitantibus elongatis, sepalis 
membranaceis oblougo-lanceolatis acutis, petalis latioribus 
subunguiculatis acutis, labello subcordato-ovato acuto 
unguiculato, uugue carnoso cyathiformi pubescente antice 
bidentato medio tuberculato processubus 2 elongatis 
pilosis ante cyathum, columnae pubescentis auriculis 
rotundatis. 
Odontoglossum CervanteBn, La Llave andLexarza, Orch. Mex. 2, 34 ; Botanical Register, 1845, t. 36 
fHEBE is probably not a group 
the 
hite-lipped Odontoglots, of which this is one. They all agree in having the same habit, 
^ large, semi-transparent flowers, the same long membr 
ln ' varied V Wotches of deep purple, or brown, or cinnamon. 
ame long membranous bracts, and tiie same 
Of these nr>p nf +h a -„»^+ :„ ^t, i,- „± „j? a* n«MT.t nW^ nf which we received a snecrm 
from Mr. Loddiges in the 
*est of Mexico, whence w, 
■ Jas a pa l e tinge of pink 
had gained a verv distin, 
spring of this year, 
among the mountains 
Mr 
In general 
colour, which greatly augmented 
In many respects it is nearly related to the membranous Odontoglot (0. memhranaceum), from 
w hich it diffpr« Vt, +u„ e~n • i«_i u~ a . .«» mn «> -nrnt and rather smaller, and the 
differs in the following 
