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breves, densiflori. Bracteae lanceolatae,acurninatae,i 
1-5-2 cm. longae. Pedicelli 5-8 mm. longi. Flares numerosi, 
albi, circa 1*3 cm. longi. Sepalum posticum lanceolato-oblongum, 
acutum, concavum, 8-10 mm. longum ; sepala lateralia similia led 
basi columnae pedi adnata, mentum oblongum formantia. Petala 
lanceolata-oblonga, acuta, 8-10 mm. longa. Labellum 1 cm. 
longum, basi angustum, subattenuatum, supra medium dilatatum 
et laeviter trilobum, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, lobo intermedio 
deltoideo obtuso, disco laevi. Columna clavata, 8 mm. longa. 
Mentum oblongum, saccatum, 5 mm. longum. 
Central America. 
Four species of Coelia have hitherto been described, all natives 
of Central America, but a fifth has now flowered at the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Mr. Moore having obtained it from 
Messrs. John Cowan & Co., without record of its origin. There is, 
however, a single inflorescence, with sketch of a flower, in 
Lindley's Herbarium, labelled " Guatemala, Skinner," which is so 
substantially identical as to leave little doubt that it belongs to the 
species, though it ha* not been utilised in preparing the 
1 ^ing plant are white, with 
283. Oncidium Claesii, Eolfe ; affine 0. tenensi, Reichb. f , sed 
floribus majonbus, segmentis acutioribus, labelli l.,bis lateralibus 
rotundatis nee angulatis differt. 
Herba epiphytica, scandens. Caules robusti, vaginis mem- 
unbricatis tecti. Pseudobulbi 25-30 cm. disiant.-s, 
irca 10 cm. longi, apice diphylli, basi circa 4-phylli. 
ua (immatura solum vidi). Scapi robusti, 
volubiles, ramosi, 3'5-5'5 m. longi, multiflori. Bracteae ovatae, 
obtusae, valde concavae, 7-10 mm. longae. Flares speciosi. 
bepala ungu ^ ice 8ubtorta et ()1 „ , 
3-5-4 cm. longa, lateralia subobliqua. / 
apice falcato-recurva, circa 2'5 cm. longa. 
Labellum trulhforme, apice subattenuatum et obtusum, circa 
JJw * ong . um » X cm - latum : crista carnosa, tuberculal 
E«2L? ^°/ nte ver ™cisque pluribus utrinque prope basin 
instructa. Columna clavata, fere 1 cm. longa, alis obsoletis. 
Colombia. Claes. 
EttrbeekXn^f 68 ' ? ntr ° dllced *° cultivation by M. Fl. Claes, 
. Brussels, who describes the inflorescence as 12 to 18 feet 
&™! vute round the branches ° f a shrub » and 
m. tongi, multiflori. Bracteae lineari-lanceolata.-, acuta*-, 
