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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Olearia—continued. 
of O. furfuracea, but more ovate, less coriaceous, sinuate- 
toothed, acute or acuminate, the tomentum more silvery and 
shining. New Zealand, 1886. A small, hardy tree. (G. C. 
Nn. S., XXVi., pp. 44-5.) 
O. Traversii (Travers’). l.-heads fin. long, very numerous, on 
slender pedicels; panicles numerous, cymose, axillary and 
terminal, much-branched. J. flat, opposite, oblong- or ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, 1jin. to 2)in. long, glabrous 
and shining above, silky-downy beneath (as well as the panicles 
and branches). h. 30ft. to 35ft. New Zealand, 1887. (G. C. 
ser. lii., vol. ii., p. 187.) 
OMPHALODES. To the species described on 
pp. 482-3, Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
O. Krameri (Kramer's). fl. of a rich blue, about as large as 
asixpence, lJ. ample. Japan, 1882. A beautiful addition to our 
hardy plants; it is larger in growth than either 0. Lucilic or 
O. verna. 
O. verna alba (white). 
having white flowers. 
This only differs from the type in 
Oncidium— continued. 
0. caloglossum (beautiful-lipped). ., sepals and petals yellow, 
Striped sepia-brown, the stripes confluent in the petals ; lip of 
brighter yellow, blotched brown in front, the warts of the calli 
reddish, with numerous brownish-red spots all around ; column 
light yellow, spotted brownish-red at base, the wings spotted 
purple. Tropical America, 1885. [T.] 
O. chrysops (golden-eyed). /., sepals light brown, cuneate- 
oblong; petals light brown, much broader, somewhat wavy, 
blunt; lip bright yellow, the basilar laciniz# small, the isthmus 
very short, the large anterior blade reniform, emarginate, the 
calli triseriate; peduncle reddish, racemose. 1. reddish, short. 
1888. 
0. chrysorhapis (golden-needled). ., sepals and petals light 
sulphur-yellow, the disk spotted dark brown, forming one mass, 
with extended external processes on the upper sepal and petals ; 
side laciniw of the lip linear, lobed at top, erect, the claws 
covered with tumours, the anterior blade reniform, emarginate, 
very large ; pedicels three to five-flowered. J. cuneate-oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, 6in. to 7in. long, l4in. wide. Brazil, 1888. [T.] 
O. crocodiliceps (crocodile’s-head). 4. several in a one-sided 
Fic. 47. ONCIDIUM INCURVUM, showing Habit and detached Flowers. 
ONCIDIUM. To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 483-91, Vol. II., the following should now be 
added. Those marked T. are tropical, while those marked 
C. will thrive in a cool-house. The remainder require an 
intermediate temperature. 
O. anthocrene (flower-fountain). _/. disposed in large, upright, 
branched spikes ; sepals and petals chocolate-brown, trans- 
versely barred yellow towards the base, much undulated ; lip 
white. Summer. Peru. A curious species, in habit some- 
what resembling Miltonia Warscewiczii. [T.] 
0. aurosum (golden). A variety of 0. excavatum. 
O. bicolor (two-coloured). A variety of O. Martianum. 
0. Brauni (Braun’s). jl. fuscous-orange and greenish-yellow ; 
sepals oblong, reflexed, the lateral ones connate at base ; petals 
ovate-oblong ; lip three-lobed, slightly exceeding the sepals and 
petals, the middle lobe dilated and bilobed ; panicle flexuous, 
elongated, loosely arcuate-recurved, the lower branches two or 
three-flowered, the upper ones one-flowered. /. terminal, 
solitary, ovate-oblong, half the length of the panicle. 1886. 
(R. G. 1235, a-c.) [C.] 
raceme ; sepals and petals greenish-sulphur, striped and blotched 
cinnamon, the sepals ligulate, acute, the petals sub-equal ; lip 
white, with a tuft of yellow hairs at the sub-cordate or rounded 
base, and a velvet callus in front ; anther very large, comparable 
to a broad crocodile’s head. /. cuneate-oblong, acute, very 
strong. Pseudo-bulbs ultimately much wrinkled. Mexico, 
1885. [C.] 
O. cruentum (bloody). A synonym of O. reflexum pelicanum. 
0. excavatum Dawsoni (Dawson's). /l. bright yellow and rich 
brown, large ; scape 5ft. long, sometimes producing a hundred 
flowers. Peru. 
O. hastatum hemimelznum (half-black). jl., sepals and 
petals blackish-purple, tipped whitish-green; mid-lacinia of 
the lip brownish. 1887. 
0. Henchmanni (Henchmann’s). A synonym of 0. carthaginense 
sanguineum. 
O. hians (gaping). jl. yellow and brown, small; lip having an 
extraordinary, erect, white, fleshy appendage, as long as the 
column, parallel with that organ, and resembling the four fingers 
of a hand a little hollowed out and closed together ; column 
without cheeks ; stigma beaked. Brazil. (R. G. 1250.) [T.] 
