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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
ONCIDIUM. Cyrtochilum and Palumbina 
(which see) are now included hereunder. To the species 
and yarieties described on pp. 483-91, Vol. II., the 
following should be added. Those marked T. are 
tropical, while those marked C. will thrive in a cool- 
house. The remainder require an intermediate tem- 
perature. 
O. emulum. This is regarded as identical with 0. superbiens. 
0. albo-verrucosum (white-warted). jl. bright yellow, 
having the sepals barred with brown and the warted crest 
white. 1898. A supposed new species. [C.] 
O. anomalum (anomalous). A synonym of 0. panchryswm. 
O. anthocrene (flower-fountain). jl. 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 somewhat 
resembling Miltonia Warscewiczii. (W. O. A. ix.,t. 392.) [T.} 
0. aureum (golden). ji. 14in. across; sepals and petals pale 
greenish-yellow, with a faint purplish tinge near the base; 
lip bright golden-yellow; racemes five- to seven-flowered ; 
scapes lift. to 13ft. long. J. linear-lanceolate, 4in. to! Sin. 
long. Pseudo-bulbs lin. to l4in. long, one- or two-leaved. 
Mexico, 1838. [C.] 
O. auriferum (gold-bearing). jl. lin. across; sepals and 
petals citron-yellow, with two or three pale brown bars; lip 
citron-yellow, with a pale red blotch near the crest, three- 
lobed; peduncles longer than the leaves, loosely panicled. 
7. linear, 7in. to 10in. long. Venezuela, 1846-7. Allied to 
0. panchrysum. [C.] 
O. aurosum (golden). A variety of 0. excavatum. 
O. bicolor (two-coloured). The Kew authorities regard this as 
a distinct species, and not as a variety of 0. Martianwm. 
O. bracteatum (bracteate). . lin. across; sepals and petals 
bright yellowish-green, spotted with blackish-purple; lip 
broadly clawed, the claw reddish-brown, the blade and 
auricles light yellow, white beneath; scapes 3ft. to 4ft. long, 
with a spathe-like bract at each node. /. linear-ligulate. Pseudo- 
bulbs much compressed, two-leaved. Colombia, 1849-50. 
O. brevilabrum (short-lipped). jl. bright yellow, barred with 
brown, Zin. in diameter, disposed in many-flowered_ panicles. 
z. linear, lft. long, Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, 2in. long. 1894. [C.] 
O. Brienianum (0’Brien’s).* jj. of a bright sulphur-yellow, 
distinctly barred with cinnamon, having a very small front 
blade to the lip; pedicels very short; raceme nodding. 
Pseudo-bulbs short, small, compact. Paraguay, 1881. [C.] 
In the variety rujida the flowers are nearly covered with 
cinnamon, 
O. czesium (greyish). A synonym of 0. Geertianum. 
O. caminiphorum (furnace-bearing). /l. brightly coloured, lin. 
across; sepals and petals brown in the basal half, yellow in 
the upper; lip yellow, with red spots and a chestnut band ; 
eduncles panicled, many-flowered. /. linear-oblong, 3in. to Sin. 
ong. Pseudo-bulbs much compressed, 14in. long, one-leaved. 
Caracas, 1850. The specific name is a fanciful one. 
O. candidum (white). The correct name of Palumbina 
candida. 
0. chrysodipterum (golden-winged).* 1. 3in. across; dorsal 
sepal chestnut, with a narrow yellow border, the lateral ones 
wholly brown, divergent; petals bright gamboge-yellow, 
spotted with brown on the basal half; lip yellow, stained 
with brown, linear, deflexed; scape 3ft. to 9ft. or more in 
length, branched. J. broadly ligulate, 15in. to 20in. long. 
Pseudo-bulbs 3in. long, one- or two-leaved. Probably Andean, 
about 1890. A very handsome species. 
O. chrysomorphum (dark-golden). 
Zin. across; eepals and petals golden-yeliow, similar; lip 
paler, oblong, dilated at base and apex into two rounded 
obes; scapes lft. to 13ft. long, panicled from the middle. 
Winter. J. linear, Jin. fo Sin. long. Pseudo-bulbs Lin. long, 
compressed, two- or three-leaved. Colombia, 1877. 
©. chrysops (golden-eyed). /l., sepals light brown, cuneate- 
oblong; petals light brown, much broader, somewhat wavy, 
blunt; lp 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. Allied to O. bicallosum. 
O. chrysopyramis (golden-pyramid). jl. of a uniform canary- 
yellow, jin. across; upper sepal and petals clawed; lip 
panduriform; peduncles slender, lft. to 2ft. long, loosely 
paniculate, many-flowered. June. 7. linear-ligulate, 5in. to 6in. 
Jong. Pseudo-bulbs lsin. to 2sin. long, with acute edges, two- 
leaved. Andes of Ecuador or Southern Colombia, 1852. 
O. 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 lacinie 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. 
z. cuneate-oblong-lanceolate, acute, 6in. to Tin. long, 1Jin. 
wide. Brazil, 1888. [T.] 
ji. numerous, crowded, 
Oncidium—continued. 
O. chrysornis is a form of 0. ochthodes. 
0. crispum ochraceum (ochreous). fl. ochre-brown, without 
lateral crests on the sides of the middle keel of the lip. 1888. 
O. cristatum (crested). ji. bright kegel lsin. across, with a 
few red spots on the crest of the lip; panicle branched, 
arching, many-flowered. /. linear-lanceolate, 6in. to Qin. long. 
Pseudo-bulbs ovate, 2in. long. Brazil, 1892. (L. x., t. 451.) 
QO. crocodiliceps (crocodile’s-head). fl. several in a one-sided 
raceme ; sepals and petals greenish-sulphur, striped and blotched 
cinnamon, the sepals ligulate, acute, the petals sub-equal ; li 
white, with a tuft of yellow hairs at the sub-cordate or rounde: 
base, and a velvet callus in front; anther very large, com- 
parable to a broad crocodile’s head. J. cuneate-oblong, acute, 
very strong. Pseudo-bulbs ultimately much wrinkled Mexico, 
1885. [C.] 
O. Croesus is a variety of 0. longipes. 
O. cruentum (bloody). A synonym of 0. reflexum pelicanum. 
O. cucullatum. According to the Kew authorities, the correct 
name is 0. olivaceum. 
OQ. decipiens is a form of 0. Crista-gaili. 
Fie. 599. INFLORESCENCE OF ONCIDIUM FORBESIT. 
O. detortum (crooked). j., sepals light brown, shortly clawed 
and eared, the upper one yellowish at apex; petals yellow, 
with brown spots, and having shorter claws; lip with 
spreading-triangular side lobes and an oblong acute front 
one; inflorescence long. Habitat not recorded, 1888. Allied 
to O. serratum. SYN. Cyrtochilum detortum. 
O. dichromum (two-coloured). This species is closely allied 
to O. aureum, but the flowers are larger, the sepals and 
petals are reddish-purple, and the lip is bright yellow; panicles 
branched. Peru, 1895. [C.] 
O. excavatum Dawsoni (Dawson’s).* jl. bright yellow and 
rich brown, large; scape 5ft. long, sometimes producing a 
hundred flowers. Peru. 
O. falcipetalum (falcate-petaled). jl. 2sin. to din. across; 
sepals russet-brown, with a narrow yellow margin, clawed; 
petals much smaller, falcate, yellow, spotted with brown on 
the basal half; lip purplish-brown, linear, reflexed ; peduncles 
flexuous, several feet long. Autumn. J. 1ft. or more in length, 
Pseudo-bulbs 2in. to 4in. long, two-leaved. Andes, before 1886. 
O. fimbriatum (fringed). (/. Zin. across; sepals and petals 
bright yellow, barred and streaked transversely with red, the 
petals clawed; lip yellow, sub-panduriform, the front lobe 
with a minutely-fringed margin; scapes 2ft. to ft. long, 
denoning many-flowered. June. JZ. linear or ligulate-oblong, 
acute. seudo-bulbs two-leaved. Brazil, 1878. [T.] 
