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O. microchilum (small-lipped). /. l4in. across; sepals pale 
brown, with yellow markings; petals chestnut-brown or 
brownish-purple, barred and margined with yellow ; lip white, 
purple-spotted, three-lobed, small ; scapes robust, very glaucous, 
3ft. to 4ft. long, the branches few-flowered. J. rigid, oblong, 
Tin. to 12in. long. Pseudo-bulbs ljin. to 2in, long, one-leaved. 
Guatemala, 1838. (B. R. 1843, t. 23; Ref. B. ii., t. 122.) 
©. Micropogon (small beard). l. 1sin. across the petals; 
sepals yellow, banded pale brown, linear-oblong, acuminate, 
undulated; petals golden-yellow, with a deep reddish-brown 
claw, much broader than the sepals; lip golden-yellow, with 
three sub-equal, spreading, clawed lobes, the disk covered 
with yellow and brown tubercles; @aceme Sin. to 10in. long, 
pendulous. August. 7. two to a pseudo-bulb, 4in. to 6in. long, 
linear-oblong. South Brazil (?), 1886. (B. M. 6971; R. G. 1855, 
t. 136; R. X. O. i., t. 63, f. 2.) 
O. monachicum (monkish). /., dorsal sepal dark brown, with 
a crisped, yellow border, reniform, overarching, the lateral 
ones large, cuneate-oblong, on long stalks; etals cinnamon, 
blotched and edged soip nie yew, roundish-hastate, incurved, 
undulated; lip brown, ligulate, with an angular base and a 
double callus; spikes large and branching, as in O. serratwm. 
March and April. Colombia. Allied to O. metallicum. (G. C. 
1883, xix., p. 369, f. 54.) [T.] 
O. murinum (wine-like). jl. yellow, with the column of a dull 
crimson-purple, small, but pretty and numerous, in a large 
panicle; lip triangular, sessile, fleshy, with two roundish 
crests on the disk. Ecuador, 1888. 
O. nanum (dwarf). jl. jin. across; sepals and petals yellow, 
spotted with brown, incurved; lip bright yellow, with two 
small auricles at base; scapes decumbent, panicled, the 
branches short and few-flowered. 7. from a creeping rhizome, 
3in. to 6in. long, pea-green, spotted with red. Pseudo-bulbs 
wanting. Britis uiana, 1842. 
O. nodosum (noded). A synonym of 0. Kramerianum. 
O. nubigenum (cloud-born). A variety of O. ewcullatum. 
O. olivaceum (Olive-like). The correct name of O. cucullatum. 
O. ornithopodum (bird-footed). . having a singular, trifid 
callus, with a solid, beak-like median tooth and excavated 
lateral angles. Tropical America, 1879. 
O. orthotis (straight-eared). jj. yellow, in. across, with 
brown markings, terminal on each branch, with one or two 
aborted ones; upper sepal reflexed, the lateral ones hanging 
straight down; petals widely spreading; lip broadly cordate. 
i. solitary, lin. to 2in, long. Pseudo-bulbs small. Habitat 
not recorded, 1888. (I. H. 1888, t. 69.) . 
0. panchrysum (all golden). #. of a uniform bright canary- 
yellow, ljin. across; sepals acute, the lateral ones divergent ; 
petals obtuse; lip somewhat panduriform; scapes erect, 
iift. to 2ft. long, panicled and many-flowered. J/. ligulate, 
Yin. to 12in. long. seudo-bulbs much compressed, 2in. long, 
one-leaved. Colombia, 1842. [C.] Syn. 0. anomalum. 
O. panduratum (fiddle-shaped). _/l. reddish-brown and _ yellow, 
smaller and more numerous than in 0. anthocrene (which this 
species otherwise resembles). Colombia, 1895. 
O. Papilio Kramerianum is now accorded specific rank. 
0. P. majus (greater). A synonym of 0. P. Eckhardti. 
QO. papilioniforme (butterfly - like). A synonym of 
O. Kramerianum. 
O. pardoglossum (panther-marked-lipped). jl. chestnut- 
colourea, narrow, much marked with yellow on the lip, and 
having a very obscure, yellow band on the dorsal sepal; 
column light yellow, very long, with brownish-purple wings. 
1886. An interesting species. 
O. pelicanum (pelican-beaked), A form of O. reflexwm. 
O. pretextum Gravesianum (Graves’). jj. yellow and 
brown, 2in. in diameter, disposed in branched panicles. 
South Brazil, 1892. (G. C 1892, xi., pp. 535, 650, f. oh 
O. pyramidale (pyramidal). jl. bright canary-yellow, lin. 
across, with red spots and markings; sepals and petals 
reflexed; lip somewhat panduriform, with the front lobe 
emarginate ; peduncles erect or nodding, 14ft. or more in 
length, many-flowered. J. linear-ligulate, Sin. to 8in. long. 
Pseudo-bulbs lin. to 2in. long, two-leaved. Southern Colombia, 
1842, A rare species. 
O. raniferum (frog-bearing). jj. bright yellow, small but 
showy; sepals and petals retlexed; lip three-lobed, the large 
crest orange-red; scapes Sin. to 8in. long; sparingly branched, 
many-flowered. @. Grass-like, Sin. to 8in. long. Pseudo-bulbs 
clustered, lin. to 2in. long, tapering, two-leaved. Brazil, 1837. 
The crest ‘‘somewhat resembles the figure of a frog couchant” 
(Veitch). 
O. r. major (larger) A synonym of 0. Hookeri. 
0. refractum (bent back). jl. greenish-yellow, barred with 
brown; sepals and petals wavy, pointed; column and lip 
reflexed. Colombia, 1894. Allied to O. zebrinuwm. 
0. Rigbyanum (Rigby’s). A synonym of O. sarcodes. 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Oncidium—continued. 
0. robustissimum (very robust). . larger than in 
O. sphegiferum (to which this species is allied); sepals and 
petals brown atybase, yellow at apex; lip yellow, with brown 
stripes, the side lobes rounded and serrated ; branches of the 
panicle straight. Brazil, 1888. 
O. Rogersii (Rogers’). A variety of 0. varicosum. 
O. Rolfeanum (Rolfe’s). jl. yellow and brown, disposed in a 
long, branching raceme. Colombia, 1892. One of the small- 
lipped section, and allied to 0, Kienastianum. 
O. roseum (rosy). A synonym of 0. carthaginense sanguineum. 
0. Saintlegerianum (Saint Leger’s). A synonym of 0. spilo- 
pterum. 
O. Sanderianum (Sander’s). This is described by one authority 
as “‘free-flowering, with thickly-branched scapes of large, rosy- 
red blossoms,” but the flowers have also been described as 
chocolate-brown. Peru, 1893. This species is said to be allied 
to O. serratum. 
O. sanguineum (bloody). A variety of O. carthaginense. 
O. sphegiferum (wasp-bearing). 1. ae orange, lin. across, 
with a reddish stain at the base of each segment ; sepals and 
petals clawed; lip sub-pandurate, the front lobe of a lighter 
orange than the sepals and prey scapes 3ft. to 4ft. long, 
panicled, many-flowered. J, e ae ane 6in. to 8in. long. 
Pseudo-bulbs lin. to lsin. in diameter, one-leaved. Brazil, 
1842-3. (P. F. G. ii, No. 124.) [T.] 
0. spilopterum is now regarded as a distinct species, and not 
as a variety of 0. Batemannianum. Syn. O. Saintlegerianum. 
O. Sprucei (Spruce’s). ji. bright yellow, produced in great 
profusion; sepals and petals blotched red above, obovate, 
obtuse ; lip having the transverse middle lobe narrowly clawed, 
two-lobed, stained red at base; panicles flexuous. 7. sometimes 
24ft. long. Brazil. Allied to O. Cebolleta. [T.] 
O. stelligerum (star-bearing). jl. stellate, paniculate; sepals 
and petals qaliovial, with many brown spots, oblong-ligulate ; 
lip yellowish-white, with a darker yellow callus, the lateral 
lobes short, obtuse-angled, the isthmus narrow, the middle 
lobe roundish-cordate, shortly and abruptly cuspidate. Mexico. 
Allied to O. hastatum, [C.] 
0. s. Ernesti (Ernest's). a pale yellow, with large, rounded, 
brown spots on the sep and petals, and a reddish-purple 
front lobe to the lip. Mexico, 1887, (W. O. A. vi., t. 260.) [C.] 
O. suave (pleasant). fl. fragrant, more than lin. across; ral oe 
and petals dark sepia-brown, obscurely keeled, reflexed at tip ; 
lip bright yellow, blotched with reddish-brown around the 
crest, three-lobed ; peduncles slender, 14ft. to 19ft. long, panicu- 
late. the branches few-flowered. J. linear, 6in. or more in 
length. © Pseudo-bulbs ancipitous, 3in. long. Oaxaca, 1839. 
(@. F. G. ii., f. 135.) 
0. superbiens a asl ji. 24in. in diameter ; sepals chocolate- 
brown, tipped yellow, long-clawed, the upper one much crisped, 
reflexed at apex, the lateral ones more ovate and less curved ; 
petals smaller, yellow above, barred chocolate below, cordate- 
oblong, recurved, with a shorter and broader claw ; lip blackish- 
pomnlss with a yellow crest, very small, revolute ; panicle loose, 
exuous, twenty- to thirty-flowered; scape (and inflorescence) 
2ft. to 3ft. long. 2 about 1ft. long, linear-oblong, acute, 
keeled. Pseudo-bulbs elongate-ovate, compressed, about 4in. 
long. Colombia, Venezuela. (B. M. 5980.) [T.] Syn. 0. emulum. 
°F ee ES albens (whitish). ji. pale yellowish-white. 
0. tetrapetalum (four-petaled). bf lin. across; sepals and 
petals bright chestnut-red, barred and marked with yellow, 
clawed, the lateral sepals connate and concealed by the lip; 
lip white, with a red blotch in front of the crest, broadly 
clawed ; scapes erect, ljin. to 2in. long, many-flowered. J. in 
tufts of four or more, 3in. to 6in. long, fleshy, triquetrous. 
nee oe wanting. West Indies. SYN. O. tricolor (B. M. 
va ee splendidum (splendid). A synonym of 0. splen- 
wum, 
O. tricolor (three-coloured). A synonym of 0. tetrapetalum. 
O. unicolor (one-coloured). #. of a uniform yellow. Brazil, 
1893. This species is allied to O. wniflorum, but is of more 
robust habit. 
O. urophyllum (tail-leaved). fl. lin. across; sepals and petals 
clear yellow, blotched with chestnut-brown, the lateral sepals 
connate almost to the apex; lip canary-yellow, three-lobed ; 
scapes drooping, 14ft. to 2ft. long, many-flowered. J/. ensiform, 
curved, 4in. to 6in. ue Pseudo-bulbs wanting. Antigua, 
1838 and 1891. (B. R. 1842, t. 54.) 
O. ustulatum (burnt). . brown, with a light border to the 
sepals, some yellowish lines on the borders of the petals, and 
the front lobe of the lip reddish-purple; sepals and petals 
crisped; callus very broad, with spreading, linear-ligulate 
lamelle, lined and dotted with brown. Colombia, 1883. uch 
in the way of O. metallicum. 
O. viperinum (viper-like). . lin. across; sepals and petals 
pale reddish-brown, barred with light yellow, much undulated, 
