ODONTOGLOSSUM GRANDE, 
Orchidaceæ ٩ Vandeæ. 一 Gynandria-Monandria. 
CHARACT. GENERIS.—OdontoglossumH.B.K. Odontoglossum Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. nov. gen. et 
Perigonii explanati foliola angusta acumi- | ۳ Geo fh 95. pes Cate ZIT- 
nata libera exteriora et interiora aequalia. mb qud a 
Labellum unguiculatum, cum gynostematis basi CHARACT. SPECIEI. — 0. grande, Bot. 
continuum  ecalcaratum  indivisum, lamina pa- Reg. misc. n° 94, 1840. hace lanceolatis laterali 
tente beni ARE Gynostema es mem- 
u 
branaceo atum —€— utrinque alatum. An- | latioribus subundulatis c asi au- 
thera biloculari is. Pollin — saudiouls riculato sepalis plus duo à breviore ; ene rculis basi 
eg ; glandula hamata > tribus corrugatis aliisque lateralibu s denti ی‎ e 
tropi 
cae, epiphytae, a "foliis minoribus; gynostematis tomentosi marginibus ro- 
plicatis, scapo terminali vaginato, floribus speciosis. | tundatis convexis incurvis. Lm. l. c. 
Texte du Magazine of Botany de M. Paxton. 
MAGNIFICENT TOOTH-TONGUE. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM GRANDE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER | Eer 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
A more magnificent plant, with flowers as richly and as variously coloured, or one to which our 
artist has done — justice, has E never before been figured in this Magazine; in consider- 
ation of which, we have been led to deviate from our now long-established custom of urnishing 
only single dite: to afford adequate room to display its beauties. 
It is altogether a species on which too much praise can hardly be lavished. Being strictly epi- 
phytal, and thriving best on a log of wood, suspended from some part of the Orchidaceous house, its 
appearance is most characteristic when in b ossom ; the copious and e s flowers causing the 
scape to assume a halfdrooping form. But the gorgeous tints me bene sme of its inflores- 
cence are beyond comparison the most striking features. From five to six inc the usual breath 
of the flowers from the tip of each petal; the sepals are mottled and an lits the back of a 
tiger; the brown of the petals is of that rich, smooth, shining character, as to appear an artificial 
erg the lip resembles the upper portion of a cockle-shell in figure, is most goes | stai- 
‚and when held to a lamp exhibits a is transparency of texture for which oth 
flowers are so remarkable; while, perhaps, the most pleasing part of all is the splendidly‏ نت 
mottled tubercles at the base of the e lip, which, viewed from the side, or almost any position, are‏ 
in the highest degree beautiful, though, as if to attest the fugitiveness of physical beauty, these are‏ 
the first to fade.‏ 
While speaking of the blossoms, we must not neglect to notice, that the specimen of which our 
drawi an exceedingly good representation, was by no means strong or luxuriant; so that a more 
„vigorous plant will probably produce finer flowers. We may also remark that the flowers are extre- 
and kept for two days in a packing-case without moisture, remained perfect (with the exception of 
the small protuberance just alluded to, which shrivelled in a few days) for three weeks, by merely 
immersing their stalks in water in an dire partment. As it was impossible, from their size, to 
show the manner in which the species grows, a Sege is subjoined. 
0. grande is now in several collections, but it has not hitherto, we believe, flowered in more 
