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iia v. paullo breviora, 15-25 Cm. Ionga, circiter 2 Cm. lata, dorso 

 carinata, ex apice rotundato saepissime brevissime apiculata. Racemi folia 

 aequantes v. subsuperantes, pluriflori (3— 5-flori), secundi, suberecti v. 

 tandem subhorizontaliter patentee; pedunculo compresso vaginis distichis 

 navicularibus involuto, racemo duplo v. plus duplo longiore suffulti. Brae- 

 teae anguste Ianceolato-lineares, naviculars, ovaria circiter sesqui supe- 

 rantes, attenuato-acutae. Sepala anguste lanceolato-linearia, exteriora 

 4— 4'/3 Cm. Ionga, 6 Mm. lata, sub apice subcucullato dorso mucro- 

 nata; interiora paullo breviora et Iatiora, apice acuta. Labellum e basi 

 utrinque breviter cuneata oblongum, medio contractum, valde undulatum, 

 acutum v. obtusum, a basi ad medium lamellis paullo elevatis interrupt 

 flabellatis minute papilloso-pilosuiis purpureis pictum, praeterea autem 

 carina basilar! furcata magis elevata vestitum. Columna nana, basi an- 

 gustata v. subauriculata apice circa foveam aia angustissima purpurea 

 cincta. Anthera ovata, alba. Pollinia subsessilia, postice sulcata; caudi- 

 cula linearis, glandula ovata. 



Flores amoene suaveolentes. 



Habitat in Brasiliae provincia Minaes Geraes. 



Oncidium Lietzei y . aureo-maculatum Rgl. 



§§ 6 Tetrapetala micropetala (Lindl. fol. orch. Oncidium p. 21). 

 Pseudobulbi caespitosi, compresso-cylindrici, apicem versus atte- 

 noati, usque 9 Cm. longi, 1— Vh Cm. lati, apice saepissime bifolii t. 

 rarius monophylli. Folia oblongo-lanceolata/obtusiuscala v. nerro ex- 

 enrrente submucronata, coriacea, 11-13 Cm. Ionga, 3-3'/, Cm. lata. 

 Scapus viridis. Paniculae simplicis folia subduplo superantis rami pafco- 

 tes, 5-6 Cm. longi, quam flores basi bractea brevi viridi ovato-lanceo- 

 lata stipati. Pedicelii flexuosi incluso ovario saltern 1 Cm. longi. Flores 

 aurei, fusco-purpureo picti. Sepala lateralia in unum oblongum apice b»- 

 dentatum connata; sepnlum SU p reimira Spat hulato-oblongum, apice rotun- 

 ^tura, 1 Cm. long**. Petata sepalo supremo aequilonga, obovata 

 basin versus sensim attenuate, nudulato-subcreuulata. Labellum »F* 

 circiter aequans, utrinque quadrilobum, circuitu oblongo-obovatum; tow 



