DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 357 



B. Ontidium Rigbyanum .... Pax. Mag., 16, 257. 

 Flowers panicled ; sepals and petals brilliant citron- 

 yellow, with deep brown spots in the centre j lip vivid 

 yellow, spotted with brown and edged with little inden- 

 tures. By some this is considered the same as Ontidium 

 sarcodes. 



A. Ontidium Rogersii. Brazil . .* Jen. Orch., 29. 



F. M, 477- 

 War. Orch., 2, 31. 



A very beautiful winter-blooming species, with large 

 rich golden flowers on a tall branching spike. One of 

 the best species ; probably a variety of Ontidium varico. 

 sum. 



B. Ontidium roseum. Honduras. Lindley. 



Flowers rosy white, spotted with red or crimson. This 

 is a rare and pretty species. 



Ontidium rupestre. Peru. 



A pretty cool-house species. Flowers on a many- 

 branched spike, flame-color, spotted with brown. 



C. Ontidium sanguineum. La Guayra. Sert. O., tab. 27. 

 Flowers pale yellow, marked with blood-red. 



A. Ontidium sarcodes. Brazil .... War. Orch., 23. 



I. H., 3, 165. 



Flowers yellow and crimson, on large panicles, pro- 

 ducing thirty flowers or more. A very showy and rare 

 plant. 



B. Ontidium serratum. Peru . . . Bat. 2d Cen., 194. 



B. M., 5632. 



