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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Oncidium continued. 



O. meirax (boy), fl. with little yellow and brown spots ; sepals 

 and petals linear, a little narrowed at the base ; lip cordate, 

 acuminate ; scape two-flowered. I. solitary on the oblong pseudo- 

 bulbs, slightly emarginate. Caraccas and New Grenada, 1880. 

 A singular plant, only a few inches high. (B. X. O. t 18, 

 Fig. 3.) [C.] 



O. melanops (black-eyed), fl. light yellow, with the .bases of the 

 sepals, petols, and lip blackish-purple. Ecuador, 1881. In habit, 

 this species resembles 0. chrysornis. 



O. meliosum (honey-scented), fl. very rich yellow, with cinnamon 

 blotches ; small sepals, as well as the much larger petals, retuse 

 basflar auricles of the lip square, the isthmus middle-sized 

 and the anterior part reniform ; column very small, of the most 



Oncidium continued. 



O. monoceras (one-horned). A synonym of 0. unicorne. 



O. nlgratum (blackish), fl. cream colour, with dark blackish- 

 brown spots and bands, disposed in branched panicles ; sepals 

 and petals linear-lanceolate, equal, and wavy. Guiana. 



O. Oblongatum (oblong-leaved).* fl. bright yellow, of good size. 

 Winter. 1. bright green, oblong, about 1ft. long. Pseudo-bulbs 

 short, thick. Guatemala, &c., 1844. A handsome, free-flowering 

 species. (L. & P. F. G. ii. 9, Fig. 137.) 



O. Obryzatum (refined). /. bright golden-yellow, barred with 

 brown, about lin. across, yielding a delicious perfume ; spikes 

 numerous, long-branched, and many-flowered. Winter. Peru, 

 1863. An easily-grown and very free-flowering species. (R. G. 

 925.) 



FIG. 731. ONCIDIUM PAPILIO, showing Habit and detached Flower. 



pallid sulphur-white, as well as the callus ; panicle branched. 

 Summer. 1. cuneate oblong, ligulate, acute. Pseudo- bulbs 

 oblong. 1882. 



O. metallicum (metallic), fl. rich chestnut-brown, with a splen- 

 did metallic hue ; the borders of the short, ovate, broad, superior 

 sepal and smaller petals blotched with rich yellow; lip pandurate, 

 with an angle projecting from each side. New Grenada, 1876. 

 Very distinct. 



O. Millianum (Mill's). H. bright yellow, mottled with brown, the 

 five sepals and petals nearly equal ; lip bent at the base, brown 

 in the middle ; column very short, two-winged ; panicle ample, 

 loose-flowered, diffuse. Spring. I. ligulate, obtuse. Pseudo- 

 bulbs ligulate, compressed. Columbia, 1878. 



O. octhodes (tubercled). fl. yellow, having the lip painted with 

 brownish bars, large, distinct, borne in an effuse panicle. 

 Ecuador, 1871. A handsome orchid. [C.] 



O. onustum (loaded). /. rich golden-yellow, disposed in dense, 

 nodding racemes. Winter. Panama, &c., 1848. A handsome 

 species, with the habit of 0. bifolium, but the pseudo-bulbs are 

 beautifully spotted. 



O. ornithorhynchum (bird's-bill).* fl. soft rose-purple, yielding 

 a perfume somewhat resembling that of the Heliotrope, but less 

 powerful ; scapes produced in great abundance, and the gracefully 

 drooping panicles thickly laden with the comparatively small 

 blossoms. Autumn and winter. I. twin, oblong. Pseudo-bulbs 

 glaucous, lin. to 2in. high. Mexico, &c. 1826. A well-marked 



