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ONCIDIUJl 



ONCIDIUM 



A. Plants dwarf, scarcely over S 



in. high, 



B. Luheltiim with S equal lobes.ZS. pumilum 

 BB. Lalielliim irith small lateral 



iiiitl (I 4-iiiiittd middle lobe. Z^. Crista-galli 

 AA. Pliuds tniyr. 

 B. ^VhifJ.•^ of thi' rolnmn narrow. 



falcate 40. bicallosum 



41. Cavendishianum 

 BE. Wings of the column fleshy, 

 rotund, reniform, etc. 

 c, Jjabellum pandiirate, with 



triangular lateral lobes ...42. Lanceanum 



4:1. Carthaginense 

 CC. Labetlum reniform, rvith 



small blunt lateral lobes.. H. luridum 



38. piimilum, Lindl. A small plant about G in. high, 

 without pseudobulbs, and with oblong, leathery Ivs. : 

 intloresceuce a small, branched panicle, scarcely longer 

 than the Ivs. : sepals and petals obovate, yellow, spotted 

 with brown; labellum yellow, rounded, trifld. Spring. 

 Brazil. B.M.3581. B.E. 11:920. L. B.C. 18:1732. 



39. Crista-galli, Reichb. f. (O. iridifbliiim, Lindl., 

 not HBK. ). Lvs. radical, cuneiform-ligulate, 2-3 in. 

 long: fl. -stems several, 1-2-fld., slightly exceeding the 

 lvs. : tls. yellow, with few red spots at the base of the 

 segments and labellum; sepals lanceolate, acute; petals 

 oblong, crisp, much wider; labellum large; lateral lobes 

 oblong-cuneate ; middle lobe divided into 4 lobes, of 

 which the inner 2 are smaller. B.R. 22: 1911. — A very 

 small, neat plant. 



40. hicalldsum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs none: lvs. large, 

 oblong-lanceolate, keeled, thick and leathery: panicle 

 many-lid. , variable in size : fls. 2 in. in diam. ; sepals free, 

 obovate, concave; petals oblong-obtuse, undulate; all 

 rich yellow or honey-colored, bordered with cinnamon 

 color; labellum with small, narrow lateral lobes, and 

 a pair of tubercles for a crest ; middle lobe large, 

 transversely expanded, emargiuate. subcordate. Autiimn 

 and winter. Guatemala. B.IVL 4148. B.R. 29:12. l.H. 

 12:458. 



41. Cavendishianum, Batem. Pseudobulbs none: lvs. 

 fleshy, broadly lanceolate, 1-1}4 ft. long : scape 4 ft. 

 high, erect, with a dense panicle about 1 ft. long: sepals 

 and petals oblong-obtuse, greenish yellow, with bright 

 chestnut spots; labellum yellow; lateral lobes rather 

 large, spreading, rounded, narrowed to a claw; mid- 

 lobe broadly reniform and deeply emarginate. Guate- 

 mala.— Grows very slowly. 



42. Laneeinum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs wanting : lvs. 

 fleshy, oblong, acute, 1 ft. long and about 3 in. broad : 

 scape stiff, erect, branched above and 1 ft. or more in 

 length: fls. 2-3 in. across, numerous; sepals and petals 

 oblong, obtuse, fleshy, concave, yellow, marked and 

 barred with chocolate-brown or crimson; labellum nar- 

 row in the middle, with the 2 lateral lobes forming a 

 hastate base, middle lobe broadly expanded, cuneate. 

 The color of the labellum is variable, usually rose in 

 front, becoming violet toward the base. Summer. 

 British Guiana. B.R. 22:1887. F.S. 18:1842-43. P.M. 

 4:169. F.C.2:79. G.C. II. 21:609.-Var. 3up6rbum, Hort.. 

 is described as a superior variety. Var. Louvrexianum, 

 Hort. {O. LouvrexiAnum, Hort. ). A var. with yellow 

 fls., prettily spotted and marbled; labellum yellow at 

 the base, white in front. 



43. Carthagin6nse,Swartz.(0.fl'^ncAmffl»i?iJ,Lodd. O. 

 rdsetim, LocUl. ('. iindiilAtum, Salisb. O. sangutneum, 

 Lindl.). Pseudobulbs obsolete: Ivs. solitary, oblong, 

 acutish: panicle 3 ft. long and loose: fls. small, whitish, 

 marked and blotched with red and bordered with yel- 

 low; sepals and petals oblong-ovate, free, waved; label- 

 lum witli liurizontal, triangular lateral lobes and a fan- 

 shapr.i niiiMie lobe, crimson, with a yellow border. 

 Sunuiicr. Trop. Amer. B.M.SSm ina O. ffunteamim). 

 F.C.3:97 (as O. luridum, var. Henchmanni). 



44. Idridum, Lindl. Lvs. elliptical, thick, rigid, dull 

 green, 15 in. long: scape slender, 3 ft. high, much 

 branched and many-fld. : fls. nearly 1^2 in. in diam., 

 dark green or olive-green, with indistinct darker spots; 

 sepals clawed, undulate, crenate, obtuse, warted on the 

 back, the upper one rotund, the others spatulate-oblong; 



petals larger and without warts; labellum reniform, 

 almost plane. S. Amer. B.M. 3608. B.R. 9:727.-The 

 panicle is said to grow to a height of 9 ft. A var. rdsemn, 

 Hort., is said to have rose-colored fls., spotted with 

 white and bordered with yellow. Var. guttfltum, Lindl., 

 has yellow fls. spotted with orange. B.R. 25:16. 



45. Fapilio, Lindl. Butterfly Orchid. Pig. 1527. 

 Lvs. oblong, very leathery, olive-green, mottled with 

 purplish brown, 6-8 in. long: peduncle 2-3 ft. long, flat- 

 tened and jointed, producing fls. several years in suc- 

 cession: fls. 4-5 in. long and 23^ in. across; dorsal 

 sepals and petals erect-linear, with a small lanceolate 

 expanded portion, brown, with bands of yellow; lower 

 sepals lanceolate-falcate, curved dowuwards, yellow, 

 with heavy bauds of brown, labellum pandurate, usu- 

 ally plane, with the middle lobe rounded, transversely 

 broadened, emarginate, yellow, with a broad band of 

 brown around the margin; wings of the column toothed. 

 Pis. at any season. West Indies. B.M. 2795 and 3733 



1527. Oncid 



(ya.T.limbatum). B.R. 11:910. L. B. C. 11:1086. P.S. 

 9:920. P.M. 5:175. -Variable in color of fls. and lvs. 

 Lvs. sometimes green on the upper surface. F.C. 1:12. 

 F. 1842:49. Var. fickhardti, Linden. All parts of the 

 flower very larf^t-; sepals and petals golden yellow, 

 barred with red ; laliellum yellow, with a broad margin 

 of brown. l.H. 30:500. 



46. Krameriinum, Reichb. f. This species is much 

 like O. Papilio. Pseudobulbs rounded, 4-7-angled: 

 stem terete: petals and dorsal sepals shorter than in O. 

 Papilio, apex more distinctly dilated; lateral sepals 

 golden yellow, spotted (not banded) with cinnamon- 

 brown, crisp, undulate, finely toothed ; labellum very 

 crisp and undulate, finely toothed, pale yellow, with a 

 narrow band of cinnamon-brown spots around tlie mar- 

 gin; column wings entire. Cent. Amer. F.S. 19:1956. 

 l.H. 41, p. 206. 



47. Jonesi&num, Reichb. Plants with fleshy, rush- 

 like lvs. 3-12 in. long and usually hanging downwards: 

 fl. -stems 6 in. to 2 ft. long, the largest bearing about a 

 dozen fls. 2 in. across: sepals and petals oblong, wavy, 

 cream-colored, with sepia-brown spots; labellum white, 

 yellow at the base, with a few crimson spots near the 

 isthmus; middle lobe large, subreniform, 2-lobed, wavy ; 

 lateral lobes toothed. Fls. at various seasons. Para- 

 guay. B.M. 6982. R.B. 15:7. Gn. 31:583 -The hand- 

 somest of the round-leaved species. 



48 CeboUeta, Swartz. (0.j«)!Cj7d;»Hm, Lindl.). Pseu- 

 dobulbs very small, each with a single, terete, obscurely 

 furrowed leaf: lvs. 1 ft. long, spreading, harsh in tex- 

 ture: panicle rigid, erect, about 2 ft. high: sepals and 

 petals nearly equal, obovate, greenish yellow, spotted 

 with red; labellum large, bright yellow; lateral lobes 



