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0. maculatum, La Have. — A pretty and attractive species. 

 It has oblong compressed monophyllous pseudobulbs, oblong 

 nervose leaves, and pendulous or semi-erect many-flowered 

 racemes which are produced during winter. The sepals 

 are chestnut brown within, marked with green trans- 

 verse bars at the base, sometimes violet-purple ; the petals 



ODONTOGLOSSUM LTROGLOSSUM. 



yellow thickly spotted on the basal half with reddish brown, 

 and the lip cordate of the same colour as the petals. It will 

 last in bloom a long time, and succeeds best in a cool house, 

 in a pot, in peat and moss. — Mexico. 



¥iQ.—Bot. Reg., 1840, t. 30 ; Pescatorea, t. 28 ; Paxton, Mag. Bot., xiii. 

 147, -with tab. (as cordatum) ; Batetn., Mon. Odont, t. 20 j Orchid Album, ii. 

 t. 62 ; Floral Mag., t. 348 (as maculosum). 



