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and the lip large, flat, two-lobed, of a transversely reniform 

 outline, and a bright yellow colour. It produces these flowers 

 in May and June, and they last a long time in perfection. 

 There are two varieties of this plant, one much brighter than 

 the other in the colour of the flowers. It is best grown in a 

 pot, suspended from the roof, and requires to be potted in 

 peat and sphagnum moss ; ample drainage should also be 

 given, as it enjoys a liberal supply of water. — Monte Video. 



FlG.—Bot. Mag., t. 1491. 



0. Mfolium majus, Hort. — A superb variety of the pre- 

 ceding species, in which the pseudobulbs are much larger, 

 and the habit of the plant altogether more robust. The spike 

 is quite double the length of that of the type, and bears 

 fally double the number of flowers, of which the sepals and 

 petals are brown faintly marked with yellow, and the very 

 large lip is brilliant yellow. They are produced in May and 

 June, and continue in perfection a long time. It requires the 

 same treatment as the preceding, and, like it, should be placed 

 at the cool end of the Cattleya house. — Mo7ite Video. 



ElG.—Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1845. 



0. Mfrons. — See Oncidium Warscewiczii. 



0. Brunleesianum, Bchb. /. — A very pretty novelty, quite 

 distinct from any other species with which we are acquainted ; 

 it produces dense upright spikes of bright yellow flowers, 

 which are furnished with a dark sepia-coloured lip. This 

 distinct feature gives the plant a most unique appearance. — 

 Native Country not stated. 

 Fig.— Orchid Album, v. t. 206. 



0. CalantlLllin, Echb. f. — A showy, distinct, and free- 

 flowering species, which thrives best potted in peat, and 

 placed in the cool house. The pseudobulbs are ovate fur- 

 rowed, bearing a pair of lance-shaped leaves. The flowers are 

 numerous, and borne on a slender twining panicle, the upper 

 part of which is heteranthous ; the sepals are oblong acute, the 

 petals oblong obtuse and hastato-unguiculate, both nearly as 

 long as the Hp ; the lip large, reniform, bilobed, with a short 

 broadish isthmus, and behind that a pair of cuneate ovate 

 auricles. The flower is rich golden yellow, the petals and 

 sepals paler, and the crest of five papulose bodies tinged with 

 red, as well as the column. — Ecuador. 

 Fig.— Floral Mag., t. 384. 



