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grown, is a useful plant for all purposes ; pot culture suits it 

 best. — Brazil. 



Fig.— Bot. Beg., t. 1050; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1212; Paxion, Mag. But., 

 iii. 4, with tab. ; Bchb. Fl. Exot., t. 95. 



0. eurycline, Bchb.f. — This pretty dwarf-growing species 

 is very distinct. It has ligulate obtuse costate pseudobulbs, 

 solitary cuneate-ligulate leaves, and two-flowered peduncles. 

 The flowers have the sepals and petals light reddish ochre 

 with a few dark bars at their base, the lateral sepals being a 

 little longer than the lip, which is yellow with numerous 

 brown spots at the base, and having rounded retrorse basilar 

 lobes or auricles, and a cordate reniform bilobulate anterior 

 lobe. It flowers in December. It was first flowered by W. 

 E. Brymer, Esq., M.P., Ilsington House, Dorchester. — 

 Venezuela. 



0. euxantllilllim, Rchh.f. — A very pretty species belonging 

 to the group represented by 0. hifoluun, and requiring similar 

 treatment. The pseudobulbs are two to three inches long, 

 ellipsoid compressed and furrowed, bearing a pair of linear 

 ensiform acute keeled leaves. The numerous flowers grow 

 in ample panicles, and are about one inch across, and very 

 showy ; the sepals and petals are small yellow dotted over 

 with red, the lip large shortly clawed, with the claw protruded 

 and winged, three-lobed, the lateral lobes large roundish cre- 

 nate, the middle lobe much longer reniform bilobed, with 

 numerous red spots on the disk between the lateral lobes, the 

 rest of the surface rich clear yellow; the two- column wings 

 are spreading, yellow with red spots. The broad lip, large 

 rounded side lobes, and conspicuous spotting make the flowers 

 not only pleasing but showy. It blooms during the autumn 

 months. — Brazil. 

 'ElQ.—Bot. Mag., t. 6322. 



0. excavatum, Undley. — A robust-growing species with 

 light green pseudobulbs, oblong-Hgulate leaves, and long 

 branched scapes bearing an abundance of brightly-coloured 

 flowers, the sepals and petals being rich yellow profusely 

 blotched with cinnamon brown near the base, and the pan- 

 durate hp also deep golden yellow blotched only on the 

 crest, which is very convex, and excavated in front, the base 

 being cordate, and the tip rounded and emarginate. Accord- 

 ing to Lindley, 0. aurosum can scarcely be distinguished froift, 



