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0. Kramerianum, Rchb. f. — A very handsome species, 

 somewhat resembhng 0. Pajnlio. The pseudobulbs are small 

 roundish obtuse four to seven-angled, the leathery leaves 

 cuneate oblong acute dull green irregularly streaked with 

 dark purple. The scape is long and knotty-jointed, and bears 

 flowers resembling those of 0. Papilio. The dorsal sepal and 

 petals are narrow linear, all turned upwards, crispy, yellow at 

 the base, dark brown on the upper part ; the lateral sepals 

 deflexed, ligulate acute, strongly undulated, pale yellow heavily 

 spotted with brown ; and the lip, which is beautifully un- 

 dulated at the edge, is cordate-pandurate, of a pale yellow 

 with a single irregular row of brown spots near the edge. It 

 keeps blooming from the top of the spike for years, and it is 

 often in beauty. This species is best grown in a basket or on 

 a block. — Central America. 



Fig. — Flore des Serves, t. 1956 ; Jennings, Orch., t. 11 j Floral Mag., t. 

 465 ; Puydt, Les Oi-ch., t. 31 ; Xenia Orch., i. t. 33, 



0. lamelligerum, Rchb. /.—A very noble and handsome 

 species in the way of O. viacranthum, but with larger flowers. 

 These flowers are produced on long branching spikes, and 

 have the dorsal sepal reniform, wavy, stalked, deep brown 

 bordered with yellow, the inferior sepals also stalked, oblong, 

 much longer, the base cuneate on one side and semihastate 

 on the other ; the crispy petals are suddenly hastate oblong 

 obtuse undulated, pale yellow spotted with brown towards the 

 base ; and the lip is similar in form to that of 0. inacranthum, 

 trifid, with the lateral lobes triangular, and the middle lobe 

 elongate linear-lanceate. We saw a fine specimen of this in the 

 collection of C. Dorman, Esq., Sydenham. It flowers during 

 the summer months. — Ecuador. 



0. Lanceanum, Lindley. — A remarkably handsome and dis- 

 tinct species, one of those which are not furnished with 

 pseudobulbs, but whose leaves and roots spring direct from 

 the short knotty rootstock. The leaves are about a foot 

 long, broadly oblong acute, leathery in texture, of a light 

 green freely spotted with purple. The stifi" erect flower scape 

 grows a foot or more in height, and supports a rigid panicle, 

 whose short branches sometimes assume a corymbose and 

 sometimes a racemose arrangement. The flowers are an inch 

 and three-quarters across, greenish yellow, brighter in the 

 centre, closely blotched with crimson; the lip is broad and 

 flat, of a rich bright violet, the basal part, where it is expanded 



