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ONCIDIUM 



ONCIDIUM 



Plants dwarf, scarcely over 8 



in. high. 



Labellum with 3 equal lobes. 38. 

 Labellum with small lateral 



and a4-parted middle lobe. 39. 

 Plants large. 

 Wings of the column narrow, 



falcate 40. 



41. 

 Wings of the column fleshy, 



rotund, reniform, etc. 

 Labellum pandurate, with 



triangular lateral lobes 42. 



43. 

 Labellum reniform, with 



small blunt lateral lobes. .44. 



pumilum 

 Crista-galli 



bicallosum 



Cavendishianum 



Lanceanum 

 Carthaginense 



luridum 



38. pumilum, Lindl. A small plant about 6 in. high, 

 without pseudobulbs, and with oblong, leathery Ivs.: 

 inflorescence 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.R.11:920. L. B.C. 18:1732. 



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

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

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

 Ivs. : fls. 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. bicalldsum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs none: Ivs. large, 

 oblong-lanceolate, keeled, thick and leathery: panicle 

 many-fld., 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, emarginate, subcordate. Autumn 

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

 12:458. 



41. Cavendishianum, Batem. Pseudobulbs none: Ivs. 

 fleshy, broadly lanceolate, 1-1% 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. Lanceanum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs wanting : Ivs. 

 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. superbum, 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. ( O. mnchmanni, Lodd. O. 

 roseum, Lodd. O. undulatum, Salisb. O. sanguineum, 

 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 with horizontal, triangular lateral lobes and a fan- 

 shaped middle lobe, crimson, with a yellow border. 

 Summer. Trop. Amer. B.M. 3806 (as O. Hunteamim ) . 

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



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

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

 branched and many-fld.: fls. nearly 1% 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. Avar, rdseum, 

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

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

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



45. Fapilio, Lindl. BUTTERFLY ORCHID. Fig. 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 2% in. across; dorsal 

 sepals and petals erect-linear, with a small lanceolate 

 expanded portion, brown, with bands of yellow; lower 

 sepals lanceolate-falcate, curved downwards, yellow, 

 with heavy bands 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. 

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



1527. Oncidium Papilio(X 



(vxt.limbatum). B.R.11:910. L. B. C. 11:1086. F.S. 

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

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

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

 flower very large; sepals and petals golden yellow, 

 barred with red ; labellum yellow, with a broad margin 

 of brown. l.H. 30:500. 



46. Kramerianum, 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 the mar- 

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

 l.H. 41, p. 206. 



47. Jonesianum, Reichb. Plants with fleshy, rush- 

 like Ivs. 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. Cebolleta, Swartz. ( O. juncifblium, Lindl.). Pseu- 

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

 furrowed leaf: Ivs. 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 



