ONCIDIUM CRISPUM. 
CRISPED-FLOWERED ONCIDIUM. 
ENDOGENZE, . OR MONOCOTYLEDONEZE 
_ Natural division 
i to which eva tS 
this Plant belongs 
NATURAL ORDER, ORCHIDACE, 
GYNANDROS&, Artificial divisions GYNANDRIA, 
: OF to which He MONANDRIA, 
LINDLEY. , this Plant belongs OF LINNEUS, 
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: GENUS. Owncrpium. Swarrz. PeriantHrum explanatum. Separa 
rmi 
maximum, ecalearatum, cum columna continuum, varié lobatum, 
basi tubereulatum vel cristatum. Conumna libera. 
alata. AnTHERA semibilocularis, rostello nune abbreviato, nunc elongato 
trato. Porzria duo, postic® sulcata, caudicula plana, glandula oblonga. 
LInDLeyY. 
SPECIES. Oncrprum crispum. Loppiczs. Psrvpo-svuxsis oblongis sulca- 
tis rugosis diphyllis, foliis lanceolatis coriaceis acutis, scapo simplici multifloro, 
sepali is undulatis obtusis, lateralib iconnatis: petalis duplo ma- 
joribus oblongis undulatis unguiculatis, labelli lobis lateralibus cornuformibus 
recurvis nanis intermedio maximo unguiculato subrotundo-cordato undulato, 
crista duplici serie deltoidea dentata, columnz alis rotundatis denticulatis car- 
nosis. Livpzey. Genera and Species of Orchideous Plants, p. 197. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, ONCIDIUM. “‘PERIANTH spread out. 
Separs often wavy; the lateral ones sometimes connate under the lip. 
PETALS uniform with the sepals. Lip very large, without a spur, con- 
tinuous with the column, variously lobed, tuberculated or crested at the 
base. Coxiumn free, semi-cylindrical, apex winged on both sides. 
AnTHER nearly two-celled, the rostellum sometimes very short, at 
other times greatly elongated. POLLEN-MASSES two, furrowed behind, 
the caudicula flat, the gland oblong. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, ONCIDIUM CRISPUM. PsEvpo- 
puss oblong, furrowed, rugose, bearing at the summit two leaves, 
which are lanceolate, coriaceous, acute, 6-7 inches long, marked with 
purple at the base. Scare springing from the base of the bulb, about 
two feet long, bearing here and there subulate leaves, vaginating, and 
sometimes connate. INFLORESCENCE racemose, raceme spreading, 
flowers large, numerous, sometimes 50-60, about three inches across, 
brownish. SEPaLs recurved, undulating, obtuse, the lateral ones half 
united, greenish, spotted. PETALS twice as large, oblong, undulating, 
