ONCID'IUM PAPILIO. 
BUTTERFLY ONCIDIUM. 
NATURAL ORDER, ORCHIDACE, 
GYNANDROSE, eae = i se GYNANDRIA, 
OF MONANDRIA, 
LINDLEY. this poh aie OF LINNEUS. 
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GENUS. Oncrp1um. Swarrz. Pertantutum explanatum. SEPata see- 
pius undulata: lateralibus nunc sub labello connatis. Perata conformi 
Lasettum maximum, ecalcaratum, cum columna continuum, varié jobatam, 
alata. Anruera semibilocularis, rostello nunc abbreviato, nunc elongato ros- 
trato. Poxiin1a duo, posticée pire caudicula plan4, glandula oblonga. 
Linprey. 
_BEECIES. Oncipium PAPIELO, (Lrnpi ey.) Pseudobulbis ae 
perennante debili ancipiti “articulato apice » paucifloro, sepalo supremo hataie 
que linearibus longissimis basi angustatis, sepalis lateralibus oblongis revolutis 
undulatis labello longioribus, labelli lacinia interm edid emarginata subrotun- 
da crispa basi valde angustata lateralibus rotundatis, irene i. mga formam 
Tanz cubantis referentibus, column alis serratis. LINDLE 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, ONcIDIUM. PERIANTH spread out. 
SEPALS often wavy: the lateral ones sometimes connate under the lip. 
Perats uniform. Lip very large, without a spur, continuous with the 
column, variously lobed, tuberculated or crested at the base. COLUMN 
free, semi-cylindrical, apex winged on both sides. ANTHER nearly two- 
celled, the podiatTain sometimes very short, at other times greatly elon- 
gated. Pozen masses two, furrowed behind, the caudicula flat, the 
gland oblong. 
DEScRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, ONCIDIUM PaPILIO. The spurious 
bulb (pseudo-bulb), of which there are two or three in each plant, is 
roundish, compressed, rough, deep purple, giving origin to a single 
elliptic-oblong leaf, both surfaces of which are spotted or reticulated 
with dark purple irregular lines. ScaPE OR FLOWER-STEM, springing 
from the base of the bulb, two-three feet long, wavy, jointed, with 
sheathing membranous pink bracte at the joints, slender, roundish 
below, two-edged towards the top, spotted; few—one, rarely two— 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE - 
The miniature s aaetet, on the right hand side of the plate, distinctly s shows the ws ecco habit 
