ONCIDIUM. 17 



was taken in the Royal Gardens at Kew. The application of the 

 specific name is obscure; classically, ccesium relates to the eyes, thence 

 greyish, greyish green, etc. 



On. caminiophonun. 



Pseudo-bulbs sub-orbicular, or broadly ovate, much compressed, 1^ 



inches long, and 1 — 1^ inches broad, ribbed and furrowed on the flattened 



sides, monophyllous. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse or obscurely emarginate, 



3 — 5 inches long. Peduncles longer than the leaves, panicled, many 



flowered. Flowers an inch across vertically : sepals and petals similar 



and sub-equal, obovate-oblong, the basal half brown, the apical half 



yellow, the lateral sepals free and spreading parallel with the petals ; 



lip sub-panduriform, the basal lobes rotund, yellow spotted with red, 



the front lobe transversely oblong, emarginate, bright yellow with a 



chestnut-brown band in front of the crest ; crest quadrate, tuberculose 



with a curved ridge in front. Column wings small, truncate. 



Oncidium carainiophorum, Kchb. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, p. 857. Lind. Fol, Orch. 

 Oacid. No. 153. 



Our knowledge of this species is derived solely from a plant in 



the Royal Gardens at Kew from which our description was taken. 



The flowers, although small, are remarkably bright in colour, and 



bear some resemblance, on superficial view, to those of Oncidium 



rejlexum. On. caminiopJiorum was discovered by Wagoner in the 



Caracas district about the year 1850, and introduced by him 



shortly afterwards into German gardens. The specific name is 



fanciful, or at the best but obscurely refers to the form of the 



crest; it is derived from Ka/.uuog (kaminos), '' a, furnace or hearth,^' 



and (popog (phoros), " bearing." 



On. candidum. 



Pseudo-bulbs narrowly oblong, compressed, 2 inches long, monophyllous. 



Leaves linear, acute, 9 — 12 inches long, complicate at base. Peduncles 



slender, erect, duU purple, longer than the leaves, 5 — 7 flowered. 



Flowers about an inch in diameter, milk-white ; dorsal sepal oblong, 



acute, the lateral two concealed by the lip, connate and together of the 



same size and shape as the dorsal one ; petals similar but broader ; lip 



longer than the other segments, triangular-oblong, sub-acute ; crest an 



obcordate yellow plate with several himall tubercles on the surface. 



Column wings narrow, dejiticulate. 



Oncidium candidum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, misc. No. 76. Id. Fol. Orch. No. 

 52 (1855). Benth. et. Hook. Gen. Plant. III. p. 563. N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 

 XX. (1883), p. 233. I'alumbina Candida, Rehb. in Walp, Ann. VI. p. 699 (1863). 

 Id. in Gard. Chron, 1865, p. 793. Bot. Mag. t. 5546. 



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