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ONCIDIUMi 



Oncidium Gardneri, Lindl. in Loiid. Journ. Bot. II. p. 662 (1843). Id. in Bot. 

 Reg. 1847, sub. t. 66. Id. Fol. Orch. Oncid. No. 57. Williams' Orch. Alb. I. 

 t. 12. Fl. Mag. n.s. t. 401. Gard. Ciiron. XVI. (1881), p. 86, icon. xyl. On. 

 flabellifenim, Paxt. Mag. Bot. XVI. p. 65. On. prsetextum, Morren in Belg. hort. 

 1877, p. 357, not Rchb. 



Veiy little is recorded of the botanical history of this beautiful 

 Oncid. It was discovered by Gardner on the Organ Mountains 

 about the same time as Oncidium Forhesii, but it does not seem to 

 have been introduced with it; it was probably first cultivated by 

 Messrs. Kollisson, who received plants from M. Pinel in 1846. Its 

 appearance in British gardens at long intervals and in limited quantity 



Oncidium Gardneri. 

 (From the Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



would imply that it is a rare plant in its native country ; it was 

 dedicated to its discoverer by Dr. Lindley.* Very near On. Oardneri 

 and probably still more rare is On. amictum, figured in the Botanical 

 Register for 1847 ; this fine species had been introduced a short time 

 previously by Messrs. Loddiges; it is here mentioned with the view 

 of preserving it from oblivion. 



On. graminifolium. 



" Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, compressed, 2 — 3 inches long, diphyllous. 

 Leaves grass-like, linear-lanceolate, acute, 7 — 9 inches long. Scapes 

 slender, flexuose, 3 — 5 feet long, loosely panicled, many flowered. 

 Flowers IJ — 2 inches across vertically ; sepals and petals similar 

 and sub-equal, the lateral sepals free and spreading, ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, yellow blotched with chocolate-brown ; lij) bright yellow, 

 scarcely lobed and somewhat unguiculate, broadly obovate with a deep 



*See Part VI, Ccelogyne, p. 42. 



