76 ONCIDIUMi 



On. sarcodes. 



Psmulii-lnillis variable in size, siil)-fusifiiriii, ciiiniircsscd, 4 -G iiiclics hm<^, 

 (li- rarely Iri-pliylluus. Leaxcs (iIiIohl;-, acute, (•(iiii])Iieate at. base, 6 — 10 

 inches Idiii;-. Scajies slender, dull jiuriile freckled ^vitll pale ,i;reen, 3 — 5 

 feet kmg, branched along the distal half, the branches short, few llowered. 

 Flowers li — 2 inches in dianretei' ; sepals and petals chestnut-brown 

 bordered with yellow, the dursal se[ial olicordate, concave, the lateral 

 two smaller, obovate-oblong, keeleil bidund ; petals obovate, obtuse with 

 undulate margin ; lip bright yellow with a few red-lirown spots around 

 the crest, threedobed, the side Idbes small, olddiig witli r(dlexed margin, 

 the front lobe transversely dblnng with unduliste mai'gin ; crest an 

 oblong plate Inbed in front, and with a tooth on each side near the 

 middle, light yellow dotted with brown. Column wings sub-triangular. 

 Oncidiuin sarcodes, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. IV. p. 266 (1849). Id. Fol. Orcli. 



Oncid. No. 84 (1855). Van Houtte's Fl. des Serres, VI. p, 237, with fig. Warner's 



Scl. Orch. I. t. 23. I/his. hort. s. 3, t. 165 (1874). Lindenia, V. t. 234. On. 



Kigbyanum, Paxt. Mag. Bot. XVI. p. 257 (1850). 



Although one of the most admired of Oncids, and one that is 

 generally cultivated, the records of the botanical and horticultural 

 history of Oncidium sarcodes are of the slenderest description. It 

 was first received by the Horticultural Society of London in April, 

 18 i9, from Mr. P. N. Don, and from that time to the present its 

 precise habitat does not appear to have been divulged. The im- 

 portations are received from Eio de Janeiro, and the plants are 

 said to be collected in the neighbourhood of Novo Friburgo, on 

 the Organ Mountains. 



The specific name sarcodes (aap/cwSr/c), " flesh-like,^' refers to the 

 peculiar red-brown of the flowers. 



On. Schlimii. 



Pseiidodjulbs ovoid, much compressed with acute edges, and with 2—3 



ribs on each of the flattened sides, diphyllous. Leaves narroAvly 



lanceolate, 8 — 12 inches long. Scapes slender, flexuose, 4 — 5 feet long, 



loos(dy paniculate. Flowers exceeding an inch in diameter, very 



numerous; sepals and petals j'ellow, with 2 — 3 red-brown blotches; the 



dorsal sepal and petals similar and equal, spreading, clawed, oblong, 



obtuse; the lateral sepals narrower, linear-oblong; lip with two basal 



auricles and a two-lobed reniform Ijlade that is broadly clawed, yellow 



with a red-brown band around the crest, which consists of 9 — 10 teeth, 



of which the central one is the most prominent. Column with two 



small rounded wings below the stigma, and a spreading toothletted one 



on each side of it that is produced upwards into a horn-like cirrus; 



anther beaked. 



Oncidiuin Schlimii, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gavd. II. p. 168 (1852). Id. Fol. Orch. 

 Oncid. No. 128. 



