MYANTHIUM. (13)  ODONTOGLOSSUM. 
striatis scapo simplici apice racemoso tripl6 brevioribus, bracteis 
ovario subeequalibus ovatis cucullatis, sepalis petalisque unguicu- 
latis obtusiusculis, labello oblongo obtuso basi bilamellato medio 
tuberculato os 3), columna aptera. 
lum ixioides. Z£O., p. 211. 
in New Grenapa; on the Paramo St. Fortunato— 
Gudot, ‘(w. 8. sp.) 
Scape a foot and a half high ; flowers small, apparently yeilow, in a es 
simple raceme, with two or three cucullate bracts a short distance below 
* 35. 0. ramulosum 
O. foliis loratis coriaceis paniculé angust& racemosd brevio- 
ribus, bracteis minutis squameformibus, pedunculis divaricatis, 
sepalis petalisque unguiculatis dorsali_ dupl6 latiore, labello 
Bie obtuso basi bilamellato medio tuberculato (3), columna 
Sasi in New Grenapa—Funck and Schlim, 1450, (v. v. ec. e¢ 
s. sp. comm. cel. Linden.) 
Flowers small, — with a deep brown stain at the base of each sepal 
and petal. Lip with a brown stain on each side of the principal lamelle. 
Column purple-brown. In structure of th rs this is satan me like 
ixioides ; but the — is long narrow, — divaricating flowers. 
whose stalks are much longer than the scale-like bra 
36. 0. retusum. Lindley, in Benth. Pl. ii -p- 152. 
O. foliis lineari-lanceolatis pepyscet scapo paniculato brevi- 
oribus, bracteis ovatis, se subsessilibus lanceolatis 
acutis supremo canaliculato, labello sane retuso basi bilamellato, 
column nanz alis maximis oblongis. 
Wild in Perv ; on rocks on the mountains of Saraguro; August. 
—Hartweg, (v. 8. sp.) 
Flowers small, apparently 5 yellow. 
37. O.distans. Reichenbach fil., in Linnea, XXIT, oy p- 848. 
O. foliis RE wes acutis basi angusta’ is pergame- 
neis, panicula diffusa ramis distantibus, bracteis one ae 
acuto basi unguiculato lateralibus subsequalibus 
connatis dein divaricatis, petalis duplo latioribus ory nar reh 
sessilibus, labello oblongo acuto basi angustato lamellis 2 erectis 
carnosis emarginatis in limite unguis lamelleque, ovario brevi 
crasso aptero. 
Wild in Vexzzveta; in the province of Merida, at Lagunete 
and Valle, at the ani of 7-8000 feet—Funck and Schlim, 
1031, (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Linden. 
ers Petals yellow, sometimes white. Lip rose-coloured at the base. Pseudo- 
bulbs creeping.”"—Funck and Schlim. 
88. 0. myanthum. ladle in Benth. Pl. Hartw., p. 152. 
O. folis lanceolatis basi canaliculatis erectis scapo paniculato 
