ISANTHIUM. (15)  ODONTOGLOSSUM. 
petalisque oblongis obtusis longé unguiculatis illis dorso carinatis, 
labello _bilamellato — obtuso limbo deflexo, columnz alis 
ae incurvis acutis. 
43, = ee Reichenbach fil., in Linnea, 22. 849. 
s angustis lanceolatis acutis, panicula diffusa volubili, 
bracteis Seal acutis cucullatis, sepalis unguiculatis lateralibus 
hneari-lanceolatis acuminatis dorsali multd breviore erecto, petalis 
ellipticis acutis, labello subrotundo convexo apiculato lined elevaté 
im unguem gibbere anteposito pleiodactylo, column brevi valdé 
clavatA auriculis obsoletis. 
Wild in VenEzveEta ; in the province of Truxillo, near Agua de 
ee at the height of 8000 feet t, flowering i in ae So 
—Funck and Schlim, 1027 ; Moritz, 1096 6, Rehb., (v. s. sp. 
comm. oad Linden 
A singular small- toweied climbing species much like some Oncidium, and 
vice 7 for the large apparently coloured bracts, seated singly at each 
: 
Cim 
to make out any auricles on the column. ae Sowergmrmambece 
tions rove as very short, usually te, ear-shaped an 
a 5. —_— CoLUMNA AURICULATA V. APTERA. LABELLUM 
ILE, V. SALTEM HAUD UNGUE LINEARI INSTRUCTUM. 
see SUBHQUAL LAT Ss 
SESSILIBUS, AUT PARUM UNGUICULATA. Flores speciosi. 
The species thus separated from Myantruium approach that epee tak 
0. and its allies, but they never have in the same eee 
manifest prolongation and parallelism of ral 
MyanTuiumM, as ily seen w mE ac flower-buds 
, u inspecting the e: 
All the species are handsome, with large yellow or white flowers ; som 
ser tpi so. In the first division the sepals and pe’ annaeres ans stand 
de = when expanded ; in the second oe consequence of their 
stent ar readth, those organs almost or q' p each other. 
a. 5 et petala sub anthesi longé distantia, 
. 0. auropurpureum. Peichendach fil., in Linnea, 22. 848. 
0. foliis siete lanceolatis acutis oumee panicula diffusa 
maxima, bracteis oblongis apiculatis cucu 
inatis ti 
trilobo, tales aise lacuins TatasSteas ; aac ger | 
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