ONCIDIUM. ( 54 ) BASILATA. 
* 188. 0, chrysomorphum. Lindl. in Bot. Mag. ined. 
O. foliis loratis obtusis, panicula pyramidali heteranth’ ramis 
recurvantibus flexuosis basi spathaceis, sepalis petalisq. obovatis 
obtusis reflexis, labelli basi latioris apice bilobi isthmo oblongo 
lobis imbricantibus, crist& 3-carimati utrinque versus basin 
crenata callo crenato utrinque adstante, columné feré aptera basi 
plana elevata. 
Wild in the Caraccas; Santa Martha—Purdie, (v. s. ¢. in hb. 
Hooker.) 
Leaves like those of panchrysum, but broader and stouter. Panicle 
rather taller, _— a foot high, with a stiff p d with three or four 
spathaceous sheaths, and similar couipiouss bracts at the base of eac 
branch ; quite atu leigel, ‘divisio n flexuose, with the lateral branches curving 
downwards, Flowers pure golden ye ellow, with paler ends, the size of 0. 
panchrysum, with eewekahhe obtuse sepals and petals. 
* 189. 0. ornithorhynchum. WBK. LO. ae 2 Bateman 
Orch. Mex. t.4. B. R. 1840, 7.10. B. M. ¢. 391 
Wild in Mextco; Iano verde — Hartweg; Mechoacan — 
G ner; 
asto—Jamieson, in bb. er, "6 v. ¢. et 8. 
This well-known plant, remarkable for its clear rose-coloured flowers, with 
searcely a tinge of yellow, in a genus so very generally of that colour, varies 
much in the size and tint of their ar wate In some atest the flowers are large 
and deep-coloured ; in others they are small, p and unattractive. It 
reper inhabits shady damp places, where the oan ee sh varies between 
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* 190. 0. trolliferam, Lindi. in Bot. Reg. 1839, ¢. 57. 
Wild in Braziu; Pedro Bonito—Miers, (v. v. ¢. et 8. sp.) 
Panicle short, with a few Prog -flowered Shoal oad branches a 
coarse & The petals th but 
0. phymatochilum. Lindi. in Pazton’s Fl. Gard. 
NO» bes: ic. ee 6. 18. 
oes in » (v. 2. A 
e country of this beautiful thing is unknown. Prof. Rchb. 
saapube as caysell, bas Go Ae GE informs me that the Hamburgh 
specimen, 
=: are unanimous in asserting that it came from Brazil. In this 
country it is reputed Mexican Its long linear-lanceolate green sepals, 
< with brown, remind one of Brassia ; while its ivory lpn od eben 
— just stained with yellow near the base, is that of a genuine ‘Oncidium. 
