( 57 ) ONCIDIUM. 
* SPECIES INSUFFICIENTLY KNOWN. 
.funereum Liave. LO., p. 201; pseudobulbis subrotundis 
depressis hyalino-virescentibus diphyllis, foliis lanceolatis spitha- 
meeis, scapo tenuissimo simplici elongato, sepalis petalisque wqua- 
libus patulis apice reflexis, labello carnoso convexo emarginato 
criste tuberculis variis denticulisque.—Mexico.—Known only 
from the description of La Llave. It is said to be used by me 
people of Mechoacan as an ornament of their tombs. The lip 
described as yellow, the segments of the flower as olive-brown 
spotted. ‘The leaves are a span long. (“ O. filipes ?” Rechb.) 
olivaceum HBK. LO., p. 202; “bulbo ovato-oblongo, 
foliis “oblongo- lanceolatis, pedunculo simplici multifloro, foliolis 
ealycis carnosis reflexis, labello trifido : lacmia intermedia subreni- 
formi emarginata, erica basi alis rotundatis instructo apice 
cucullato.”— Popayan.—Leaves three or four inches long. Scape 
one to two feet high. Petals oblong-acute, shorter than the 
sepals. Lip very large, with the middle lobe crenulated, fleshy 
pink, an inch broad, narrowed at the base, with a conical yellow 
crest ; the lateral lobes obliquely ovate, wavy, distinct, spotted 
with red, from four to five lines long. (“ O. eucudlatum : 2? Behb. ) 
0. Forkelii Scheidw. ; “ pseudobulbis monophyllis ; folis 
coriaceis, oblongis, acutis; vaginis ciliatis ; scapo erecto punctato, 
trifloro, foliis breviore. Sepalis lateralibus liberis, oblongo- 
— see ee superiore ovato undulato; petalis oblongis 
undulatis; labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus minoribus, 
titermedto maximo rotundato baseos callis duobus instructo, 
anteriore sk 2a bicorni, posterioris lamina plicata: gynos- 
temio alato, alis lilacinis: Anthera carnosa galeata, pollinia duo 
in glandulam bicornutam sessilia. Folia 10-12 pollices longa, 
3-4 poll. lata. Sepala extus virentia intus ee petala 
apice virentia basi fuscata, labellum lilacinum.”— Mezico.— 
Flowered at Lacken. Flowers “an inch in diameter, greenish 
Sioa =e with crimson ; Oe clear es wag gs and 
0-obovatum Presi. relig. H. 1. 99; pseudobulbus 4-poll. 
Folia ignota. Scapus terminalis, pedalis, ¢ erectus, vaginis mem- 
branaceis albidis vestitus, apice paniculatus. Panic. simpl. pat. 
4-poll. Bract. lineari-lanc. acut. membr. inferiores }-poll. long. 
Perianth. erecto-patens. Sep. lin. lane. acut. eq. 5 ln. longa 
sss sequilong. obovat. integr. erecto-patens, basi supra crista- 
