Plate 167 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CORDATUM. 



Heart-shaped Odonioglossum. 



Gen. Char. Perianthmm exi^\ansinmy sequale; sepalis pctalisque angustis acnmiiKitis liberis. 

 Labellum indivisum, ecalcaratum^ nnguiculatum : ungue cum basi columnaQ continue ; lamina 

 patente basi cristata. Columna erecta^ membranaceo-marginata, apice utrinquc alata. Anfhcra 

 bilocularis. FolUnia2y solida^ caudicula linearis glandula hamata. — Horbae rp2)hjt€e^fsentl(>lulhu 



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'Fo\\d^ jplicata. Scapus terminaUs^ vaginahts. 



IAmHI 



Odontoglossum eordatiim; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis 1 vel 2-pliylliSj foluslato-obloDgJs plnnis 



acutiusculis^ racemis strictis multifloris brevioribus, bracteis naviculari]>ns ncuminnti^ mrrn- 

 branaceis ovario multo brevioribus^ sepalis lineari-lanccolatis acnminatis discolorHms, sr])aliH 

 petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatissimiSj labello cordate acnmbiatj.^siinu Int<pgi rrhno ap- 

 pendice unguis carnosa apice biloba basi utrinque dcute unic^ uuoiA, coluniud pubwccBtr 

 clavatA sub-aptera. Li7idL 



Odoutoglossum cordatum. Lindl Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 90. Knowles .^ Wcstcott, Flo. Cah. f. 100 : 

 Pescatorea, t 25. EooJc. B. M. t 4878 [suh 0. maculate). 



Odontoglossum maculatura. Bot. Mag. non Lindley. 



From the Orchideous ho 



at Kew, where it bears 



o 



pendent spike of 



cuiious flowers in Aug 



It 



a native of Mexico, imported thence by C 



ICarwinski, who has the credit of its discovery. It was also met with abuinlaiitl} 

 Guatemala by Mr. Skinner. It requires the Mexican house. 



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Descr. The specific character above given suffices for its distinction 

 species. I'he 'pseudohulbs are rather small, clustered, oblong, compressed, green, ai 

 subtended by herbaceous scales. Leaves, one or two terminal on the bulb, oblon 



lanceolate, somewhat a 

 pscudobulbs, bracteated 



subcoi 



Scape 



Calyx of 

 with riol 



SpiJce neat, six- to ten-fl 



anceolate, spreading, much 



gated, from the bn«*» of 

 1 . Flowct 

 walSy deep } 



e 



oiiif. 



blofrhrd 



brown, uppermost sepal the largest and longest 



Fetals spreading, of 



«ime shape, but broader and shorter, more regularly spotted. Lip large, «;prcadii 

 white, with reddish blotches. Column down. 



Fig. 1. Column and base of tlio lip. 2. PoUen-masses -.^nuujnifiul 



