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petals, which are yellow with shining transverse bars of cinnamon-brown, and 

 a white lip, the anterior part of which is oblong triangular wavy and toothletted, 

 with brown streaks and bars, and a crest of two serrate lamellae, one long 

 acute middle keel, and a tooth on each side of it. — Peru. 

 Fig. — Batem. Man. Odont., t. 26. 



O. APTERUM.-See 0. Rossn. 



O. ASPERSUM, Bchh. /.—A little gem, supposed to be a natural hybrid 

 between 0. maculatum and 0. Bossii. The pseudobulbs are similar to those 



of 0. inaculatwm, but 

 smaller, as are the 

 flowers. The sepals and 

 petals are yellowish- 

 white, mottled on the 

 inner surface with nu- 

 merous brown blotches, 

 the petals much broader 

 than the keeled sepals, 

 with a few brown spots 

 at their base; the cordate 

 acute lip is creamy- 

 white with yellow crests. 

 At first sight this flower 

 reminds one of a yellow 

 variety of 0. Bossii 

 majus. It flowers dur- 

 ing the winter months. 

 ■ — Mexico. 



Fig. — Orchid Allium, 

 vi. t. 245. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM ASPEESUM. 



(From the Journal of Horticulture,') 



O. ASPERSUM VIO- 

 LACEUM, BcU. /.—A 

 variety with deep mauve- 

 purple lip, and having the petals " sulphur-coloured with a broad margin 

 of light mauve-purple." 



O. ASTRANTHUM, Limden et Bchh.f. — This pretty species bears a consider- 

 able resemblance to 0. odorattmi. It produces a large branching panicle, 

 b^Ting upwards of fifty flowers, which are nearly 2 inches in diameter, with 

 'lohe organs stellately disposed ; the lanceolate acuminate sepals and petals are 

 yellowish with purplish-brown streaks and blotches, and the lip, which is 

 ligulate acuminate in front, is white spotted with pale rose, the base of the 

 column being orange with a few reddish-purple spots. Blooms in summer. — 

 lUeuador. 



O. BAPHICANTHUM, Bchb. f. — A supposed wild hybrid between 0. criapum 

 and 0. odoratum. The flowers are about 2J inches in diameter, the ligulate 

 aristate sepals and petals sulphur-yellow, with purplish blotches which finally 



