ODONTOGLOSSUM. 



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O. LIETZEI AUREO-MACULATUM, Begel.—A. superior variety in evexj 

 respect, differing from the type in having the flowers with broader segments, 

 and being spotted brown on a golden-yellow ground. It flowered in the 

 Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg. Blooms in March. — Brazil. 



FlG.— Gartenfiora, 1888, t. 1279. 



O. LILIIFLORUM. — See O. ramosissimum liliiflokum. 



O. LINDENI, Lindl. — A stout-growing species, which was first flowered by 

 the late H. J. Buchan, Esq., of Southampton. The plant has tall pear-shaped 

 pseudobulbs, erect ensiform leaves nearly a foot long, and a flower scape 2 to 

 3 feet high, the uniform lateral branches bearing five to seven flowers, which form 

 a regular unilateral series directed upwards. The flowers are about Ih inch 

 across, of a uniform lemon-yellow, the sepals and petals clawed lanceolate 

 acute and much undulated, the lip ovate lanceolate with an angular base, and a 

 crest of two terete calli, which are emarginate in front. It blooms during the 

 summer months. — New Grenada. 



Fig. — Floral Mag., 2nd ser.,t. 333. 



O. LINDLEYANUM, JJc7i&. /. ei Warsceiv. — A distinct though not showy 

 species, with ovate oblong compressed pseudobulbs, linear lanceolate acute 

 leaves, and slender flexuose peduncles bearing a raceme of stellate flowers, 

 which measure about 3 inches in depth, and consist' of^ linear lanceolate 

 acuminate sepals and petals, cuneate at the base, yellow with an elongate bar 

 of cinnamon-brown over | inch long at the base, followed by a large roundish 

 spot of the same, the apex speckled with small-dots ; the lip, which is prominent, 

 and three-lobed in the middle part, has the base' connate with the. horned 

 column, and the projected front part de- 

 flexed linear lanceolate, brown with a long 

 yellow tip, the disk with two pairs of 

 falcate lateral lobes, which are white and 

 very long. — New Grenada. 



Fig. — Xenia Orcli.,i. t. 71 ; Batem. Mon. 

 Odont.,t. 11. 





O. LONDESBOROUGHIANUM, RclA. f. 

 — This is one of the most distinct and 

 brilliantly coloured of the Odontoglots. 

 The plant though epiphytal is deciduous, 

 losing its ligulate acute foliage in winter ; 

 the pseudobulbs are oblong ovate, glaucous 

 green, furrowed in age; and the flower 

 scapes grow from 3 to 6 feet in length, 

 producing flowers towards their upper end ; 

 the oblong sepals and ovate petals are con- 

 cave, wavy, yellow regularly cross-barred 

 with reddish-brown, the basal markings 

 arranged concentrically ; the lip has a long yellow claw, two conspicuous erect 

 yellow auricles, and a flat transversely reniform limb of a bright yellow, 



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londbsboeoVghianum. 



