ODOXTOGLOSSUM. 591 



seen in 0. Andersonianum. The column is pluri-oirrhose. This is a very 

 distinct and desirable plant.— JV^s?o Orenada. 



^pa.—Gard. Chron., 1873, p. 105, f. 18 ; Llndenia, i. t. 41 ; Veitch's Man. Oi-oh. PI, i. 



O. RUCKERIANUM INSIGNE, irori.-This fine variety flowered in the collection 

 of H. M. Pollett, Esq. The colour of the sepals is deeper than the type, and the 

 whole flower is beautifully spotted. 



Fig. — Gardenbij World, iv. p. 117. 



O. RUCKERIANUM SPLENDENS, RM. f.—A. very superior form of the 

 type, in which the flowers are much larger, the sepals and petals broader, the 

 blotches larger, and the mauve colouring of the margin of the sepals and petals 

 considerably deeper. It flowws in June. — New Orenada. 



Fm.—J'ourii. of Ilm-t., xxvi. 1893, p. 269, f. 53 ; Rmuii HoH., 1839, p. 60 (plate), 

 (superbiivi). 



O. SANDERIANUM, Rohh. /.—A curious and distinct plant which bears 

 stellate flowers from 2 to 3 inches in diameter, and in shape and general appear- 

 ance resembling those of 0. oonstrictum, only that they are altogether larger 

 and finer. The plant was at first described as being similar to 0. nevadense, 

 indeed it was supposed to be a natural hybrid between 0. nevadense and 

 0. naeviuin, but we fail to see any resemblance. The sepals and petals are 

 lanceolate acum.inate, yellow spotted with reddish-brown; the lip pandurate 

 apiculate, toothed at the edge, the front part enlarged, white having a reddish 

 blotch in the centre, and a few small spots near the apex. It flowers during the 

 winter months. — jSTeio Grenada. 



Fig. — SeichenbaoJiia, ii. t. 94. 



O. SCHILLERIANUM, Rdhh. f. — This rare species although first discovered 

 by Wagener about 1853, was not introduced in a living state till 1883. It much 

 resembles 0. odoratum; the sepals and petals are yellow, spotted with chestnut- 

 brown ; lip triangular, pale yellow and having a large reddish-brown blotch in 

 the centre, which is downy on the surface. — Venezuela. 



Fig. — Xcnla Oreh., i. t. 22 ; Lindenia, ii. t. 82. 



O. SCHLIEPERIANUM, Bohh.f. — This species was for a long time confounded 

 with 0. Insleayi, and in growth it certainly resembles that plant very much, 

 notwithstanding that the flowers are very distinct. The pseudobulbs are ovate 

 ancipitous, diphyllous, the leaves oblong ligulate, and the stout peduncle bearing 

 a raceme of rather large showy flowers; the sepals and broader petals are 

 oblong ligulate acute, of a pale sulphur-yellow, cross-barred, the sepals mostly so, 

 with transverse bands of deepish purple, while the lip is of a paler yellow, auricled 

 on each side of the base with retrorse semi-ovate retuse lobes, the much larger 

 middle lobe being cuneate dilated and emarginate at the apex, and bearing two 

 or three transverse bars of brown ; compared with the size of the flower the lip 

 is somewhat small. It flowers towards the end of summer, and not during the 

 winter months. — Gosta Rica. 



Fig. — Xenia Orch., ii. t. 143 ; Gard. Chron., 1865, p. 1032, with fig. ; Floral Mag., 

 t. 461 ; Cfard. Chron.; s.S., 1886, xxv. p. 269, f. 56. 



Syn. — 0. grande pMidum; 0. WarscewiczU (Bridges). 



