ONCIDIUM. 



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O. LUSIDUM DODGSONI, Williams.— A splendid variety, named in compli- 

 ment to the late K. B. Dodgson, Esq., of Blackburn. The leaves are very thick 

 and fleshy, biit broader and longer than in 0. lurid in)i; the flower spikes av6 

 7 feet long, much branched, and bearing between three and four hundred 

 flowers on eacli ; their colour is orange and yellow, barred with dark brown. 

 It should Vje ]iotted in peat and sphagnum moss, and treated with a liberal 

 ,sn]iply of lioth heat and moisture. — West Iiidiea. 



O. LUSIDUM GUTTATUM, Lindl.—K very rich and stately variety, produce 

 ing panicles 3 to 4 feet long of gay flowers, which are yellow sjjotted all over 

 with bright orange-red, the base of the lip being of a rosy-crimson. It blooms 

 during the summer months, and continues in ]ierfcction a long time. This is 

 best grown in a |iot with peat. — Jamaii-a. 



Fig.— 7/«/. y.'cy.. 1830, t. Ki. 



Syx. — t/. fiinntfii i)( : O. I'n/jd/i ; Ej)iilriul rjiiii /i)ittritiiiit ; Cijnih'uliii m tjuftatinii. 



O. LURIDUM INTERMEDIUM.— See 0. intermedium. 



OXCIDIUJI MACKASTHUM. 



O. MACRANTHUM, Lindl— This magnificent Oiv-idium is a great acquisition 

 to the o-enu<, being one of the handsomest species yet introduced. It is of free 

 growth" with large ovoid pseudoljulbs, lanceolate loriform acuminate dark greeir 



