o^•CIDIUM. 635 



rod-browii at the base. It blooms during winter, and should be grown in, the 

 (Mttleyd house, potted iu peat and sphagnum moss. — Brazil. 



YlG.— Wdniei; Sel. Orcli. PL, ii. t. 31 ; Ji-.iinhigs, Orcli., t. 29 ; Floral Mag-., t. 477 ; 

 Florist and Poiiiol., 1870, p. 25, t. 304 ; Gard. nhroii., 1870, p. 277, f . 48 ; Flore des Serres, 

 xvin. p. 150, with fig. ; Bolg. Sort., 1878, tt. G, 7 ; rOrclUdouliih; 1892, p. 240 (plate) ; 

 \<-ltch\s Man. Orch. PUViii.-p.i^. ' ' ' ^i' i > 



Stk. — O. lloyerxii. 



O. VARIEGATUM, SwarU. — A pretty dwarf-growing species with fleshy equi- 

 tant acuminate serrulate leaves 3 or 4 inches long, and of a dark green colour, 

 the branching upright panicles 6 inches to IJ foot high, bearing many blossoms 

 of a rosy-pink colour, richly- stained with oinnamon-red on the petals and at the 

 base of the sepals and lip, these blossoms continuing in beauty for several weeks. 

 The petals are largish obovate clawed, the apex emarginate and cuspidate ; and 

 the lip bears two small acute lateral lobes, and has a broad two-parted middle 

 lobe with a denticulate claw, and a crest consisting of two sets of tubercles. It 

 is best grown on a block with plenty of moisture at the roots. — West Indies. 



Fig. — Pajetoii, Fl. Gard., i. t. 33 ; Lem. Jard. Fl., t. 99. 



O. VERRUCOSUM.— See Brassi.4. verrucosa. 



O. WAR NERI, Lindl. — A very pleasing and distinct dwarf-growing species, with 

 caespitose ovate ancipitous sub-angulate pseudobulbs, which are two-leaved, the 

 leaves linear-lanceolate and recurved. The flowers grow in short racemes of five 

 to eight together, the sepals being oval, spreading, the petals somewhat narrower 

 and ascendent, and the lip three-lobed flat, with, the middle lobe cuneate and 

 deeply parted into two roundish lobes. There are two varieties, in both of which 

 the lip is of a bright yellow ; but in one SORDIDUM the sepals and petals are dull 

 yellow streaked with purple, and in the other PURPURATUM the sepals and petals 

 are white streaked with bright purple. This latter form is the most desirable 

 for cultivation. This species blooms during the autumn months. — Mexico. 



Fig.— But. Eeff.,lSi7, t. 20. 



Syn. — Odontuglosmim Wurncri purpuratum . 



O. WARSCEWICZIl, HcKb. f. — A rare and interesting ornamental species, 

 remarkable for the great spathaceous bracts of its flower scape. The pseudo- 

 bulbs are ovate, compressed, two-leaved, the leaves narrow oblanoeolate, and the 

 flowers in racemes 1 foot long, from twelve to seventeen being borne on the 

 raceme ; the sepals and petals are oblong-lanceolate obtuse, the petals broader 

 and blunter, while the lip is broadly cuneate and auricled at the base, with a 

 long narrow isthmus, which is thickened and blunt-angled on each side, and is 

 continued into a broad reniform bilobed apex ; the flowers are golden-yellow, 

 the borders of the isthmus tinted with brown ; there is a crest of three raised 

 lines on the disk. The 0. hifrons of Dr. Lindley is regarded as a starved 

 specimen of this plant by Keichenbach, who states that it perishes as soon as it 

 descends into the warm zone. — Costa Rica, at an elevation of 8,000 to 10,000 feet, 

 growing on oaks. 



P'IG. — Oard. Chron., 1857, p. 84, with fig. (starved specimen, fide Rchb.) ; Llndenin, 

 ii. t. 88. 



Syn. — 0. hifrons. 



O. WELTONI,— See Miltonia 'Warscewiczii Weltoni. 



