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ONCIDIUM LURIDUM; var. HENCHMANNI. 



ceanum, except that they are of a more lively green, and not spotted. The scape 

 is much shorter, and more pendulous. The flowers, though smaller, are much 

 more richly marked ; the lip being of a fine crimson, with a yellow border ; the 

 sepals and petals of a reddish purple, edged with yellow, and marked with 

 blotches of crimson. 



It is in the collection of Messrs. Low and Co., of Clapton nursery, to whom 

 we are obliged for the loan of a very accurate drawing from the pencil of Mrs. 

 Withers. * 



A plant communicated by Messrs. Low and Co. to Messrs. Loddiges flowered 

 last season, and (although separately imported) quite maintained its character ; 

 and we are informed by Mr. Henchmann, that Mr. George Loddiges, who had an 

 opportunity of seeing both specimens in flower, considers it to be decidedly dis- 

 tinct from luridum, which we think by no means improbable. We are, however, 

 obliged to confess that, after the most careful examination of its flowers, we are 

 unable to fix upon any point of structure sufficiently different from luridum to 

 warrant us in considering it a distinct species. 



It is a native of Mexico, and was received from the neighbourhood of Real 

 del Monte, by Messrs. Low and Co., of Clapton nursery, in 1837. 



It requires the same treatment as O. luridum and its allies. 



