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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEX. 



Allied to 0. excavatum, but with the rostellum of 0. omitliorliynchim. Scape six inches high. 

 Panicle not more than 4 inches across, and fully a foot long. 



9. O. lancifolium,.£w^. in Plant. Harkveg., p. 151. 



0. pseudobulbis oblongis compressis, foliis lanceolatis acutis scapo stricto apice paniculato 

 brevioribus, rarnis valde flexuosis, sepalis linearibus obtusis, petalis obovatis subundulatis duplo 

 latioribus, labelli basi obcuneati lobo intermedio transverso reniformi bilobo, cristse tuberculis 

 plurimis carnosis rarnentaceis, columnae recurvantis basi biauris alis maximis acinaciformibus 

 subserratis undulatis. 



Native country, Peru, on the Cordillera near Loxa. 



Leaves not more than 6 inches long. Scape about 6 inches high. Panicle oblong, close, not 

 quite so long. FloAvers small, apparently yellow speckled with purple in the middle. 



10. 0. Jamiesoni. 



O. pseudobulbis . . . . , folio carinato complicato, panictda effusa ramudis divaricatis, floribus 

 heteromorphis pluxibus abortientibus, sepalis linearibus obtusis rectis, petalis duplo latioribus 

 oblongis obtusis subundulatis, labello auriculato apice semicirculari bilobo, cristas tuberculis 

 5 parvis duabus lateralibus patentissimis ceeteris subparallelis intermedio productiore, columnar 

 alis oblongis erectis rotundatis. 



[Native country, Peru, near Quito. 



A handsome species, with flat yellow flowers, having broken bands of brown at the base of the 

 petals and nowhere else. The wings of the column are not unlike a bat's ears. Many of the flowers 

 are abortive in this and some other Peruvian species, and form little irregular starry bodies among 

 the rest. Received from Dr. Jamieson of Quito. ' 



11. 0. Papilio,Z;., p. 203. B. Peg., t. 910. B. 31., t. 2795. B. Cab., t. 1086. 



O. pseudobulbis subrotundis compressis rugosis monophyllis, foliis oblongis coriaceis obtusis 

 maculatis, scapo perennante debili ancipiti articiilato apice paucifloro, sepalo supremo petalisque 

 linearibus longissimis basi angustatis, sepalis lateralibus latis revolutis undulatis labello 

 longioribus, labelli lacinia intermedia oblonga emarginata subrotunda crispa. basi valde 

 angustata lateralibus rotundatis, cristas glandulis formam ranse cubantis referentibus, columns 

 alis serratis. 



Native country, Trinidad. 



It must be confessed that this well-known species has no resemblance to the others here 

 associated with it. It probably should form a section (or genus ?) by itself. 



