PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



serrate, wedge-shaped at the base. Flowers greenish, inconspicuous, in cymes opposite the leaves ; berries about 

 the size of small peas, reddish in colour. — Gardener's Chronicle, N.S., vol. xvi., p. 427. 



On the opposite page are figures of some little known species of Oncidium, viz. : — 



Oncidium uunatum. Bindley, in Bot. Reg., t. 1929. Flowers pale primrose, with rich 

 brown spots ; lip white, with pale brown stains. Demerara. (Fig. 118, about natural size.) 



Oncidium gracile. Bindley, in Bot. Reg., 1920. Flowers whole-coloured, yellow. 

 Brazil. (Fig. 119, twice the natural size.) 



Oncidium sphegiferum. Bindley, in Bot. Reg., 1843, misc. 23. Flowers very pale 

 clear greenish-yellow, with the sepals and petals stained with rust at the base ; lip clear 

 yellow, with numerous broken crimson bands. Brazil. (Fig. 120, flower, twice the natural 

 size.) 



Oncidium serpens. Bindley, Genera ei Sp. Orch., p. 204. Flowers yellow, spotted 

 with dark brown. Peru. (Fig. 121, flower , about natural size.) 



Oncidium pulvinatum. Bindley, in Bot. Reg., 1838, misc. U5. Flowers bright 

 yellow, with a crimson base to the sepals and petals, and numerous specks of the same 

 colour on the lip. Brazil. (Fig. 122, flower, less than natural size.) 



Oncidium Wentworthianum. Bateman, in Bot. Reg., 1840, misc. 194. Flowers 

 yellow, with deep brown bars on the sepals and petals, and a cinnamon-coloured stain over 

 the base of the lip. Guatemala. Of this there are two distinct varieties of size and colour ; 

 the second, in the possession of Sir Philip Egerton, has flowers twice as large and as richly 

 coloured as in the variety first known. (Fig. 123, flower, natural size of the original 

 variety?) 



Oncidium deltoideum. Bindley, in Bot. Reg., t. 2006. Flowers bright yellow, whole- 

 coloured, except the lip and column-wings, which are spotted with rich red. Peru. (Fig. 

 124, flower, natural size.) 



Oncidium Suttoni. Bateman, in Bot. Reg., 1842, misc. 8. Flowers greenish-yellow, 

 with the base of all the parts a uniform, dirty brown. Mexico. (Fig. 125, a flower 3 rather 

 above the usual size.) 



Oncidium nanum. Bindley, in Bot. Reg., 1840, misc. 30. Flowers very small, bright, 

 yellow, with rich red spots. Guiana. (Fig. 126, flower, four times the natural size.) 



Oncidium Karwinskii. Sertum orchidaceum, 25. Flowers large, bright yellow, barred 

 with brown. Lip white at the end, deep violet at the base. Oaxaca. (Fig. 127, afloiver, 

 quarter the natural size.) This is given to show how the Oncids differ from Miltonias, which 

 are distinguished by the absence of warts, plates, or crest of any kind upon the base of the 

 lip. Nothing of the kind being present here, the species is now called Miltonia Karwinshii. 

 {See Journal of Hort. Soc, iv. 83, where is a full-sized figure of the flower.) 



Oncidium pumilum. Boddiges' Bot. Cab., t. 1732. Flowers very small, yellow, marbled 

 with brown. Brazil. (Fig. 128, flower, four times the natural size.) 



Oncidium Hartwegii. Bindley, in Planta Ilartwegiana, p. 151. Flowers small, 

 brownish-yellow, apparently whole-coloured. Peru. (Fig. 129, twice the natural size.) 



Oncidium unguiculatum. Bindley, in Journ. of Hort. Soc, 1. 303. Flowers pale 

 green, speckled with crimson, and a clear yellow lip. Mexico. (Fig. 130, column and lij), 

 half natural size.) 



