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3. 0. macranthum L. p. 205 ; pseudobulbis oratis, foliis oblongis obtusis, racemo Yolubili, 

 sepalis cordatis oblongis obtusis undulatis unguiculatis, petalis aequalibus conforruibus paulo latio- 

 ribus et breviiis unguiculatis, labelli liastati laciniis lateralibus subfalcatis intermedia? acuminatae 

 aequalibus crista trilamellata ; lamellis apice confluentibus utrinque dentibus duabus runcinatis, 

 columnse alis rotundatis. — Guayaquil. — Plowers three or four inches across. Sepals purplish-brown, 

 tipped with yellow. Petals bright yellow. Lip purple, with a white crest. 



4. 0. cordatum Lindl Serf. Orel., sub t. 25 • pseudobulbis . . ., foliis oblongo-lanceclatis 

 acutis coriaceis basi angustatis, scapo paniculato ramosissimo, bracteis oblongis cucullatis membra- 

 naceis obtusis, sepalis unguiculatis ovatis undulatis, petalis unguiculatis cordatis margine crispis 

 denticulatis, labelli liastati unguiculati lobis angustis acuminatis appendicibus disci petaloideis, 

 columna subaptera. — Peru ; rocks on the road to Paugoa. — A fine large species, with brown flowers 

 whose segments appear to be bordered with yellow. 



5. 0. falcipetalum Lindl. Orch. Linden., no. 76 ; foliis lanceolatis acutis pergameneis 7-9-nerviis, 

 floribus dense paniculatis, bracteis cymbiformibus obtusis, sepalis breve unguiculatis supremo sub- 

 rotundo-cordato lateralibus ovato-oblongis obtusis, petalis sessilibus brevioribus oblongis crispis 

 complicatis falcatim recurvis, labello carnoso hastato acutissimo basi utrinque corrugato et lamellis 

 dentatis aucto, columna lsevi, alis parvis semiovatis unidentatis, clinandrio postice mucronato 

 pubescente. — Both epiphyte and terrestrial, from the forests of Merida, at the height of 5000 6000 

 feet. — Pseudobulbs oval, compressed, two or three inches long. Stem twenty feet long, scrambling. 

 Flowers very large, brown. A noble species, with flowers more than three inches in diameter. 

 Leaves eighteen inches long, one and a half wide. 



6. O. trilingue Lindley in Paxton's Flower Garden; foliis . . . racemo subvolubili 

 basi paniculato, floribus raris, bracteis oblongis spathaceis ovario quadruplo brevioribus, 

 sepalis lateralibus unguiculatis. basi connatis lanceolatis undulatis elongatis dorsali subro- 

 tundo-ovato crispo ungue auriculato columnse longitudine, petalis lanceolatis revolutis valde 

 crispis, labelli pugioniformis crispi revoluti auriculis gross! dentatis carnosis ascendentibus crista 

 maxima valde convexa a fronte trilingui a tergo bituberculato lamina tenui interjecta denticulo 

 carnoso utrinque, columnse glabrae alis parvis setaceis. — Peru.— Mowers cinnamon -brown, in a long 

 half-climbing panicle. Lip dagger-shaped, with a yellow crest, consisting of three flat yellow tongues 

 terminating a thin winged plate. 



7. 0. superbiens P^eiclienbach jil. in Linnaa, vol. xxii., p. 843; "foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, 

 latis, panicula maxima, bracteis cymbiformibus acutis, sepalo supremo remformi, unguiculato, basi 

 utrinque auriculato; lateralibus obtuse triangularibus longius unguiculatis, basi pariter auriculatis; 

 petalis subsequalibus, sed brevius lati usque unguiculatis, undulatis; labello triangulari, brevissime 

 unguiculato, basi utrinque obtusato, apice acuminato, callo cristseformi antice 3— 5-dentato in disco, 

 dentibus 2 lateralibus in basi; columnse alis erectis, retrorsum falcatis, androclinio postice dentato." — 

 N. Grenada, near Pamplona .—Discovered by Punk and Schlim in January, 1847. Plowers brown; 

 the lateral sepals yellow, with brown spots. Said to be near 0. halteratum. 



8. 0. halteratum Lindl. Orch. Linden., no. 75 ; foliis ensiformibus tenuibus acutis, racemis laxis 

 longissimis, bracteis cymbiformibus obtusis, sepalis longe unguiculatis supremo cordato-subrotundo 

 lateralibus ovatis obtusis, petalis sessilibus ovatis undulatis obtusis brevioribus, labello carnoso 

 lanceolato acuto subtus carinato supra crista elevata etiam carinata pubescente aucto basi utrinque 

 dentato, columnse clorso sub apice glandidoso, alis linearibus retrorsum Mentis. —Lpiphyle from 



