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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



the forests of Quincliu, in the province of Mar aauita, at the height of 7 $00 feet ; February. — Mowers 

 deep yellow. A very fine species. Mowers more than two inches across. Leaves thin, scarcely an 

 inch broad. 



9= 0. undulatum Lindl. Sert. Orch., sub t. 48 ; {Cyrtochilum undulatum H. B. IC, L. p. 210) ; 

 " foliolis calycinis ovatis undulatis, patentibus/'' — K Grenada. — Mowers brown, spotted with white 

 and yellow. Lip pink outside, yellow within, variegated with red and white spots. Scope as high, 

 as a mail, according to Kunth. Quite indeterminable without access to the original specimen. 



10. O. flexuosum Lindl. Sert. Orch., sub t. 48 • {Cyrtochilum jlexuosum H. B. K., L. p. 210) ; 

 "foliolis calycinis undulatis reflexis, exterioribus spathulatis, interioribus obovatis." — N, Grenada. — 

 Lip ovate, acute, convex, crested with tubercles at the base. Scape several feet high, much branched, 

 with triangular ramifications, according to Kunth. A mere puzzle without access to the original 

 specimens. 



11. O. corynephorum Lindl. Sert. Orch., sub t. 25; [Cyrtochilum volubile Pceppig nov. gen, &c. 

 1.35. t. 61.); pseudobulbis angustissimis compressis, foliis angusto-lanceolatis acutissimis, scapo 

 ramoso paniculato, bracteis membranaceis subrotundis obtusissimis, sepalis subrotundo-oblongis longe 

 unguiculatis, petaiis angustioribus lanccolatis acutis reflexis, labello sessili obovato rotundato : callis 

 baseos depressis apice trinis latere rugosis tuberculatis, columna, clavata alis inflexis. — Vera. — The 

 twining scapes are from 15 to 20 feet long. Mowers two inches in diameter. Sepals violet. 

 Petals white, tinged with rose. Lip deep crimson above the middle. Notwithstanding the differ- 

 ence between this character and Poeppig's barbarous figure, I have no doubt it is the same plant as his. 



12. O. loxense, sp. nov.; panicula ramosa divaricata ramulis 2-3 floris, bracteis brevibus ovatis 

 obtusis. sepalis oblongis planis reflexis petalisque paulb latioribus apice rotundatis, labello subrotundo 

 basi sub-hastato apice excavato, callis baseos 3 parallelis ramentis pluribus a fronte, columna aptera 

 basi bibrachiata. — Cordillera near Loxa, jloivering in July. — Of this a single plant was found by 

 Hartweg, with a flower-stem 9 feet long. It is very near O. corynephorum but the flowers are more 

 than twice as large, the- lip has quite a different form, and the column has two short spreading arms 

 near the base, of which no trace is to be found either in Poeppig's figure or in Mathews' drawing in 

 our possession. 



13. O. microchilum Batemanin But. Reg. 1810, misc. 193—1843, t. 23; pseudobulbis lenticu- 

 laribus brevibus monophyilis, folio oblongo carinato carnosissimo acuto quam scapus erectus versus 

 apicem paniculatus quadruplb breviore, sepalis liberis lateralibus longiiis unguiculatis, petaiis 

 oblongis sub undulatis retusis, labello duplo latiore quam longo lobo intermedio nano triangulari. 

 lateralibus rotundatis planis, crista remformi crenata, columnse nanas alis subulatis apice glandulosis. 

 — Guatemala.— Flowers in a large branching glaucous panicle. Sepals dull brown. Petals dull 

 purple, with a yellowish border. Lip spotted, crimson and yellow in the centre, pure white on the 

 side segments. Wings of column yellow, pointed with purple. 



