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4. O. pentadactylon, Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist., xv.— Peru. — 



Flowers small, in a large panicle — often altogether 

 abortive ; not in cultivation, nor worth it. 



5. 0. maizEefolium, Lindl. in Orchid. Linden. No. 78. — 



New Granada. — A mountain plant. Flowers bright 

 yellow, spotted with red. Not in cultivation. 



6. 0. ramosum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., sub. fol. 1920. alias 



0. Batemannianum, Knowles and Westcott, Floral 

 Cabinet, 3. 183. t. 137. — Brazil. — A fine species, with 

 gay pale yellow flowers in a branched panicle as much 

 as five feet high. 



7. 0. retusum, Lindl. in Bot. Beg., sub t. 1920.— Peru. — A 



beautiful species, with deep chestnut and yellow flowers, 

 and a yellow lip. 



8. 0. oblongatum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1844, misc. 11. — 



Mexico. — Like O. reflexum, but with coloured pseudo- 

 bulbs and a speckled stem. Flowers very yellow, large, 

 and handsome. 



9. 0. Barkeri, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1841, misc. 174. Sertum 



Orchid., t. 18. — Mexico. — A very handsome plant, with 

 large yellow flowers with rich brown spots on the sepals 

 and petals. Raceme simple. 



10. 0. unguiculatum, Lindl. in Joum. Hort. Soc, i. 303, ic. 

 — Mexico. — Near 0. Barkeri, but stem erect, and 

 branched, lip longer and narrower, and tubercles of the 

 crest narrower. Lip bright yellow ; sepals and petals 

 yellow, speckled with brown. Very handsome. 



11. 0. Pelicanum, Martins, Bot. Reg., misc. 216., 1847, 

 t. 70.— Mexico. — Very like O. reflexum, from which it 

 differs in the tubercles being smooth, not downy, and 

 the lateral lobes of the lip smaller in proportion to the 

 intermediate segment. 



12. O. reflexum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., sub. t. 1920. — Mexico. 

 — A branched species, in the way of 0. altissimum, but 

 smaller. Flowers yellow, spotted with brown, except 

 the lip. 



13. 0. nehulosum, Lindl. inBot.Reg., 1841, misc. 175 ; alias 

 0. Geertianum, Morren in Ann. Gand. 1848, Feb. — 

 Guatemala. — Flowers large, pale yellow, with faint spots 

 of brown. 



14. 0. citrinum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1758.— Trinidad.— 

 Flowers bright yellow, with faint traces only of greenish 

 blotches. 



15. 0.1eucochilum,i?ai!ema7i Orch. Mexic, t. 1; alias 0. digi- 

 tatiim, Lindl. in Benth. plant. Hartweg. p. 94. — Mexico 

 and Guatemala. — A charming species, with greenish 

 flowers speckled with crimson, and a white lip fading to 

 yellow. 



16. 0. sphacelatum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1842, t. 30— Mexico 

 and Guatemala. — A fine handsome and branching 

 species with yellow flowers spotted with rich brown. 



There are two varieties, of which the large flowered 

 alone deserves cultivation. 



17. 0. altissimum, Swartz, Bot. Reg., t. 1 85 1 .— West Indies. — 

 Flowering stems sometimes 10-13 feet long. Flowers 

 yellow and brown ; inferior to many others, notwith- 

 standing its long panicles, which, however produce a 

 striking effect when they have room to develope. 



18. 0. Baueri, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 200., Bot. Reg. t. 

 1651. — Panama and Tropical America. — Much like the 

 last, but the panicle more compound, and the column- 

 wings truncate. 



19. 0. ensatum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1842, misc. 15. — 

 Guatemala. — Also very like the last, but the leaves 

 straight, long, and stiff, like sword-blades. 



20. 0. pictum, Humb. Bonpl. and Kunth, nov. gen. and sp. i., 

 t. 81. — Popayan. — Like 0. altissimum, but the panicle 

 is more compact, the flowers larger and more yellow, 

 and the edge of the leaf-sheaths very wavy. 



21. 0. s&rigummm, Lindl. Sertimi,t. 27 ; alias 0. LTuntianum. 

 B. Mag.,t. 3806 ; alias 0. roseum, Lodd.; alias 0. Hench- 

 manni, Lodd. — La Guayra — A very variable plant near 

 0. Carthaginense. Flowers small, blotched with crimson 

 upon a straw-coloured ground. 



22. 0. hsematochilum. — Of this plate. 



23. O. cosymbephorum, Morren, A nnalesde Gand. t. 275 — ? 

 — Flowers very pretty, bright rose colour, spotted 

 with crimson and tipped with yellow. Lip cinnamon 

 brown. 



24. 0. carthaginense, Sivartz, alias Epidendrum guttatum 

 Linn. ; alias 0. luridum, Bot. Reg. t. 727 ; alias 0. inter- 

 medium, Floral Cabinet, t. 60. — West Indies and tropical 

 America — Another very variable plant, usually having 

 dull olive brown speckled flowers ; but in the variety 

 called guttatum they are rich brown and yellow, and 

 very handsome. Other varieties are also known. 



25. 0. Lanceanum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg.,t. 1887. — Surinam 

 — The finest of the section, with large deep brown 

 speckled flowers and a rich violet lip. Fragrant as 

 Vanilla. 



26. 0. Cavendishianum, Bateman Orch. Mex., t. 3 ; alias 



0. pachypliyllum, Bot. Mag. t. 3807. — Guatemala. — 

 Leaves thick, fleshy, erect. Flowers large, bright 

 yellow. 



27. 0. bicallosum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 12, 1843. — 

 Guatemala.- — Very like the last, but flowers larger, 

 slightly scented, with two great tubercles on its lip, 

 besides smaller ones. 



28. 0. cultratum, Lind. in Ann. Nat. Hist., xv. — Popayan.— 

 A small, dwarf species, with not more than ten flowers 

 in the panicle. Not in cultivation. 



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