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labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio transverso apiculato mino- 
ribus, tuberculo pubescente antice 5-lobo apice bidentato, columns alis 
rotundatis denticulatis. 
A Mexican species, from the nursery of Messrs. Loddiges, 
very near O. reflexum. The flowers are much smaller; the 
sepals and petals chocolate colour, tipped with yellow ; the 
lip yellow, with a cinnamon-brown middle. The wings of 
the column are yellow. It has a faint and agreeable odour. 
It was sent to Messrs. Loddiges by Deppe in the year 1835. 
23. ONClDIUM sphegiferum. 
0. sphegiferum ; panicula ramosa divaricata, sepalis distinctis acutis, petalis 
retusis, labelli lobo intermedio bilobo transverse oblongo unguiculato 
lateralibus serratis subaequalibus, tuberculo villoso ovato pulvinato, co- 
lumnae alis firmis rotundatis. 
A Brazilian species, intermediate as it were between On- 
cidium divaricatuin and pulvinatum, of which it has quite the 
appearance and colour : it is however clearly distinguished 
by the lateral lobes of the lip being serrated, and by the 
rounded firm purple wings of the column. Flowered with 
Messrs. Loddiges. 
24. EPIDENDRUM cubense. 
E. cubense (Encyclium) ; pseudobulbis teretibus elongatis, foliis rigidis hori- 
zontalibus subsequilongis anguste ovalibus scapo debili paucifloro duplo 
brevioribus, bracteis minimis, sepalis petalisque conniventibus lineari- 
lanceolatis, labello obovato apiculato lineis tribus ramentaceis in medio, 
clinandrio glabro. 
A Cuba plant, rare, delicate, and beautiful. Imported by 
Messrs. Loddiges. The pseudobulbs are two inches long ; 
the scape six inches high ; the flowers white, with a lip folded 
up, white at the end, yellow in the middle, and purple, as is 
the column, near the base. 
25. ODONTOGLOSSUM constrictum. 
0. constrictum ; panicula laxa basi foliosa, sepalis petalisque expansis lineari 
lanceolotis acuminatis, labello medio constricto: hypochilio oblongo, 
epichilio subpandurato cuspidato serrato basi lamellis 2 serratis aucto, 
columna bicirrhosa. 
A native of La Guayra, with the habit of Oncidium spha- 
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