ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE ONCIDIUM. 
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Oncidium Nudum, (naked). — This species is like Cebolleta in 
its habit, but differs verv much in the form of its flower. The 
sepals and petals are yellow, spotted very much with brown ; the 
lip is yellow. A native of Caraccas. 
Oncidium Lunatum— is a singular species, being very different 
from all the other oncidiae in its form. It has not much the ap¬ 
pearance of an oncidium in its lip, which is formed in the shape 
of a moon, hence the name. The sepals and petals are orange, 
spotted with yellow ; the lip is white. A native of Demerara; in¬ 
troduced in 1835. 
Oncidium Harrisonianum.— The flowers are numerous on 
the flower spike ; the spike is rather slender and loose, and is 
somewhat pendant; it is a very graceful species. The sepals and 
petals yellow, spotted with purple ; the lip is nearly of the same 
colour. A native of Brazil; introduced in 1830. 
Oncidium Tetrapetalum, (four-petaled). — This is another 
neat little species. The sepals and petals are white, spotted ; the 
lip is yellow. A native of Jamaica; introduced in 1824. 
Oncidium Cebolleta, (awl-leaved). — This in habit is not 
much like an oncidium,—it has all the characters belonging to 
oncidium in its flowers. The sepals and petals are yellow', spotted 
with browm ; the lip is yellow ; the spikes are long and loose ; 
the flow'ers are rather large and handsome. A native ot Cartha- 
gena ; introduced in 1824. 
Oncidium Reflexum.— The flowers of this are yellow, and 
bent back. A native of Mexico ; introduced in 1836. 
Oncidium Deltoideum.— The lip of this species is formed like 
the Greek delta ; the flow r ers are yellow ; the sepals and petals 
are a little spotted with brown ; the lip is yellow. It is, upon the 
whole, a handsome species. A native of Peru. 
Oncidium Iridifolium, (iris-leaved). — A pretty little species, 
with leaves like an iris ; the flowers are rather large and yellow; 
the spikes are small and few flowered, but it is very handsome, 
A native of Mexico; introduced in 1834. 
Oncidium Raniferum, (frog-bearing). — The knot on the lip 
has the appearance of a frog crouching or sitting still; the flowers 
are small and yellow'; the sepals and petals are yellow', spotted 
with brown; the lip is also marked with brown. A native of 
Brazil ; introduced in 1836. 
Oncidium Russellianum.— This is a very rare and lovely 
