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species, and very distinct. The sepals and petals are brown and 
purple; the lip is purple ; and the flowers are very large. A 
native of Brazil; introduced in 1835. 
Oncidium Intermedium. —This is a fine species, and well 
worth cultivating. The flowers are very large and yellow. A 
native of Cuba; introduced in 1836. 
Oncidium Sanguineum, (blood-coloured.) —The flowers are 
not very large, but they are borne on large spikes, and are very 
numerous; the sepals and petals are crimson-striped; the lip is 
crimson. A native of La Guayra. 
Oncidium Forbesii. —This is another handsome species, and 
well worth the cultivator’s attention, the flowers are so rich in 
their colours. The sepals and petals are scarlet; the lip is yellow. 
A native of Brazil; introduced in 1837. 
Oncidium Tayleurii. —The colour of the flowers is a yellowish 
brown; the spike is slender, and few flowered: this is not a 
handsome species. A native of Mexico ; introduced in 1836. 
Oncidium Confragosum, (. straw-coloured ).—The colour of the 
flowers is pale yellow, or straw coloured: this is not a beautiful 
species. A native of Mexico. 
Oncidium Trulliferum. —This is a very pretty species. The 
pseudo-bulb is long and of a bluish-green colour; the leaves are 
two on each pseudo-bulb, and of a yellowish-green colour; the 
flowers are yellow and blue, that is, the lip is yellow, the sepals 
and petals are of a bluish purple. A native of Brazil; introduced 
in 1839. 
Oncidium Excavatum. —This is another handsome species. 
The flowers are yellow, with the lip hollowed out—hence the 
name. The sepals and petals are yellow, spotted with brown. A 
native of Brazil; introduced in 1839. 
Oncidium Wentworthianum. —The pseudo-bulbs are of a dark 
green colour, and beautifully spotted with dark brown ; the sepals 
and petals are green, spotted with brown; the lip is yellow ; an,d 
the flowers are borne on very long and slender spikes. It is easily 
distinguished from the others by its beautifully spotted bulbs. A 
native of Mexico ; introduced in 1835. 
Oncidium Philpsianum. —This is a very splendid species. 
The flowers are large, and the lip is yellow; the sepals and petals 
are green, spotted with purple; the flowers are borne on very 
long and strong spikes, and very much branched. It is a very 
