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THE DURE OF m')VONSIIIRES OM ' m i V i l .
s: VANDiiyE.—LINDI.KV.
ONCIDIUN foliis erectis carnosis lato-lanceolatis ucutis scapo elato paniculato triplo brcvioribus,
sepalis obovatis obtusis, supremo fornicato, petalis subfcqualibus obloiigis obtusis valde undiilatis : labello
magno trilobo, laciniis lateralibus rotundis petalis sub-conformi bus, intcrmediii niajore reniforme profundc
emarginatii, cristtE tuberculis 2 nd basin 2 à fronte lamellip elevativ rotundatic sitis : eoliinitui brevi crassa
auriculo decurvo clavato versus apicem utrinquc auctà.
Habitat in Guatemala.—SKINNER.
Descfiption.
PSEVDO-BILBS, mmc. Le A V EH ercct, Jlcsliij, broodln-lancvolatc, sharp-poiulcd, fnij <ieepl\j
keeled, a foot or a foot and a lui If lorn/. Rooth few, ver'/ thich. Scape 4 feet ln(jh, half an inch
thiv.k at the. bane, but taperiiu/ ffradnalfi/, and bearimj at Us ex tremiti/ a rather (k-nxe. I'AyiCLH,
almost a foot in Icnyth. Sepali^ and Petalh ucarhj equal., obtuse, of a green ink ijeliou^ rolour,
spotted icith brif/ht vheatmt. LIP of a pure ilfizzlin</ i/ellou:, 3-lobrd. the lateral lohen are nearli/
circular, and apjtroaeh^ in form, the petah, which, from- their posit ion, then almost eoiieeal; the
central lobe is eery targe, hidncij-shapt'd, and deepli/ emarginate. Column short and. thich,
prorided, in lieu of wings, with two singular processes, which v.urve downwards and incline towards
each other, surmounted by a cowl-shaped ASTlUùtt.
Pig. 1 w a magnijied representation of fhe Column and Crest.
T h i s is a very handsome and distinct species of Oncidium; and wc have, therefore, no hesitation
in naming it after a nobleman, whose devotion to botany and horticulture is now far too well known
to render it necessary for us to enlarge iipon it here. In a few years, we hope to see the beautiful
family, to which this plant belongs, seated in ail their natural majesty on those trees of which they are
the proper -'incumbents," and under the shelter of the great Plant-Stove at Chatsworth. When this
grand structure is completed, all the most striking vegetable forms of India, Africa, and America, will
be seen in, perhaps, more than their native luxuriance within its ample boundaries; and thus, amidst
the wildest scenery of Derbyshire, there will be found an example of tropical vegetation, richer and more
varied than could be met with in any of those baleful latitudes themselves.
Oncidium Cavendishiunum is aiiothcr of the important discoveries of MB. SKINNEII ; and it formed
part of the first collection that we had ever the pleasure of receiving from him. On opening the box
in which it was packed, our attention was at once arrested by the prodigious strength of the flower stems,
which had the further peculiarity of being destitute of flowers for upwards of three-fourths of their height;
and thus they contrasted, in the most striking manner, with those of O. teucochilum {Tab. I.), of which a
plant arrived in the same case. O. Cavendishianum approaches, perhaps, nearer to O. luridum than to
any other known species; but not only arc the ilowers of a very different fbnn, iind of nearly double the
size, i)ut the erect habit of its rigid leaves would at once distinguish the species, even when not in bloom.
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