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ORCHIDACKAK HOKMI DIUM— BPI DEN DRUM. 



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Sepala aequilonga, subrecta vol demum patent ia, 



posticum liberum, lateralis latiora, bast eyatho oolum- 



nari adnata mentum breve formantia. Petala s. pain 

 postico similia vel angustissiina. Lakelixm basi cum 



in cyathum seu uroeolum latum connatum, 



columna in cyathum seu 

 lamina erecto-patente trilobata vel indivisa. Columna 

 brevis, marginibus dilatatis usque ad apicem cum labello 

 in cyathum connatis; cliiiandrium breve, truncatum. 

 Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens , subreni- 

 formis, parallele quadrilocularis (bilocularis looulis bilo- 

 cellatis); pollima 4, cerea, ovoidea, vix leviter com- 

 pressa, distincta, inapjnndiculata, anthera dehiscmte 

 apicibus visco parco connexa. Capsila ovoidea vel 



subglobosa, erostris, costis prominent ibus m\ august o 

 alatis. 



HERBAE epiphyficae , nanac, Amcricue tropuue a 

 Brasilia usque ad Cuban ct Mencum im-olac, PSEVDO- 

 BTJLB1S secus rhizoma parvis amfcrtis vaginis mem- 

 branaceis 2 — 3 stipatis apice uni—bifo//ati$. Folia 

 parva, coriacea vel carnosula. I lores parol, nunc 

 minuti vel rarissime majusadi, in fasciculo terminali 

 breviter pedicellati vel in raccmu/is brevibus [axis sub- 

 fasciculatis pauci, fasciculo mterdum ad jlorem unicum 

 bracteis stipatum reducto. 



1. HORMIDIUM TR1PTERUM Co<;n. pseuriobulhis 

 fusiformibus, teretibus, primum lunge vaginalis demum nudis, 

 apice diphyllis ; foliis carnosulo-coriaceis, elliptico-oblongis vel 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, abrupte acutis; floribus minutis, solitaries 

 vel paucis fasciculatis, breviter pedicellatis, pedicellis basi 

 minute bracteatis; ovario oblongo, hexagono triptero; sepalis 

 late lanceolatis, acutissimis, obscure trinerviis, lateralibus 

 vix latioribus; petalis anguste lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, uni- 

 nerviis, sepalo dorsali paulo brevioribus; labello sepalis 

 lateralibus multo breviore, brevissime unguiculato. ambitu 

 latissime reniformi, plus minusve distincte trilobato, lobis 

 lateralibus expansis, subrotundatis , margine integerrimis, 

 columnatn amplexantibus , lobo intermedio saepius minuto, 

 dentiformi, anguste triangulo, acutissimo; columna subtrigona. 



Tabula nostra VIII. Fig. U (habitus cum analysi). 



Coelogyne triptera Brongn. Voyage Corv. La Coqaille, 

 Pton. 201. tab. 42 A (1S29). 



Epidendrum pygmaeum Hook. ! in Journ. of Bot. I. 49. 

 tab. 118 (1834), in Bot. Mag. tab. 3233; Drapiez, Enryclogr. I 

 (Bot. Mag.). Avril. fig. 7.; Lindl. Folia Orchid., lipid. 27; 

 Reichb. f in Linnaea. XXV. 243 et in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 

 346; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. Id. 615, Cat. PI. Cub. 262; 

 Sauvalle, Fl. Cub. 228; Pfttz. in Engl, und Prantl, Naturl. 

 Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 145. fig. 141 F—G; Stein, Orchidcenb. 236. 



Epidendrum caespitosum Poepp. et Endl.f Nov. Gen. ac 

 Spec. II. 1. tab. 101 (1838); Lindl. Folia Orch , Epid. 28; 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 346. 



Orchid. II. 



p 15 (1839). 



Iteg 



'omencl 





Hormidi 



(1883) 



new 



. XIX. Too (18831 



Aulizeum pygmaeum ..Lindl." secund. Stein, Orckvdeenb. 



36 (1892). 



Kiiizoma repena, longissirmim , ramosistiimum. tortnoaum, radicana, 

 articulatum, sordid* fuacum, 2— 3 mm. enwsum, aquamia majuaculia laxe 

 taginautihm tcnuiter menibrauaccia acutis dons* veatitum, rodicibua aub- 

 ftlifertmbufi, elon^tia, flexuoaia, ciucrco fusci*. PsKUftOiOUU crecti vel 



»Mcnd«nt«s, 2 . r » cm. intri m- diMantr*, \ iridr*. lucpilia Icvitei aicuati, 



3—4 cm. longi, infra medium f>-s mm. rrnaai, ba*i bit*\im*rule apict* loug* 

 attcnuati. Folia patula v*l interdum <»rc< topatula » auboppoaiU, plana 

 rmn pscudobullu api<< aiticulata, riKutiutcula , laevia, nitida, mtcns< 



riridia, ImhhN r mult mm vutotft, 3 — ft mi. longa, 10 — 18 mm. lata. Pk.mrici.Lt 

 mifatimi, 1—3 mm. longi. Ki.ouks 1 1« ( i), vjridwi vel allm-viridea. Oxarii'M 

 ir.tum, f) mm. longuin, Mgttlll acpalia oppoailia b W fi o t t lKM plauiuaculia, 

 literal! \aide rxpanata mcmbrtMcrU alifonniI.ua. Sepala canmMila, 

 patula, aubrrcia, l«*vit4*i concava, 6— i\ mm. lon^a, cirtit«r V/t mm. lata. 

 Petala patuln, mcmhianar<a. paulo nl.lujua, i— 5 mm. lotiga, V»— *,«mm. 

 lata, 1>.im apicc(juc leviter attcnuata. Lahkli.i h cicctum, album; lamina 

 tcniulor n)i inluan;.' . a, tcmutcr ncrMiluwa, 2 mm. U>ng», 4 ! /i— f> mm. lata. 

 ( i.imna crccta, (laHn.'i, anticc U nuiti r mar^inaU, alba, 2'/t — 3 mm. bm^a. 

 Cap.mi.a ob<»v«ud«»a vel hubiotundata, trnjuotra, ali« tribua valdc promi- 

 DenttbtiN mrmbramiceis pellucidiN 2 — 2'/t mm. latta circumdata, 11 ad 

 14 mm. longa. 



Habitat in insul. S. Catharina: Dupcrrry; in pro v. S. Catharina 

 a<l liltimenau : Schcnck n 962; in rupibus ad Taipu prov. Rio dc Janeiro: 

 (ilnziou n 80301 ad Corcomdo: Schcnck n. 1832; j pt Rio dt Janeiro: 

 Burchcll n. 1876; ad Mandiocca: Burchell n. 1J05—82; in prov. Mina* 

 ra& prope <alda*: Rnjnrtl scr. 11. n. U69 ; in Rramiia loco haud in- 

 ikaU): Harrison. EHam in JWuriae oricntalin HyJeis dcti8in Hupra arboren, 

 Ircfiim in momtibmi inter Cuchrro et Pampayaco: 1'oeppig; in IfagfOO: 



Marker; in J (intuitu: 1'urdie, \Vullnchlac(j<i n. 1084 % D. Motrin n. i 

 in Cuba oncntali: Wrigki n. 3318; prope Montucrde altit. 800m.: 

 K'jiprs n. 5125; in Puerto- Rim , prop* AdjuntttM ad flumen Saltillo in 

 rupibus rcptnn inter musco*, infer Utuado et Lares ad viam in pracrupti* 

 circa S. Andres, ct prope Utuado in j/raeruptih ad viam circa Buhao : 

 SinteniH n. 4010, 6316 ct 6389; in insula Trinitatis: Bradford. — Floret 

 J 'anuario— Februario. 



XLV. EPIDENDRUM Linn. 



Epidendium Linn. Gen. edit. I 272 (1737), edit. VI. 464, 

 Hort. CUff. 430 (hpidmrfron), Syst. edit. I. 29, edit. X. 1246, 

 edit. XI T. 595, Spec. edit. I. 952, edit. 11. 1347; Juss. Gen. 66; 

 Schreb. Gen. II. 606; Neck. Elem. Bot. Ill 132; Ruiz et 

 Pav. Prodr. 124; Swartz in Nov. Act. Ups. VI 66 (1799), 

 in Schrad. Journ. II. 201, in Konig Tracts Bot. 182, in 

 Srhrad. N. Journ. I. 79, Fl. Ind. Occ III. 1485; Willd. 

 Spec. PI IV. 114; St-Hil. Expos. Fam. I. 165; Pers. Syn. 

 PI. II. 518; R.Br, in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. sec. V. 217; Kunth 

 in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen et Spec. I. 351, Syn. I. 337; 

 Spreng. Anl II. I. 290, Syst. III. 735, Gen. 11. 673; Nutt. 

 Gen. II. 198; La Llave et Lee. Nov. Veget. II. 22; Lindl. 

 Orch. Seel. 16, Gen. and Spec. Orch. 96, in Hook. Journ. oj 

 Bot. III. 81, Folia Orch., Epid, (1853); Endl. Gen. 193; 

 Meissn. PI. Vase. 371 (278); Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. ac 

 Spec. II. 1; Reichb. j. in Linnaea XXII. 836, in Bonplandialll. 

 254, Xenia Orch. I. 134, in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 309; 

 DucJiarire, Man. gen. des PI. IV. 422; Griseb. FL Brit. 



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