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junioribus vaginis paucis scariosis majusculis demum laceris 

 vestitis, vetustioribus nudis; foliis coriaceis, lineari-ligulatis, 

 obtusis; pedunculo communi foliis multo longiore, inferne 



vasrinis 



paucis parvis scariosis pallidis acutiusculis valde 

 distantibus vestito, superne paniculato, laxe submultifloro; 

 bracteis brevissimis, coriaceis, triangulari-lanceolatis , acutis 

 vel acuminatis; floribus mediocribus, longiuscule pedicellatis ; 

 ovario glaberrimo , laevi; sepalis crassiusculis, aequilongis, 

 oblongo-spathalatis, acutis; petalis obovato-oblongis, abrupte 

 acutis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; labello carnosulo, sepalis 

 lateralibus leviter breviore, usque ad basin libero, breviter 

 angusteque unguiculato, profunde trilobato, margine inte- 

 gerrimo, lobis lateralibus late oblongis, leviter incurvo-sub- 

 falcatis, apice oblique obtusis, lobo terminali satis majore, 

 rotundato-subreniformi, apice leviter retuso, margine crispulo, 

 lineis granulosis striato, disco lineis duabus crassis elevatis 

 medio foveolam eflformantibus instructo ; columna breviuscula, 

 claviformi, apice auriculis parvis obtusis incurvis instructa; 

 anthera apice leviter emarginata. 



Tabula nostra XVII (habitus cum analyst). 



Epidendrum purpurachylum Barb. Bodr. Gen. et Spec. 

 Orch. Nov. U. 49 (1882). 



PsEunoBur.Bi aggregate, erecti vel plus minusve patuli, longitudinaliter 

 obscure multisulcati, basi late rotundati, apice breviter attenuati, pallide 

 viride et olivaceo marmorati, 2 — 3 cm. longi et fere totidem crassi. Folia 

 erecta vel paulo patula, recta vel superne vix recurva, basi conduplicata, 

 superue plus minusve concava, supra intense viridia, snbtus paulo pall idiom, 

 uninervia et tenuiter plurinervulosa, 25 cm. longa, circiter 2 cm. lata, 

 nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, subtus valde promineute. 

 Pedungui.us communis erectus, satis gracilis, leviter flexuosus, teretius- 

 culus, sordide viridis, ultra 5 dm. longus , superne vix ramosus, ramis 

 brevibus, patuli3, simplicibus; pedicelli patuli, graciles, paulo flexuosi, 

 flavo-vi rides, 1 — 1 Va cm. longi. Bractkae adpressae, pallide virides, 

 2 — 3 mm. longae. Flouks patuli, suaveolentes. Ovarium lineari-clavatum, 

 obtuse trigonum, leviter arcuatum, flavo-viride, circiter 1 cm. longnm. 

 Sepala patentissima, superne leviter incurva, paulo concava, inferne satis 

 attenuata, pallide fusca, 17a cm. longa, 6 — 7 mm. lata. Petala carnosula, 

 patula, superne paulo incurva, leviter concava, inferne valde attenuata, 

 paulo obliqua, pallide fusca, l 1 /* cm. longa, superne 8 mm. lata. Labellum 

 erectum, leviter concavum, 12—14 mm. longum, lobis lateralibus albo- 

 viridibus, intus tenuiter purpureo-striatis , columnam semiamplectentibus, 

 lobo terminali purpureo margine albo. Columna erecta, superne leviter 

 incurva, subtrigona, antice leviter concava, viridi-flavescens et dilute pur- 

 purea, fere 1cm. longa. Capsula ignota. — Species mihi haud visa; 

 descript. ex op. supra cit. et ex icon, a cl. Barb. Kodr. communic. 



Habitat in arboribus ad Queimados et Parahyba do Sul prov. Rio 

 de Janeiro; Barbosa Rodrigues. — Floret August o. 



21. EPIDENDRUM LONGIFOLIUM Barb. Rodr. 

 pseudobulbis longiusculis, oblongo-subfusiformibus, apice di- 

 phyllis, junioribus squamis pluribus membranaceis vaginantibus 

 acutissimis vestitis, vetustioribus denudatis; foliis coriaceis, 

 elongatis, loratis, apice obtusis et oblique leviter emarginatis ; 

 pedunculo communi foliis satis longiore, inferne vaginis paucis 

 brevibus scariosis pallidis acuminatis valde distantibus vestito, 

 superne paniculato, laxe multifloro; bracteis brevissimis, car- 

 nosis, triangularibus, acutis; floribus majusculis, longiuscule 

 pedicellatis; ovario glaberrimo, laevi; sepalis crassiusculis, 

 aequilongis, oblongo - subspathulatis , acutis; petalis anguste 



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obovato-oblongis, abrupte acutis, sepalo dorsali subaequilongis; 

 labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus paulo breviore, usque ad 

 basin libero, angustiuscule breviterque unguiculato, profunde 

 trilobato, margine integerrimo, lobis lateralibus anguste ob- 

 longis, obtusis, leviter recurvis, lobo intermedio multo majore, 

 late reniformi, apice leviter retuso et minute apiculato, margine 

 crispulo, disco ciasse costato inferne anguste sulcato centro 

 excavato superne usque ad apicem tenuiter tricostato ; columna 

 breviuscula, claviformi, apice auriculis latis obtusis incurvis 

 instructa. 



Tabula nostra XV1I1 (habitus cum analyst). 



Epidendrum longifolium Barb. Bodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. 

 Nov. II. 133 (1882). 



Rhizoma repens, breve, crassuin, tortuosum, radicibus breviusculis, 

 robustis, flexuosis. Pseudobulbi erecti, aggregate, laeves, basi leviter 

 attenuati, superne satis attenuati, circiter 1dm. longi, 27a cm. crassi. 

 Folia erecto-patula, superne leviter recurva, basi subcouduplicata, superne 

 leviter concava, uninervia et tenuiter plurinervulosa, 4 — 5 dm. longa, 

 3cm. lata, nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, subtus satis 

 promineute. Pedunculus communis erectus, strictus, robustiusculus, 

 teretiusculus , pallide viridis, 5— 6 dm. longus, superne paulo ramosus, 

 ramis patulis ; pedicelli patuli, satis graciles, subrecti, albescentes, circiter 

 l l /2 cm. longi. Bracteae adpressae, pallide virides, 2—3 mm. longae. 

 Flores patuli. Ovarium lineari-clavatum, obscure trigonum, rectum vel 

 paulo arcuatum albo-viride, circiter 1 cm. longum. Sepala patentissima, 

 superne paulo incurva, leviter concava, inferne satis attenuata, flavo-aurea, 

 inferne fusco-lineata, superne fusco-maculato, circiter 2 cm. longa, 6 — 7 mm. 

 lata. Petala patentissima, superne leviter incurva, paulo concava, inferne 

 valde attenuata, aureo-flava, superne fusco lineata et maculata, fere 2 cm. 

 longa, superne 7 — 8 mm. lata. Labellum erectum, leviter concavum, 

 17 — 18mm. longum, album, lobis lateralibus inferne columnam amplec- 

 tentibus apice patulo-recurvis et breviter purpureo-lineatis, lobo terminali 

 leviter convexo purpureo-striato. Columna erecta, superne paulo incurva, 

 apice satis incrassata, semi-cylindrica, antice subplana, albescens, 1 cm. 

 longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. — Species mihi haud visa ; descript. ex 

 op. supra cit. et ex icon, a cl. Barb. Rodr. communic. 



Habitat in prov. Bahia prope Lengoes : Barbosa Rodrigues. 

 Floret Decembri. 



22. EPIDENDRUM RUFUM Lindl. pseudobulbis piri- 

 formibus, apice di— tripbyllis; foliis coriaceis, brevibus, lan- 

 ceolato-ligulatis, obtusis ; paniculis multifloris, angustis, foliis 

 duplo longioribus; floribus majusculis, breviuscule pedicellatis; 

 ovario glaberrimo, laevi; sepalis crassiusculis, aequilongis, 

 late oblongis, acutiusculis; petalis oblongo-cuneatis, obtusius- 

 culis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; labello submembranaceo, 

 sepalis lateralibus vix breviore, usque ad basin libero, angustius- 

 cule breviterque unguiculato, profunde trilobato, margine 

 integerrimo, laciniis lateralibus brevibus semiovatis acutis 

 erectis, intermedia multo majore obovata convexa margine 

 revoluta apice rotundata secus axin elevata carnosa basi in 

 laminam duplicem divisa; columna brevi, claviformi, antice 

 fere usque ad basin alis latis integerrimis obtusissimis tenuiter 

 membranaceis aucta. 



Epidendrum rufum Lindl. ! in Bot. Beg. 

 p. 33 (1845), Folia Orch., Epid. p. 17; Beich 

 Ann. Bot. VI. 336. 



Misc 



Walv 



Epidendrum primulinum Batem. in Paxton, Flow. Gard. L 



151 (1850). 



