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caeterum subplana, utrinque pallide viridia, uninervia et subtiliter pluri- 

 nervulosa, 12— 20 cm. longa, 9— 13 mm. lata, nervo mediano supra leviter 

 canaliculato, subtus satis prominent*. Peihm < u s communis metal, 



leviter arcuatus vel plus minusve nVxuovus, pallida riridii vol flminwiMi 



1—2 dm. longus; spatha basilaris auto adpresaa , rijridiu < ula, laerii, 

 pallida, 4— 6 cm. longa. Pkdicklli erecto-patuli, satis gneilcs, recti vel 

 leviter arcuati, 8— 12 mm. longi. Bracteak interne crasaae, superne raem- 

 branaceae, pedicello adpreasae, pallidae, 8—5 mm. longae.' Ovarii* liuean- 

 clavatum, acute triquetrum fere trialatum, reotom vel paulo arcuatum, 

 10—12 mm. lougum. Sepala patnla vel patent issi ma, leviter flexuosa, 

 subplana, basi satis attenuata, 30-34 mm. longa, G— 7 mm. lata, lateralis 

 leviter obliqua. Pktala erecto-patula, submembranat -.-a, paulo obliqua, 

 leviter concava, distincte 9-nervia, circiter 3 cm. long*, 9— 10 mm. lata. 

 La belli m erectum, subplauum, tenuiter multinervulosum, ut videtur album, 

 circiter 2 1 /* cm. longum, 11 — 12 mm latum. Colvmna erecta, paulo incurva, 

 obtuse trigona, usque ultra medium cum labello coiinata, 7 mm. longa. 

 Capsula perl'ecta ignota. 



Habitat in Brasilia? prov. Rio Grande do Sul: Sdlo n. 4053 in 

 herb. Berol., Brux., Mus. Paris, ct V in dob. 



42. EPIDENDRUM INVERSUM Lindl. pseudobulhis 

 longiusculis, subfusiformibus, leviter compressis, basi apiceque 

 biarticulatis , junioribus inferne 



vaginis paucis majnsrulis 



membranaceis late oblongis obtusis pallidis vestitis, vetusti- 

 oribus denudatis, apice diphyllis; foliis mediocribus, carnosulis, 

 mollibus, oblongo-loricatis, obtusiusculis; pedunculo coininuui 

 foliis paulo breviore vel subaequilongo, simplici, robustiusculo, 

 compresso, basi spatha majuscula coriacea apice abrupte acuta 

 lateraliter valde compressa dorso acute carinata incluso, su- 

 perne pluri-multifloro; bracteis minutis, triangulari-lanceolatis, 

 longe acuminatis; floribus mediocribus, breviter pedicellatis ; 

 ovario glaberrimo, laevi vel tenuiter verruculoso; sepalis 

 carnosulis, subaequilongis, lineari-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, 

 distincte 5-nerviis; petalis anguste lanceolatis, longiuscule 

 acuminatis, interne satis attenuatis, sepalo dorsali paulo bre- 

 vioribus; labello supero, carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus satis 

 breviore, indiviso, ovato-lanceolato, longe acuminato, superne 

 5-nervio, disco inferne crassiusculo 3 — 5-costato; columna 

 breviuscula, claviformi, satis gracili, apice obtuse trilobata, 

 lobo dorsali dente membranaceo parvo acutiusculo anteposito. 



Epidendrum inversum Lindl.! in Bot. Regist. XXV. Misc. 

 n. 135 (1839), Folia Orch., Epidendr. 40; Gard. Chron. 1852. 

 p. 440, 1868. p. 493; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 358; 

 Hemsl in Gard. Chron. new ser. XX. 204 (1883); Veitch, 

 Man. Orch. PL part VI. 103; Rev. Hortic. Belg. 1892. p. 169. 

 tab. 15; Stein; Orchideenb. 232; L. Lhid. Orch. Exot 761; 

 Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 386; Journ. des Orch. 



Vll. 253. 



Aulizum inversum „Lindl." ex Stein, Orchideenb. 232 



(1892). 



Rhizoma repeus, robustum, plus minusve tortuosum, fuscum, crebre 

 articulatum, badicibus longiusculis, ctassiusculis, plus minusve flexuosis, 

 pallidis. Pseudobulbi erecti vel asceudentes, recti vel saepius leviter 

 arcuati, laete vel intense virides, laeves, basi apiceque satis attennati, 8 ad 

 15 cm. longi, ad medium 8— 16 mm. crassi. Folia erecta vel plus miuusve 

 patula, superne saepius satis recurva, basi articulata et subconduplicata, 

 caeterum leviter concava, supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 

 uninervia et tenuiter multinervulosa, 12—22 cm. longa. 2— 3 cm. lata, 

 nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, subtus satis prominente 

 basi leviter carinato. Pkdunculus communis erectus, strictus vel paulo 

 flexuosus, laete vel pallide viridis, 1— 2 dm longus; spatha baailaris arete 





adpreasa, rigidiuscula, laevis, pallide \jridis vel pallide rosea, 4—7 tin. 

 kMga, Pkdicci.i l erecti vel er« < tO*pft4 uh. graolcs, recti vel lei iter an-uati, 

 4 -6 mm. longi. BeACTKAI inlVinc craaaae, sn|M>nM im lnlwanaceae, pedicello 

 adpreasae , pallidae, 3 — 6 win longae. FtOftBf erect i vel erecfo-paiuli, 

 euaveolcntes. OVARIUM liucari-clav.tt uiu, acute tnquetium fere trialatum, 

 rectum vel leviter arcuatum, viride, 6—7 mm. longiim. Skpala patula 

 vel erecto-patula, leviter flex uoaa, comexa. margine plus minusve revoluta, 

 basi leviter attenuata, atrainiuea vel albo-roaea, basi interdum purpureo- 

 maculata, 20— 22 mm. longa, 2-27i mm. lata, Pbtala credo- pat ula, 

 inembranacea, paulo obliqua, lev it. . oonvaxa, tenuiter 5-nervia, alba vel 

 atramiuea, 18 — 20 mm. longa, 3 — 4 mm. lata. Lakeli i m u-rimii, planum 

 vel leviter com ex u in, album interne dilute ni^iiiu , 16—18 mm. longum, 

 4 — 6mm latutn. Ooi.IMNa erecta, recta \el paulo incurva, ut macule 

 trigona, usque ad inediuin cum labello conuata, all... et dilate i-^ea, 6 ad 

 7mm. longa. Caphi i.a pertecU ignot » 



Hah, f, it in jnov. Minat Qcrata: Widgrtn n Tf6; in prov. Rio dt 

 Janeiro: Alter*, (Uaziou n. 17U59 ; ad Corcovado: (laudtrhand n. 374, 

 Hit d, I; in arboribus ad Serra d'Ettrdla: I nehnath; m sylns ad Srrr<i 

 4m Ut | j rope ThcrmopoltH: .! de Mourn n HS; in }>rov. 8 J'aulo 

 et Rio Is Janeiro: MV/r; In pror. S. l'oulo; Gaudiclmud n. 188; in 

 Hrasilui austro-oricntali loco hand indicato: Mcndonfa n. 962. — Fiord 

 Mar tio — 3/dJe. 



43. EPIDKNDKUM LATKO Rtton. f. pseodobdbil 



breviusculis , obloiip'-fusiforallHih , leviter compressis , basi 

 apiceque biarticulatis, junioribus vaginis paucit majusculis 

 membranaceis apice acutitiM ulis pallidis vestitis, vetustioribus 

 llldift, apice diphyllis rarius liiphylli8; foliis satis paivis, 

 coriaceis et rigidiusculiv, lineaiili^ulatis, obtusis; pedunculo 

 conuuuni foliis aequilongo vel paulo bmgiore, sinipli<i, satis 

 gracili, satis coinpresx), basi spatha mediocri coriacea acuta 

 vel acutiuscula lateraliter valde compressa dorso tcute carinata 

 incluso, suj>erne laxe 4— 8-floro; bracteis minutis, triangulari- 

 lanceolatis, longiuscule acuminatis; Jb.ribus satis parvis, bre- 

 viter pedicellatis; ovario glaberrimo, laevi; sepalis submem- 

 branaceis, aequilongis, lineari-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, 

 tenuiter 5-nerviis ; petalis lineari-lanceolatis, longiuscule acu- 

 minatis, longiuscule et angustiuscule unguiculatis, sepalo dorsali 

 paulo brevioribus; labello supero, carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus 

 satis breviore, indiviso , snbrbomboideo-lanceolato , breviter 

 acuminato, superne trinervio, disco inferne erasse lateque 

 calloso, callo apice obscure trilobata ; columna brevi, crassius- 

 cula, claviformi, apice obtuse trilobata, lobo postico dente 

 membranaceo breviusculo obtuso anteposito 



Tabula nostra XXV Fig. I (habitus rum analysi). 



Epidendrum Intro Reichb. /.! Msc. in Herb. Berol. 



Rhizoma repent*, robuntiusculum, plus minusve tortuoRum, pallidum, 

 creberrime articulatum, kawcibuh longiuscnlia, craasinaculiH, aatis Itsoosi^ 

 albidis. Fhecdobui.ri erecti vel aacendentea, recti vel leviter anuati, 

 virides, laeves, interne longiuscule valde attenuati interdum fere pedun- 

 rulati, apice breviuscule attenuati, 4— 8 cm longi, ad medium 7— 18 mm. 

 crassi. Folia patula vel erecto-patula, superne interdum plus minusve 

 recurva, bnsi articulata et valde concava, caeterum subplana, utrinque pallide 

 viridia, uninervia et tenuiter plurinervulosa, 7 — 10 cm. longa, 8 — 13 mm. 

 lata, nervo mediano supra leviter canaliculato, subtun paulo prominente. 

 pEDtnrCtTLOa communis erectus, leviter flexuonus, laete viridia, 8 — 15 cm. 

 longa*; spatha basilaris arete adpresna, rigidiuscula, laevia, pallida, 3 ad 

 5cm. longa. Peiucki.li erecto-patuli, gracib-s, leviter arcuati, obtuse 

 trigoni, virides et pnrpureo-punctati, G — 8 mm. longi. Bkacteak tenuiter 

 membranarcae, ere* to-patulae, pallidae, 3—5 mm. longae Ovarium lineari- 

 clavatum, acutiusculc triquetrum superne fere trialatum, rectum vel paulo 

 arcuatum, viride et purpureo-punctatum, b* — 7 mm. longum. Skpala patula, 

 leviter flexuosa, paulo convexa, basi leviter atteuuata, strain inea, 18 ad 



