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data incluso, superne fere usque ad basin laxe multifloro; 

 bracteis minutis, triangulari-lanceolatis, acutis ; floribus majus- 

 culis, longiuscule pedicellatis ; ovario glaberrimo, laevi; sepalis 

 carnosulis , aequilongis , lanceolato - subspathulatis , acutis , 

 tenuiter 7-nerviis, margine revolutis; petalis ligulato-spathu- 

 latis, acutis, sepalo dorsali subaequilongis; labello submem- 

 bratiaceo, infero, sepalis lateralibus sublongiore, ambitu late 

 subrotundato , distincte trilobato, lobis margine integerrirais, 

 lateralibus amplis, subrotundatis, longioribus quam latis, ter- 

 minal minore, ambitu subrotundato, profunde emarginato, 

 lobulis fere parallelis, apice subrotundatis, sinubus inter 

 lobos latiusculis, disco longitudinaliter tenuiter unicostato 

 basi minute angusteque bicalloso; columna longiuscula, satis 

 gracili, claviformi, apice truncata margine submembranacea 

 leviter undulata. 



Tabula nostra XXVI (habitus cum analysi). 



Epidendrum patens Swariz in Nov. Act. TJpsal. VI 68 

 (1799), in Schrad. Journ. Bot. II. 211 (1799), Fl. Ind. 

 Occ. Ill 1495; Willd. Spec. PI. IV. 116; Pers. Sijn. PI. II. 

 518; Lodd. Bot. Cabin, tab. 1537; Spreng. Syst. Veget. III. 

 737 ; Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 108, in Paxt. Flow. Gard. II. 

 Glean. 119. fig. 198, Folia Orch., Epidendr. 75; Hook, in Bot. 

 Mag. tab. 3800; Lemaire in Jard. Fleur. Ill Misc. 24 cum 

 icon.; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-lnd. Isl. 617 ; BeicJib. f. in Walp. 

 Ann. Bot. VI 384; Hemsl Biol. Cenlr.-Amer. Bot. 111. 236, 

 et in Gard. Chron. new ser. XX. 573; Veitch, Man. Orch. 

 PI. part. VI 110; Stein, Orchideenb. 235; L. hind. Orch. 

 Exot. 762. 



Exophya juscata Rafin. Fl. Tellur. 11. 63 (1836). 



Epidendrum sulphur oleucum Barb. Bodr. Gen. et Spec. 

 Orch. Nov. I. 56 (1877). 



Caules erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel leviter flexuosi, pallide 

 virides, laeves, 3—9 dm. longi, 6—9 mm. crassi, infeme leviter attenuate. 

 Folia patentissima, rigidiuscula, basi cum vagina articulata, plana vel 

 leviter convexa, saturate viridia, nninervia et subtiliter multinervulosa, 

 9 — 15 cm. longa, 3— 4 cm. lata, inferiora saepius satis minora, nervo 

 mediano supra paulo impresso, subtus leviter prominente; vaginae rigidae, 

 arete adpressae, cylindraceae, tenuiter costatae, pallide virides, 4—6 mm. 

 longae. Pedunculus communis valde recurvus vel pendulus, obtuse an- 

 gulatus, viridis, IV2— 2 dm. longns; spatha basilaris adpressa, nitida, 

 pallide viridis, 2— 27* cm. longa. Pedicelli patentissimi , satis graciles, 

 recti vel leviter flexuosi, teretiusculi , albo-virides , I 1 /*— 2 cm. longi. 

 Bractkae membranaceae, pedicellis adpressae, satis concavae, subtiliter 

 plurinervulosae, albo-roseae, 2—5 mm. longae. Flores patentissimi, leviter 

 odorati, primum flavo-virides, deinde albo-flavescentes, demum fusco-rubri. 

 Ovarium lineari-clavatum, rectum vel paulo arcuatum, obtuse trigonum, 

 pallide viride, IV2— 2 cm. longum. Skpala patentissima, valde convexa, 

 basi satis attenuata, 21— 22 mm. longa, 7 mm. lata, lateralia satis obliqua. 

 Petala patula, membranacea, satis convexa, leviter asymmetrica, infeme 

 longe attenuata, tenuiter 3— 5-nervia et leviter reticnlato-nervnlosa, 19 ad 

 20 mm. longa, superne 5 mm. lata. Labellum interne erectum, superne 

 satis recurvum, valde convexum, tenuiter reticulata -multinervulosuin, 

 17 — 18 mm. longum, 24— 25 mm. latum. Columna erecta, subrecta, 

 teretiascula, albo-viridis, usque ad apicem cum labello connata, 11—12 mm. 

 longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Habitat supra arbores in Serra da Santa-Rosa ad Carmo do Rio 

 Claro prov. Minas Geraes: Barbosa Rodrigues ; in prov. Alto Amazonas 

 secus flum. Jurna: E. S. Rand. Etiam in Peruvia orientali prope 

 Tarapoto: Spruce n.4l5S; ad fontes flum. Marafton: Warszcwicz; in 

 Guatemala: Skinner; in ins. Trinitatis: Pur die; in Jamaica: Swart z. — 

 Floret Augusto—Septembri. 





55. EPIDENDRUM COOPERIANUM Batem. caulibus 

 elongatis, robustis, teretiusculis, versus apicem foliosis ; foliis 

 distichis, mediocribus , auguste lanceolatis, acutis, subtus 

 leviter carinatis; pedunculo communi foliis paulo longiore, 

 simplici, robusto, pendulo, dense multifloro, e spatha herbacea 

 carinata subduplici orto; bracteis minutis, setaceis; floribus 

 majusculis, carnoso-coriaceis, longiuscule pedicellatis; ovario 

 glabro, laevi; sepalis subaequilongis, lateoblongo-subspathulatis, 

 abrupte acutis, planis, obscure 5— 7-nerviis; petalis lineari- 

 lanceolatis subspathulatis, acutis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis 

 sed dimidio angustioribus; labello carnoso, infero, sepalis 

 lateralibus satis breviore, ambitu late reniformi , distincte 

 trilobato, lobis margine integerrimis , lateralibus amplis sub- 

 rotundo-cuneatis latioribus quam longis, terminali multo 

 minore transverse reniformi apice alte emarginato, sinubus 

 inter lobos angustissimis, disco longitudinaliter crasse uni- 

 costato basi distincte bicalloso; columna longiuscula, robustius- 

 cula, claviformi, clinandrio obtuse dentato. 



Epidendrum Cooperianum Batem. ! in Bot. Mag. tab. 5654 

 (1867); Gard. Chron. 1867 ', p. 852; Hemsl in Gard. Chron. 

 new ser. XX. 152 (1883); Nichols. Did. of Gard. I. 513; 

 Veitch, Man. Orch. Fl. part VI. 94; Stein, Orchideenb. 227 ; 



Wi 



Groiv. Man. edit. 7. p. 381. 



Caulks erecti, rigidi, inferne denudati, superne multifoliati, virides, 

 6— 8 dm. alti, 7 — 9 mm. crassi. Folia erecta vel erecto-patula, coriacea, 

 basi subamplexieaulia cum vagina articulata, leviter concava, supra intense 

 viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 7 — 15 cm. longa, V/% — 3 cm. lata. Pedun- 

 culus communis feie usque ad basin floiifer, 10—18 cm. longus. 

 Pedicelli patentissimi, teretiusculi, graciles, leviter arcuati, l , /a--2 , /« cm. 

 longi. Ovarium lineari-clavatum, paulo arcuatum, acutiuscule trigonum, 

 5 — 7 mm. longum. Sepala patentissima, siccitate rigida, satis convexa, 

 obscure flavo-brunnea, 14— 16 mm. longa, 5— 6 mm. lata, lateralia sub- 

 falcata. Petala patula, rigidiuscula, leviter obliqua, tenuiter trinervia, 

 subplana, inferne longe attenuata, flavo-brunnea, 14— 16 mm. longa, 

 superne 272-3 mm. lata. Labkllum patulum, subplanum, obscure 

 reticulato-multineivulosum, roseum , 10— 11mm. longum, 15 — 17 mm. 

 latum. Columna erecta, leviter sigmoideo-flexuosa, teretinscula, rosea, usque 

 ad apicem cum labello counata, circiter 1 cm. longa. Capsula ignota. 



Var. p. caloglossum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new 

 ser. XVII. 460 (1882). 



Labellum purpureum. 



Habitat in Brasilia loco accurate hand indicate, verisimiliter in 

 prov. Rio de Janeiro: Cooper. — Floret Marlio—Maio. 



56. EPIDENDRUM LONGISPATHUM Barb. Rodr. 

 caulibus numerosis, fasciculatis, elongatis, robustis, teretius- 

 culis vel superne paulo compressis, superne pluri— multi- 

 foliatis; foliis distichis, magnis, submembranaceis , ligulato- 

 lanceolatis, breviuscule acuminatis, basi subamplexicaulibus 

 et longe vaginantibus ; pedunculo communi foliis satis longiore, 

 simplici vel rarius diviso, robusto, pendulo, basi spatha elon- 

 gata submembranacea duplici vel triplici triangulari-lanceolata 

 longiuscule acuminata dorso carinata incluso, superne dense 

 multifloro; bracteis anguste linearibus , longe acuminatis, 

 distincte trinerviis, ovario satis brevioribus; floribus majus- 

 culis, carnosulis, longiuscule pedicellatis; ovario glabro, laevi; 



