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ORCHID ACEAE: KPIDKNDRUM 



11H 



2— 2\ilata, lateralia valde obliqua. Petala erecto • patula , tenuiter 

 iuembranacea, subtiliter triuervia nervis lateralibus leviter ramosis, sub- 

 plana, leviter obliqna, inferne longe atteuuaUi, 7— *j mm. lon^a . superne 

 2 mm. lata. Labei.lu* erectura vel erecto patuhun , satis concavuni, 

 crassi uscule niultiuervium nervis satis ramosis, 6—7 ram. longutu, 9 ad 

 10 mm. latum. Columna erect*, snperne satis incraasata, leviter sig- 

 moideo-flexuosn, usque ad apicem cum labello eonuata, 4— |*/fa mm. longa. 

 Capsui.a perfecta ignota. 



Habitat 

 Mitias Gerati: 

 haud indicato: 



in „Campo8 a siccis devatisque ad Serro do Frio prov. 

 Gardner n. 5207 ; in eadem prov. inter $axa loco occur a to 

 Riedel n. 501. — Floret SentembrL 



11. EPIDENDRUM ORCHIDIFLORUM Salzm. cau 

 libus longiusculis, satis gracilibus, basi non incrassatis, sim- 

 plieibus, teretiusculis vel paulo compressis, usque ad basin 

 densiuscule multifoliatis; foliis distichis, satis parvis, cr 

 coriaceis, ovato-oblongis, apice obtusis, basi semiamplexi- 

 caulibus et breviuscule vaginantibus; pedunculo com muni 

 terminal!, lobustiusculo, simplici, foliis multo longiore, inferne 

 squamis majusculis inferne longe vaginantibus apice ovali* 

 obtusisque lateraliter paulo compressis dorso non carinatis 

 reraotiusculis vestito, apice breviter racemoso densiuscule 

 plurifloro; bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, lougiuscule acuminatis, 

 pedicellis multo brevioribus; floribUJ satis parvis, longiuscule 

 pedicellatis; ovario glabro, laevi; sepalis carnosis, subaequi- 

 longis, obovato - oblongis , acutis vel breviter acuminatis, 

 tenuiter 5-nerviis, lateralibus subfalcatis; petalis anguste 

 lineari-subcuneatis, acutiusculis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; 

 labello crasse carnoso, sepalis lateralibus satis bieviore, am 

 bitu late rotundato-subrenitormi, leviter trilobato, lobis mar- 

 gine integerrimis , lateralibus aniplis subrotundatis, terminal i 

 multo minore brevlssimo distincte trilobulato lobulis lateralibus 

 late triangularibus acutiusculis intermedio multo breviore 

 obtuso, disco basi minute bicalloso fere usque ad apicem 

 crasse bicostato; columna breviuscula, crassa, claviformi, 

 apice subtruncata. 



Epidendrum orchidiftorum Salzm.! in Lindl. Gen. et Spec. 

 Orchid. 103 (1831), Folia Orch , Epidendr. 65 ; Reichb j. in 

 Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 385. 



Epidendrum »spec. E. elliptico affinis" Lindl in Hook. 

 Lond. Journ. of Bot. II 671 (1843). 



Rhizoma repens, breve, crassum, tortoosum ; radicibus aubfascicu- 

 latis, elongatis, satis gracilibus, paulo flexuosis, all»idis. Caulks erect i, 

 recti vel iuferne paulo arcnati, pallide vi rides, Vjt—3 dm. longi, circiter 

 3 mm. crassi. Folia patula vel erecto-pattila, rigida, subplana vel leviter 

 convexa, margine plus minusve revoluta, basi articulata, uniaervia ner- 

 vulis lateralibus indistinctis, pallide viridia, supra nitida, 2 1 /*— 4 cm. 

 louga, 10 — 18 mm. lata, nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, 

 subtus satis prorainente; vaginae persisteutes , crasse coriaceae, tenuiter 

 multicostatae, lateraliter paulo compressae, 1 — 1 7* cm. longae. Pedukcui.uk 

 communis erectus, strictus, pallidus, 27*-4 dm. longus; squamae coriaceae, 

 arete adpressae, subtiliter mnltistriatae, lateraliter paulo compressae, fus- 

 cescentes, 2— 3 l /t cm. longae. Pedicelli patuli, subfiliformes, paulo 

 flexuosi, 8—14 mm. longi. Bracteae patulae vel patentissimae, rigidae, 

 satis concavae, tenuiter 5-nervulosae, luscescentes, 3—6 mm. longae. 

 Flokes virides. Ovarium claviforme, acutiuscule trigonum , rectum vel 

 paulo arcuatum, 7—8 mm. longum. Sepai.a patula vel e recto-pat nl;i, 

 satis concava, inferne satis attenuata, circiter 1 cm. longa, dorsale 3 ad 

 3V« mm. latum, lateralia valde obliqna 4— 5 mm. lata. Petala sob- 

 membrane ea, paulo concava, vix obliqua, inferue longe attenuata, sub- 

 tiliter nninervia, 9— 10 mm. longa, superue vix 1mm. lata. Labei.lum 



Orchid. II. 





erecto-patuium, satis oouvexutn vel loag itadinaliter subrcplicatum. ob»cu 

 plurinerwilosum, 7-8 mm. longum, 10— 11 mm. latum Com mka 

 snperne valde dilatata, paulo incuna, usque ad apicem cun 

 connata, 6 mm. longa. Cai-mi.a perfect* ignota. 



Habitat in fruticttt* sabulosii andit prope Bahia : Salrmann; in 

 loeii umbrc+is arcnosutque prope Maccro prov. Alagom . Gardner n. 1121. 

 Etiam in locis arenotii Guianae anghcae: Sckomburglc *. 506, Appun 

 n.828; in mont. Raraima : Appun n. 1142 K. F im Tkum: adBerbice: 

 Sckomburgh; in n Kaieteur Sawnnoa" MM fium Potaro : Jenman 

 n. 906. — Floret Februario. 



16. EPIDENDRUM CAESPITOSUM Barb. Rodr. 

 caulibus numerous , densiuscule fa>< imlatis , longusirais, 



a>>a 



usque ad basin laxiuscule multifoliatis ; foliis diatichit, majus- 

 culis, crasse coriaceis, ovato-lanceolatis, apice acutis, basi 

 aemiamplexicaulibut ft longiuscule vaginantibus; pedunculo 

 communi terminali, robusto, simplici, ad nodos leviter iu- 

 crassato, foliis multo lonpore, inferne squamis majuscalis 

 inferne longe vaginantibus apice august** triangularibus acutis 

 acuminatisve lateraliter paulo compressis dorso non carinatis 

 lemotiusculis vestito, apice breviuscule i.» moso dense multi- 

 floro; bracteis triangulari lanoeolatis, longi usmla acuminatis 

 pedicellis satis brevioribus; floribus mediorribus longiuscule 

 pedicellatis; ovario glabro, laevi; sepalis carnosis, late ob- 

 longis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, lateralibus subfalcatis 

 paulo majoiibus; petalis anguste linearibns, acutis, lepelo 



dorsali aequilongis; labello crane carnoso, sepalis lateralibus 



subaequilongo. ambit u semirotuudato subrenifYn -mi. basi rotun 



dato, antice subtruncato leviter quadrilobato, lobis rotundatis 

 margine integerrimis, exterior ibus valde productis, disco basi 

 anguste bicalloso fere usque ad apicem liueis tiibus elevatis 

 confluentibus intermedia crassiore munito; columna brevius- 

 cula, crassi uscula, claviformi, cliuandrio subtruncato minute 

 denticulato. 



Tabula nostra XXXI V (habitus cum analyst). 



Epidendrum caesjritosum Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. 

 Nov. I 60 (1877), II 142. 



Caulks erecti vel ascendent**, recti vel paulo arcnati, 10—12 dm. 

 longi, fere 1 cm. crassi. Folia patula vel pateutiwiima, rigida, plana vel 

 leviter convexa, baai articulata, nninervia nenrulia lateral ibui indiitinctin, 

 9 — 12cm. longa, 3'/i — 4 cm. lata, nervo medi.ino aupra aatla impreaao 

 auhtufl leviter prominent*; vaOUIAS pertiitentea , ".uaceae, laevea, sub- 

 tiliter mnltistriatae, 4— 5 cm. longae. PcncKCULes communia erect ua, 



vel paulo arcuatUK, pallide viridis 9 10 — IS dm. longun; bqi amai 

 aubmembranaceae, arete adpreaaae, subtiliter mnltistriatae, pallide fnlvae, 

 4— 5 cm. longae. Peiiicklli patentiasimi, subfiliformes, recti vel plun 

 minusve arcnati, pallidi, 12 — 15 mm. longi. Hkactkar patulae superne 

 leviter reenrvae, rigidae, satis concavae, pallide roseae, 7— 12 mm. longae. 

 Fi.orcs caduci, patnli vel plus minusve penduli, sordide virides et inter- 

 dnm purpureo-punctati. Ova una subfusiforme, obtuse trigonum, rectum 

 vel subrectum, 12 — 13 mm. longum. Sfpala plus minusve patula, apice 

 leviter recurva, leviter concava, inferne satis attenuata, dorsale 9 — 10 mm. 

 longum et 3 — 4 mm. latum, lateralia valde obliqua 11 — 12 mm. longa ei 

 4 — 5 mm. lata. Pktai.a erecto patula, sulrmembianacea, leviter obliqua, 

 iuferne vix attenuata, 9— 10 mm. longa, circiter 1 mm. lata. Labkllum 

 erect nm vel erectopatulum, valde convexnm, 8 — *.♦ mm. longum, snperne 

 12— 13 mm. latum. Columna erecta, snperne satis lticraasnta, recta vel 

 vix incurva, nsque ad apicem cum labello connata, ♦»— 7 mm. longa. 

 Capslla pendula, pyriformis, obtuse trigona, profunde lateque trisulcata 



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