177 



ORCHIDACEAK: EPIDENDRUM. 



178 



vel erecto patuli, satis flexuosi, simplicea. Folia patula vol patent is>ima, 



rigida, baai articalaU satis eoncava, ca.tonim leviter coimxm, umnc a 



nervulis lateralibus iudistinctis, supra saturate viridia, subtus paulo 

 pallidiora, 1-2 1 /* cm. longa, 5-8 mm. lata, nervo imdiano supra pro- 

 fundiuscule canaliculate, subtus valde promiueute; vaginae carnoso- 

 coriaceae, subtiliter pluricostatae, 3— 8 mm. longae. PlDOWWl.ua communis 

 rectus, 4-6 mm. longa*. Bracteak erecto-patulae, rigidiiiM nlae, valde 

 concavae, lateraliter satis rompressae, subtilite. multistriatae, 6 -7 rum 

 loogae. Floiies at videtur virides. Ovamim lineari-clavatum, obscure 

 trigonum, subrectum, superne antico leviter vesicatum , 3 mm. longum. 

 Sepala erecta vel erecto-patula, rigida, satis eoncava, bad paulo attenuata, 

 3 mm. longa, I 1 /* mm. lata, lateralia satis obliqua. Pktala erecta, car- 

 nosula, subplana, interne leviter attenuata, obscure uninervia, paulo ob- 

 liqua, 3 mm. longa, */s mm. lata. Labellum erectum, apice paulo recur- 

 vum, satis concavum, 2— 2 l /t mm. longum et fere tot idem latum. Columna 

 erecta, superne vix dilatata, lateraliter satis compreasa, fere usque ad 

 apicem cum labello connata, l 1 /* mm. longa. Capsula patula, late cllipiico- 

 ovoidea, apice crassiuscule breviterque rostrata, obtuse trigona, leviter 

 trisulcata, fuscescens, 9—10 mm. longa, 5— G mm. craasa. 



Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro supra arbores ad Carmo : Neve*- 

 Armond n. 37; in jirov. S. Paulo prope Santos: H. Mosen n. 3487; in 

 insul. Gamboa prope Sao Francisco prov. S. CatJmrina supra arbores: 

 H. Schcnck n. 1230. — Floret Februario—Junio. 



J. Nana Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL III. 531 

 (18S3); Hemsl in Gard. Chron. new ser. XX. 42 (1883). 

 Sect. Euepidendrum § Nanodes et § Nana Pfitz. in En<jl. 

 und Brantl, Nattlrl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 144 et 145 (1888.) 

 Epidendrum subgen. Nanodes Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. part 



VI. 129 (1890). 



Gen. Nanodes Lindl. loc. cit 



Caules humiles, difiusi, repentes vel penduli. Folia 

 disticha, conferta, plana, saepius crasse carnosa. Flores ter- 

 minates, solitarii vel rarius geminati, intra vaginam latam 

 brevem laxe ^pathiformem sessiles vel subsessiles. Labellura 

 indivisum, sepalis amplis. Columnae tubus brevis, clinan- 



drium membranaceum. 



Species 134—135. 



134. EPIDENDRUM DISCOLOR Benth. caulibuspluri- 

 bus, aggregatis, prostratis, brevissimis, robustiusculis, sim- 

 plicibus, teretiusculi9 , usque ad basin dense multifoliatis; 

 foliis distichis, crasse carnosis, parvis, ovato-oblongis, apice 

 subrotundatis et distincte emarginatis, basi amplexicaulibus 

 et breviter vaginautibus; ttoribus terminalibus, solitariis, 

 sessilibus, parvis, inter folia immersis; sepalis carnosulis, 

 aequilongis, lineari-oblongis, acutis, tenuiter trinerviis, dorsali 

 fornicato dorso alati-carinato, lateralibus apice tantum dorso 

 cariuatis, petalis ligulato-oblongis, acutis, sepalo dorsali aequi- 

 longis; labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus aequilongo, indiviso, 

 late ovato-cordato , apice abrupte acuto et minute apiculato, 

 margine minutissime crenulato, disco non costato basi minu- 

 tissime bicalloso ; columna brevi, clavifoimi, clinandrio margine 

 utrinque late acuteque alato. 



Epidendrum discolor Benth. ex Kew. Hand-List of Orch. 

 105 (1896, — non A. Bich. et Galeotti). 



Nanodes discolor Lindl. in Bot. Regist. X VIII tab. 1541 



W. 





Khizoma repens, breve, robustiuscnlum, tortuosum, uadicibus nume- 

 rosis, densiuscnle fasciculatis , elongatis, filiforniibus, leviter flexuosi* 

 plerumque satis ramosis, fuscescentibus. Caules flexuosi vel U.rtnosi, 





fusceacentw, 8—7 <m 1< ,2—3 tutu, crasai. Foua rigida, baai erecto- 

 patula, ut videtur dou art in lata, superne patet)t»s>.ma vel leviter reflexa, 

 inferne valde eoncava apicr intcrdum leviter convexa, uninervia nervulia 

 lateralibus indistinctia, supra intense fMdia vel viridi -purpurea, aubtu* 

 paulo pallidiora, 1' i— 2 cm. longa, 6—8 mm. lata, nervo mediano sapra 

 b\iter impreaao, subtus valde prominent* aaepiua carinato; vaginae car- 

 nosae, laxae, l Jt — \ cm. longa*. Flobss erecti, obscure pnrptirei irel inter 

 dum vir<'«eent*s. Ovahiim lineari-clavatum, alato-t 'igonum. i«<tum vel 

 paulo arcuatum, 3—4 mm. longum. 8epala vect.-t vel erecto- patula, 

 rigida, inferne paulo attenuata, 8-9 mm. long*, 3— 3 l /» mm. lata, dora&le 

 valde ooncavutn fere coixluplicatum, lateral ki -.»ti> eoncava lev iu-i obliqua. 

 Pktala erecta, carnoMila, plana vel paulo conoava, uninervia, vix obliqua, 

 basi paulo attenuata, 8—9 mm. longa, l"/4— 1 mm. lata. La.relli m 

 erectum, ri^idum, valde eoueav urn, tmuiter multiuej wilosvnn nnvulii 

 leviter taiuoaia, 4— 6 mm. Ionium, 5 — 6 mm. latun una encta, 



HU|M>rne leviter im i «. u ut mscule au^ulata, An umju«. ad api« « m <um 



labello connata, 4-5 nun. l<»n«a, alia terminal ibua eractia, aotioe incurvia. 

 Vavsx la j^nota. 



Habitat in sylvii prope Rio it Janeiro cr Lindl. lor. cit. F.tiam 

 in Surinam: \ V ul lochia f gel n. 1123, iw mmtf Trimtat, Cr%icgtr; in 



Una t twain: Skinner. 



135. EIMDENDRUM MANT1N1ANUM Kolfk: caulibus 

 pllribus, a^iv^atis, prostratis vel pnsflslll breviusculisb 

 satis niliURtia, limplicibus vel paulo rainosls, teretiusculis, 

 usque ad basin laxiuscuh- mult il<»liatis ; foliis distiflUs, crassius- 

 cule carnosis, medioci ibus, lauceolato oblon^is, acutis vel bre- 

 viter acuiniiiiitis; floribus terminalibus, solitarii.*. M->siIibus t 

 niediocribus vel inajusculis; sepalis caruosfc longiuscule acu- 

 minatis, dorsali lanceolato, tenuiter 5— 7*nervio, lateralibus 

 paulo longioribus et satis latioribus ovato-lauceolatis ialcatis 

 8— 9-nerviis inferne cum columna connatis; petalis angust< 

 lanceol aiis, longe acuminatis, sepalo dorsali subaequilongis; 



labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus paulo breviore, cucullato, 

 dorso ad medium crasse caiinato, ambitu late ovato cordato, 

 leviter trilobato, lobis margine integerrimis, lateralibus majus- 

 culis late rotundatis, intermedio valde prominente triangulari 

 longiuscule acuminato, disco ad medium incrassato basi non 



-iuscule tricostato: 



calloso interne usque ultra medium 

 columna longiuscula, crassa, late claviformi, triquetra, cli- 

 nandrio profundo margine undulato-subdenticulato. 



Epidendrum Ma nt ianum liolfet in Ulustr. Uortic. XXX IX. 

 43. tab. 150 (1892). 



Nanodes Maniini L. Lhid.J Les Orch. Exot. 847 {1894). 



Caulks pallidc viridea, sati* tlcxuoai, circitcr 1 dm. longi, 3—4 mm. 

 craasi. Folia rigida, patentissjina, §uj»crne leviter recur va, baai aatis eon- 

 cava, Ruperne leviter eoncava vel intcrdum jaulo convexa, uninervia nev 

 vulia lateralibua indislnictia, nitidnla, supra glauco-viridia, subtus paulo 

 pallidiora, 5— 6 cm. longa, 2— 2'/t cm. lata, nervo mediano aupra profunde 

 canaliculato, subtus valde prominente. Flores nntantes vel penduli, 

 majusculi (ex descript. et icon, supra cit) vel mediocrea (ex apeciro. in 

 herbario raeo). Ovarium lineari-clavatura, obtuse trigonum, tenuiter 

 6-sulcatum sulcis per paria approximates, leviter arcuatum, pallide viride 

 et dilute ro>eum, 1 cm. longum. 8kpala plus minuave patula vel patcn- 

 tissima, rigidiusc ula, leviter eoncava, inferne paulo attenuata, albo-viridia 

 et dilute roseo-purpurea praecipue ad nervos; dorsale 17 ram. longum, 

 5 mm. latum; lateralia valde obliqua, apice satis divergentia, 19 — 20 mm. 

 longa, 7—8 mm. lata. Pbtaj,a patula, carnoiula, rigidiuscula, subplana, 

 tenuiter 3— 5-nervia, leviter obliqua, baai vix attenuata, lilnra, pallide 

 albo-viridia et dilute roseo purpurea vel fere maculaU praecipue ad ner- 

 vos, 16—17 mm. longa, 3 mm. lala. Labellum erectum, rigidum, valde 

 concavum, craasiuscule multiucrvulosum nervulis satis ramosis, margine 

 usque ad npicem columnae eonnatum, ;»d medium intense purpureo- 



