193 



OKCHIDACEAE : CATTLE YA. 



194 



Nichols. Diet. Gard. I. 284; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 

 802 (1889) et in Orch. Rev. II. 206; Watson, Orch. 115. 

 fig. 29; Stein, Orchideenb. 138; Bois, Orch. 90; L. Linden. 

 Orch. exot. 633; Kerch. Livre des Orch. tab. 31; Williams, 

 Orch. Gr. Man. ed. 7, p. 193; Joarn. des Orch. VII. 22; 

 Autr. et Bur. Hort. Boiss. 305. 



Cattleya bidbosa Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1847. p. 623 

 et in Bot. Beg. XXXIII. tab. 42 (1847); Morren, Ann. de 

 Gand. III. 380; Paxt. Magaz. Bot XV. 49. cum. tab.; Porte/, 

 des Hort. II. 31; Allgem. Gartenz XVI. 192; Walp. Ann. 

 Bot. I. 780; Ysabeau, Joum. cCIIort. Prat. VI. 97; Beer, 

 PraJct. Stud. Orch. 209. 



Epidendrum Walkerianum Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 

 Bot. VI. 416 (1862), Xenia Orch. II. 35 (JS62); Warm. 

 Symb. Fl. Bras. Centr. part. XXIX. 843. 



Cattleya Gardneriana Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1870. 

 p. 1473 in adnot. 



Cattleya princeps Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch, Nov. 

 I. 68 (1877). 



Rhizoma repens, elongatum , robustura, flexuosum, raihoihus 

 nutnerosis, elongatis, robustiusculis, flexuosis, albescentibua. PaKCDOBtTLBl 

 subaggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, primum virides demum plus minusve 

 fuscescentes ,• 5— 12 cm. lougi , 1 — 3 cm. crassi. Foua intense viridia 

 interdum olivacea, primum sacpius couduplicata demum subplaua, 6 — 12 cm. 

 longa, 2 J /2 — 6 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canalieulato 

 subtus satis prominente, nervis lateralibus indistinctis. Peduncum'S 

 communis teres, saepius arcuatus, laevis, pallide viridis vel dilute pur- 

 pureus, 4 — 10 cm. longus; vaginae leviter ventricosae, tenuiter multi- 

 striatae, albidae vel interdum dilute purpureae, 1 — 3 cm. longae. Pkiuceli.i 

 patuli, satis graciles, recti, albo- virides vel pallide rosei, cum ovario 

 3 — 6 cm. longi. Bracteae crassae, triangulares, acuminata*, virides, 

 concavae, 3—4 mm. longae. Fi.ores patuli, euaveolentes, pallide roseo- 

 lilacini vel intense roseo-purpnrei, segmentis patentissimis. Skpala tenuiter 

 mu'.tinervulosa, 372—5 cm. longa, 6—10 ram. lata. Petai.a ■lembranacea, 

 basi cuueata, paulo obliqua, tenuiter multinervulosa nervulis exterioribus 

 valde reticulato-ramosia, 3 1 /* — 5 era. longa, l ! /s— 2 cm. lata. Labkllum 

 concavura, apice leviter recurvum, 3— 4 1 /* cm. longum, inferne roseum, 

 apice et margine intense purpureo-violaceum, ad medium pallide flavum 

 et purpureo-striatum, lobis lateralibus erectis et leviter incurvis, terrainali 

 2—3 era. lato nervulis nutnerosis divergentibus raraosis leviter prominen- 

 tibus munito. Coi.umxa leviter incurva, late trigona, inferne angustior, 

 superne margine alata, flavo- viridis vel pallide rosea, 2 — 2 ! /« cm longa. 

 Capsula ignota. 



Habitat in prov. Minas Qeraes supra arbores seats flum. S. Fran- 

 cisco: Gardner n. 5200; in arboribus ad Serra de Itabira: Libon ; in 

 rupibus aridis ad Serra de Caldas : Barbosa Rodrigues, Regnell ser. III. 

 n. 1154; ad Lagoa Santa in sylvis hinc Mine epiphytica: Warming; in 

 prov. Ooyaz ad Caldas Vclhas: Pohl; in rupibus umbrosis humidisqut ad 

 Serra da Capadura, ad Salinas, ad Serra Dourada et inter Ooyaz et 

 Guy aba: Weddell n. 2059, 2549 et 2918; in prov. Matto-Grosso: 

 Weddell n. 3384. — Floret Aprili—Augusto. 



2. CATTLEYA NOBILIOR Reichb. f. pseudobulbis 

 pluribus, breviusculis, ovato-fusiformibus vel subclavatis, pro- 

 funde plurisulcatis, apice dipbyllis; foliis patentibu*, crasse 

 coriaceis rigidisque, elliptico-ovatis, basi rotundatis, apice 

 abrupte acutiusculis; pedunculo cornmuni basilar!, ascendente, 

 robusto, foliis breviore, inferne vaginis majusculis coriaceis 

 laxis vestito, superne saepius bifloro; floribus magnis, brevius- 

 cule pedicellatis; sepalis planis, submembranaceis, oblongis, 

 acutis, lateralibus vix obliquis; petalis ovato-rhombeis, acutis, 

 margine vix undulatis, quarn sepala subduplo latioribus; 



labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo, ambitu 

 ovato-subrotundato, profunde tr ilobato, lobis lateralibus magnis 

 late ovato-rotundatis columnam fere omnino involventibus siuu 

 profundo subrotundato, lobo terminali late reniformi apice 

 profunde emarginato margine vix undulato, disco longitudi- 

 naliter pluricostato; columna crassa, lata, apice rotundata. 



Cattleya nobilior RcicM. /. in 111. Hort. XXX 73. 

 tab. 48:> (1883) et in Gard Chron. new ser. XIX. 728. Jig. 120 

 (1883); Flor. ami Pontol. 1SS3. p 107; Nichols. Diet. Gard. 

 I. 283; Lindenia, I. 15. tab. 6 (car. Hugueneyi); 111. Hort. 

 XXXII. 7. 



Cattleya Walhmana rar. nobilior Vcifch, Man. Orch. 



PI II. 50 (1887); VOnkuhph. 1888 p. MV; Rnljr in Gard. 

 Chron. Ser. 3. V 802 (1889); Stein, Ckxkiismh 138; Gard. 



Chron. ser. .7. XIV. 712-7 7.7. fig. 108 (lh ); Autr. ct Bar. 

 Hort. Boiss. 300. 



Rhizoma re pen*, elongatum, robustum, flexuosum, ramosum , arti- 

 Cnlatura, radicibuM *atis ntimetoxif, elongate, robnatiusculi*, riYxtioni*, 

 albeacentibus. IVi i uoium.hi a^regnti, asoendentes, primum virides v« 1 

 all>escentes demum plus minusve fus<<'v< < ntet, |iluriarticulati, inferno 

 saepius longius< ulc nttenuati, G- 14 rm. lougi, l'/t — 2'/t cm. crassi. Foi.u 

 intense viridia interdum oliva > primum conduplicat* demum subplan 

 G— 9 cm. longa, 4-5'/i cm. lata, nervo mediano supra profunda canal i- 



culato subtus hatis prominente, iht\ is lateralibus indist im lis. Pkiu k- 



ci Lira conmitinis fere*, plus minusve arcu.itus, laevis, intense viridlt v« 1 

 dilute purpureus, 4 — 7 em. longus. Pkiucki.i.i patuli, robust iusculi, recti 

 vel paulo nVvuosi, intense virides, rum ovario 3—5 em. longi. Bkactkak 

 niinutae, triangulares, acutac. V\a\m\ patuli, suaveolcntes, pulebre pur- 

 pureo-lilaeini , ngmentis patentissimis. Skpala tenuiter multinervulosa, 

 5 — 6 em. lon^a, l f /i~- cm. lata. Pi tai.a membranu ea , basi brevitrr 

 euneata, vix obliqua, tenuiter multinervulosa, Vjt — b l j % cm. lonira, 'J'/i ad 

 3Vt em. lata. Laiikm.um re<tum, npi< <• p:nibi recurvum, 5— 5*/l t-, u. 

 longtim, inferne pui pureo-lilaeiimm et purpur<H>-striatum , apice mar^ine- 

 que intense purpunum, id medium flavum et oblique purpureo venosum, 

 lobis lateralibus satis incurvis, IoIki terminali eonveM, Coi.imna leviter 

 incurva, late trigona, 11 avo-alhida, juxta antberam roseola, circlter 3 cm. 

 lon^a. Catsula ignota. 



Habitat in prov. Ooyaz : Hort. Linden. 



B. ACRANTHEMUM Cogtl. 



Inflorescentia terminalis. 



Species 3—7. 



8. CATTLEYA ACLANDIAE Lindl. pseudobulbis 

 breviusculis, demum fusiforinibus, profunde sulcatis, apice 

 dipbyllis vel interdum triphyllis; foliis patulis, crasse coriaceis, 

 elliptico-rotundatis, apice saepius obscure apiculatis; pedunculo 

 terminali, satis gracili, apice unifloro vel rarius bifloro, foliis 

 satis breviore; sepalis patulis, carnosulis, oblongo-ligulatis, 

 obtusis, margine non vel vix undulatis, lateralibus paulo 

 latioribus vix obliquis; petalis sepalo dorsali conformibus, 

 margine leviter undulatis; labello crasse carnoso, sepalis 

 lateralibus sublongiore, subpanduriformi, basi leviter cordato, 

 lobis lateralibus subobsoletis, late rotundatis, paulo incurvis, 

 columnam non involventibus, lobo terminali amplo, late reni- 

 formi, apice profundiuscule emarginato, margine undulato, 

 disco tenuiter multicostato; columna crassa, late claviformi, 

 lateraliter late crasseque alata. 



Cattleya Aclandiae Lindl! in Bot. Reg. XXVI. tab. 48 

 (1840), XXX. sub tab. 5 (1844); Paxt. Mag. of Bot. IX. 



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