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laevibus demum distincte multisulcatis, apice diphyllis; foliis 

 patentissimis, crasse coriaceis rigidisque, oblongis vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, apice attenuatis et obtusiusculis, prope basin 

 leviter dilatatis; pedunculo communi terminali, robusto, superne 

 2-8-floro, foliis saepius paulo longiore, basi spatha majus- 

 cula incluso; floribus majusculis, longiuscule pedicellatis; 

 sepalis carnosulis, subplanis, oblongo-lauceolatis, acutis, late- 

 ralibus paulo brevioribus leviter falcatis; petalis elliptico- 

 oblongis, obtusis, margine leviter undulatis, quam sepala satis 

 latioribus; Jabello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus aequiloogo, 

 ambitu obovato, panduriformi, distincte trilobato, lobis late- 

 ralibus parvis late semiovatis apice rotundatis columnam 

 subamplectentibus sinu satis profundo late rotundato, lobo 

 terminali amplo reniformi-subrotundato margine crispulo et 

 interdum denticulato apice leviter emarginato vel subtruncato 

 intus dense velutino, disco tenuiter multicostato; columna 

 ciassa, superne paulo incrassata, apice rotundata. 



Tabula nostra LIV (habitus cum analyst). 



Cattleya velutina Beichb. f. in Garcl Chron. 1870. pp. 

 140 et 1373, 1872. p. 1259. fig. 288—289; III. Hort. XVIII. 

 203 (1871); Du Buyss. L Orchid. 250; Barb. Rodr. Gen. et 

 Spec. Orch. Nov. II. 157; Orch. Alb. I. tab. 26; Belg. Hort 

 1883. p. 339; Veilch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 87; L'Orchidoph. 

 1888. p. 375, 1889. pp. 330 et 375; Bolfe in Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. V. 802, VI. 406, in Orch. Bev. II. 206, III. 160 et 

 268, in Lindenia, IX. 25. tab. 395; Stein, Orchideenb. 137 ; 

 Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 192 cum ic. ; L. Linden, 



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Orch. Exot. 632; Autr. et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 305; Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. XXIV. 332. fig. 99 (1898.) 



Cattleya fra grans Barb. Bodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. 

 Nov. I. 72 (1877), Struct, des Orch. tab. 7. fig. 4. 



Cattleya alidacea var. velutina Barb. Bodr. Gen. et Spec. 

 Orch. Nov. II. 158 et 301 (1882). 



Rhizoma repens, robustnm, flexuosum, teres, crebre nrtieulatum, 

 fuscescens, radicibus numerosis, robustiusculis, breviusculis, plus minusve 

 flexuosis, glabris, albis, apice viridibus. Pseudobulbi erecti vel ascen- 

 dentes, stricti vel leviter flexuosi, teretes, pluriarticulati , primum virides 

 et vaginis majusculis membrannceis arete adpressis albidis apice oblique 

 truncatis acntisque vestiti, deiuuin fuscescentes et denudati, 30-50 cm. 

 longi, 1— V/% cm. crassi. Folia supra intense viridia et nidita, subtus 

 paulo pallidiora, 15—25 cm. longa, 3—5 cm. lata, uervo mediano supra 

 profundiuscule impresso, subtus leviter prominente, nervnlis lateralibus 

 paulo distinct is. Pepuncui.us communis erectus, strictus vel leviter 

 flexuosus, teres, laete vel intense viridis, 15—30 cm. longus; spatha 

 rigidiuscula, lateraliter valde compressa, apice oblique truncata et obtusius- 

 cula, pallide viridis vel dilute purpurea, 6—7 cm. longa. Pedicrlli 

 patuli, crassinsculi, recti vel leviter flexuosi, teretiusculi, intense virides, 

 cum ovario obscure trigono 5—6 cm. longi. Bkacteak rigidae, patulae, 

 concavae, late triangulares, acntae, 3—4 mm. longae. Flores patuli, 

 valde odorati, segraentis patentissimis superne valde recurvi?, flavo-viridibus 

 vel nurantiaceis et purpureo maculatis striatisqne. Sepala tenuiter mnlti- 

 nervulosa, margine leviter revoluta, dorsale 5— 6 l / 2 cm. longnm et 11 ad 

 13 mm. latum, lateralia 4—5 cm. longa et 12—15 mm. lata. Petala 

 submembranacea, inferne satis attenuata, subfalcata, tenuiter multinervu- 

 losa nervulis exterioribus valde reticulata -ramosis, 47a -5Va cm. longa, 

 18-22 ram. lata. Labellum rigidiusculum , satis recurvum praecipue 

 ad apicem, 4-5 cm. longum; lobis lateralibus satis incurvis, albidis et 

 purpureo-striatis; lobo terminali leviter concavo margine paulo revoluto, 

 nervis numerosis valde ramosis utrinque paulo prorainentibus notato] 

 2V2-3 cm. lato, albo, margine flavescente, fauce aurantiaceo, lineis diver' 

 gentibns purpureo- violaceis ornato. Columna satis incurva, fere semi- 



cylindrica, inferne 

 antice canaliculata 

 perfecta ignota. 



leviter constricta et albida, 

 et purpureo maculata, 17- 



superue dilute purpurea, 

 20 mm. longa. Capsula 



Formae hortenses satis numerosae; praecipue sunt: 



Var. Lietzei Regell in Act. Hort. Petrop. X. 368 (1887) et in 

 Gartenfl. XXXVII. 49. tab. 1265 (1888) ; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3 

 V. 802 (1889); Stein, Orchideenb. 137; Keiv Bull, Add. Ser. IV. 90 



Var. mac.nifica Hort; Orch. Rev. VI. 299 (1898). 



Var. punctata Regel! in Act. Hort. Petrop. X. 369 (188?) et in 

 Gartenfl. XXXVII. 51 (1888); Stein, Orchideenb. 137 ; Gartenfl. 1895 

 p. 578. tab. 1420. fij. C; Kew Bull, Add. Ser. IV. 90. 



Var. superba L. Lind. in Journ. des Orch. IV. 202 (1893), Orch. 



Exot. 633. 



Var. 3. alutacea Cogn. 



Cattleya alutacea Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. Nov. 



II. 157 (1882). 



Racemus densus, 20- 

 undulatis. Petala acuta , 

 majusculi. 



25-florus. Flores majoies, segmentis distincte 

 sepalis duplo latiora. Labelli lobi laterales 



Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Hort. Joseph Broome; ad Serra 

 de Rodeio: Barbosa Rodrigues; in montibus Brasiliae australis loco 

 haud indicato: Lietze. — Var. p. In sylvis montuosis prope Rodeio prov. 

 Rio de Janeiro: Barbosa Rodrigues. — Floret Februario. 



Sect. II. CEYPTOCHILA Barb. Kodr. Gen. et 

 Spec. Orch. Nov. II. 156 (1882). 



Labelli lobi laterales ampli, columnam totam vel 



pro maxima parte involventes. 



Species 8 — 34. 



A. Diphyllae Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. Nov. II. 



156 (1882). 



„Group of Cattleya guttata , of C. inter- 



media and of C. Skinneri" Rolfe in Orch. Rev. III. 267, 



268 (1895). 



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Pseudobulbi elongati, dipbylli; labellum saepissirae pro- 

 funde trilobatum. — Species 8 — 30. 



1. Guttatae Cogn. 



„Group of Cattleya guttata" 



Rolfe in Orch. Rev. III. 267 (1895). 



Labelli lobus terminalis majusculus, plus minusve longe 

 unguiculatus. — Species 8 — 21. 



I. Labelli lobus terminalis plus minusve verrucosus vel 

 papillosus. — Species 8—17. 



8. CATTLEYA GRANULOSA Lindl. pseudobulbis 

 elongatis, robustiusculis, cylindrico-compressis, pluriarticulatis, 

 apice diphyllis; foliis patulis, crasse coriaceis, oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, obtusis; pedunculo communi terminali, robusto, 

 5— 8-floro, foliis breviore, basi spatha majuscula apice oblique 

 truncata etobtusa incluso; floribus magnis, breviuscule pedicel- 

 latis; sepalis coriaceis, oblongis, obtusis, margine leviter 

 undulatis, lateralibus valde falcatis; petalis obovato-oblongis, 

 obtusis, margine undulato-crispulis, sepalo dorsali duplo 

 latioribus; labello coriaceo, sepalis lateralibus circiter aequi- 

 longo, ambitu elliptico-ovato, basi leviter cordato, profunde 

 trilobato, lobis* lateralibus elongatis, triangulari- semiovatis, 



