



215 



OKCHIDACEAE: CATTLEYA. 



216 



pureo striati et # marginati; lobus terminalis planus vel saepius leviter 

 convexus, 3-5 cm. latus, intense purpnreo-violaceus, leviter albo striatus 

 et marginatus, disco basi luteo. Column a trigona, antice concava, 2 ad 

 2 ! /« cm. longa, alba, purpureo striata vel maculata. Capsula colnmna 

 persistente coronata, elliptico-ovoidea, basi apiceque acutiuscula, profundius- 

 cule 6-snlcata, circiter 5 cm. longa et 3 cm. crassa. 



Formae hortenses praecipuae sunt: 



Var. Amauana L. Linden in Lindenia, II. 81. tab. 87 (1886); 

 Gard. Chron. ser. 3. II. 108; Rol/e in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 802 (1889); 

 Stein, Orthideenb. 136 (var. Amaliae) ; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 88. 



Var. Aulcotexsis Hort. ; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XVIII. 154(1895); 



Ketc Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 88. 



Var. concolor Hook, in But. Mag. tab. 5150 (1859); Florist, XII. 

 193. tab. 153; Du Buyss. L Orchid. 246; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 



V. 802. 



„ Hardy's var. u Hort.; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXI. 354 (1897); 



The Garden, 1897. I. 418; Cogn. Chron. Orch. n. 6. p. 47. 



Var. Lowu Hort. ; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XII 138 (1892); Journ. 

 of Hort. XXV. 187. fig. 26 (1892); Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 88. 



„Pitt's var. u Hort; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXVII. April 28, 



Suppl. p. 4. 



Var. Rkoxki.li Du Buyss. L Orchid. 246 (1878); Williams, Orch. 

 Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 184. — Cattleya Regnelli Warner, Sel. Orch. 

 II. tab. 22 (1865—1875); Nichols. Diet. Gard. I. 283. 



Var. bupkrba Hort.; Lindenia, XIV. tab. 663 (1899); Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3. XXVI. 101 (1899). 



Habitat in prov. Bahia: Hort. Schiller et Van. Hoidte. 



Obs. I. Cattleya resplendens Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new 

 ser. XXI 11. 692 (1885); L'Orchidoph. 1885. p. 267, 1888. p. 374; Veitch, 

 Man. Orch. PI. II. 86; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 801; Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 183 est verisirailiter bybrida natnralis inter 

 Cattleya granulosa et C. Schilleriana. — Habitat in Brasilia loco accurato 

 haud indicato: Hort. Low. 



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Obs. II. Cattleya undulata Rolfe in Orch. Rev. V. 254 (1897) 

 est verisimiliter hybrida naturalis inter Cattleya elongata et C. Schilleriana. 

 t- Habitat in prov. Babia: Hort. Sir Trevor Lawrence. 



21. 



WHITEI 



pseudobulbis 



pluribus, brevibus, clavatis, pauciarticulatis , apice mono- 

 dipbyllis; foliis patulis vel erecto-patulis, crasse coriaceis, 

 ovato-oblongis , apice obtusis et saepius leviter emarginatis; 

 pedunculo communi terminal!', robusto, 2 — 3-floro, foliis paulo 

 breviore, basi spathis 2 breviusculis apice oblique truncatis 

 et obtusis incluso; floribus magnis, breviter pedicellatis; 

 sepalis camosulis, ligulato-oblongis, abrupte acutis, raargine 

 vix undulatis, lateralibus falcatis paulo brevioribus; petalis 

 anguste ovato-oblongis, acutis, margine satis undulatis, sepalo 

 dorsali satis latioribus; labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus 

 circiter aequilongo, basi stipitato, ambitu late obcordato, pro- 

 funde trilobato, utrinque laevi, lobis lateralibus late trianffu- 

 laribus, acutis, columnam omnino amplectentibus, lobo termi- 

 nali breviter lateque unguiculato, abrupte valde dilatato, late 

 rotundato-reniformi, apice non emarginato, margine undulato- 

 crispulo et distincte fimbriate -denticulate disco tenuiter sul- 

 cato; columna crassiuscula, claviformi, leviter incurva. 



Cattleya Wliitei Mekhb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. X VI IF. 

 586 (1882); Flor. and Pom. 1882. p. 140; L'Orchidoph. 

 1882—83. p 473, 1888. p. 375; Orch. Alb. III. tab. 115; 

 Gartenfl. XXXIII. 197. tab. 1159 (1884); Veitch. Man. Orch. 

 PI II. 87; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 802 (1889), in 

 Orch. Rev. VII. 292; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 

 p. 194; Gard. Mag. 1899. p. 532 am ic. ; Kew Bull, Addit. 

 Ser. IV. 90; Bol. Mag. tab. 7727. 



Cattleya labiata var. Whitei Stein, Orchideenb. 131 



(1892) . 



Mant 



Le Jardin, 1897. p. 224; Sem. Hort. 1897. p. 258; Journ. 

 Soc. Nat. Hort. Fr. 1898. p. 282; Chron. Orch. n. 7. p. 53. 



Pseudobulbi erecti vel ascendentes, stricti vel paulo arcuati, in feme 

 longe attenuati, profnndiuscule plurisulcati , laete virides et dilute fusci, 

 8—15 cm. longi, superne 172—2 cm. crassi. Folia rigida, plus minusve 

 concava, margine leviter recurva, supra nitida et saturate viridia, subtus 

 plus minusve fuscescentia, 10 — 11 cm. longa, 5—6 cm. lata, nervo mediano 

 supra profundiuscule canaliculato , subtus satis prominente , nervis 

 lateralibus indistinctis. Pedunculus communis erectus, teretiuseulus, 

 strictus, laete viridis, 6—7 cm. longus; spathae basilares submembrana- 

 ceae, anguste oblongae, lateraliter leviter compressae, pallide rubrae, 4 ad 

 5 cm. longae. Pedicelli erecto-patuli, robusti, teretiusouli, leviter arcuati, 

 flavo-virides , cum ovario 4—5 cm. longi, Buacteae minutae, adpressae, 

 late triangulares, acutae, albesceutes. Flobes patuli , segmentis patentis- 

 simis, apice recurvis. Sepala rigidiuscula, convexa, inferne longe attenuata, 

 intense rosea et dilute viridi-olivacea praecipue extus et ad apicem, circiter 

 2 cm. lata, dorsale 8 cm. longum, lateralia 7 cm. longa. Petala carno- 

 snla, snbfalcata, inferne breviuscnle attenuata, intense purpureo-violacea, 

 basi dilute albida, 8 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata. Labeli.um rigidiuscnlum, 

 superne satis recurvum, 6 — 7 cm. longum; lobi laterales margine inte- 

 errimi, inferne pallide rosei, apice intense roseo-purpurei; lobus termi- 

 nalis leviter concavns vel subplanns, 2 1 /* cm. longus, 3 l /»— 4 cm. latus, 

 intense purpureo-violaceus et atropurpureo veuosus, margine pallido, disco 

 fauce flavo-aurantiaco et purpureo-striato. Columna semiteres, margine 

 subalata, albida et dilute rosea. Capsula perfecta ignota. — An hybrida 

 naturalis inter Cattleya labiata Ldl. et C. Schilleriana Rchb. f.? 





Formae horteuses praecipuae sunt: . 



Cattleya Whitei „Wigans variety 1 ' Hort.; Gard. Chron. ser. 3 

 XXVI. 156 (1899); The Garden, 1899. II. 149. 



? Cattleya Russeliana var. major et var. sulphurea Mantin ; Rev 

 Hort. 1897. p. 385 ; Chron. Orch. n. 7. p. 55. 



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Habitat in prov. Bahia: White. 



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2. lntermediae Cogn. — „Gronp of Cattleya inter- 

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



Labelli lobus terminalis parvus, sessilis vel subsessilis. 

 Species 22—30. 



I. Petala sepalo dorsali multolatiora 

 labelli lobus terminalis margine crispus. — 



Folia obtusa; 



Species 22-23. 



22. CATTLEYA VIOL ACE A Rolfe: pseudobulbis 

 pluribus, longiusculis, clavatis, pluriarticulatis, apice diphyllis; 

 foliis patentissimis, crasse coriaceis, ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, 

 apice subrotundatis et saepius leviter emarginatis; pedunculo 

 communi terminali, robusto, superne 3— 5-floro, foliis saepius 

 multo longiore, basi spatha majuscula anguste oblonga apice 

 oblique truncata obtusaque incluso; floribus majusculis, lon- 

 giuscule pedicellatis ; sepalis carnosulis, oblongo- lanceolate, 

 acutis, margine non undulatis, lateralibus vix latioribus sub- 

 falcatis; petalis late oblongo-subrhombeis, acutis vel obtusius- 

 culis, margine leviter undulatis, sepalo dorsali satis latioribus; 

 labello carnoso, sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo , ambitu 

 elliptico-ovato, basi subtruncato et brevissime lateque ungui- 

 culato, profunde trilobato, lobis lateralibus triangularibus, 

 acutis vel acutiusculis, columnam omnino involventibus , lobo 

 terminali sessili, transverse oblongo-subrotundato, apice trun- 



