217 



OBCHIDACEAE: CATTLEYA. 



218 



cato vel tenter emarginato, margine crispulo, disco tenuiter 

 plaricostato ; coluinna crassiuscula, claviformi, paulo incurva. 



Tabula nostra L VII (habitus cum analyst). 



ser 



Man 



(1880). 



Cymbidium violaceum Kitnth! in Humb. el Botipl Nor. 

 Gen. et Spec. I. 341 (1815); Spreng. Syst. Veget III. 725; 

 Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 165. 



Cattleya superba Schomb.! ex Lindl. Sert. Orch. tab. 22 

 (1838), in Bat. Regist. XXV. Misc. 48 (1839), XXX. mb 

 tab. 5, in Hook. Lond. Joum. of Bot. II. 672 (nan Loddiyc*, 

 1819); Paxt. Mag. Bot. IX. p. 265 rum tab., p. 266 cum, ic; 

 Bot. Mag. tab. 4083; Hook. Cent. Orch. tab. 31; J. E. Planch, 

 in Fl. des Serves, IX. 177. tab. 926; Beer, Pralt. Stud. Fam. 

 Orch. 214. tab. B. Jig. 27; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 

 443; Warner, Sel. Orch. I. tab. 24; Du Buyss. V Orchid. :Ji; ; 

 Nichols. Did. Gard. I. 283; Veifch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 47; 

 Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VI. 95; Watson, Orch. 113. fig. ;>S; 

 Jonrn. des Orch. I. 243; Stein, Orchideenb. 137; Band in 

 Jonrn. des Orch. III. 14; Bois, Orch. 89; Williams, Orch. 



edit. 7. p. 187; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 831; he 

 M. Moore, Matto Grosso Exped. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 ser. 2. Bot. IV. 476; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. III. 167, IV. 195; 

 The Garden, 1898. II. 33. 



Cattleya Schomburgkii Lodd. ex Lindl. Sert. Orch. sub 

 tab. 22 (1838), in Paxt. Flow. Gard. I. 6. 



? Cattleya odoratissima P. N. Don in Florists Joum. 

 1840. p. 185. 



Epidendrum violaceum Reichb. f.l in Walp. Ann. Bot. 

 VI. 318 (1861). 



I 



Epidendrum superbum Reichb. f. ! Xenia Orch. II. 32 



(1862). 



Rhizoma repens, elongatum, robustuin, viride vel fuscescens, creber- 

 rime arficulatura, squarais numerosis brevibus membranaceis adpressis 

 late triangularibus acutis fuscescentibus vel pallidis dense vestitum, 

 radicibus numerosis, satis gracilibus, flexuosis, canescentibus. Pseupo- 

 bulbi erecti vel ascendeutes, stricti vel leviter arcuati, leviter compressi, 

 inferne longe attenuati, intense virides, primura laeves et vaginis plnribus 

 majuscnlis membranaceis arete adpressis apice oblique truncatis acutius- 

 culisque canescentibus vel fulvis vestiti, deniuro denudati et profundiuscule 

 multisulcati, 20—30 cm. longi, superne 1— 2 ! /i cm. crassi. Folm rigidn, 

 leviter copcava vel subplana, margiue leviter recurva, supra nitida et 

 saturate viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 8—12 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, 

 nervo mediano supra profunde caualiculato, subtus satis prominente, 

 nervis Jateralibus indistinctis. Pedcxculus communis erectus, ttrictus 

 vel paulo flexuosus, teretiuseulus, intense viridis, 12—25 cm. longus; 

 spatha basilaris subcoriacea, ligulato-oblonga, lateraliter valde compressa, 

 dorso carinata, tenuiter multistriata, canescenti-lutea , 5-7 cm. longa. 

 Pedicrlm patnli, satis graciles, teretiusculi, leviter arcaati vel paulo 

 flexuosi, laete virides, cum ovario 5 — 6 cm. longi. Bbacteae adpressae, 

 coriaceae, late triangulares, acutae, 4—6 mm. longae. Flobes patuli, 

 valde suaveolentes, segmentis patentissimis, apice paulo recurvis, intense 

 purpureis et dilute albidis. Sepala rigidiuscula, subplana, inferne leviter 

 attenuata, tenuiter multinervulosa, 5—6 cm. longa, dorsale 14—16 mm. 

 latam, lateralia 16 — 17 mm. lata. Pbtala submembranicea, panlo obliqua, 

 basi valde attenuata, 5—6 cm. longa, 21—23 mm. lata. Labeuum 

 rigidiusculum, superne valde recurvum, intense purpureo-violaceuni, 5 ad 

 5 l /a cm. longum, 3— 3 1 /* cm. latum, lobis lateralibus margiue integerrimis 

 vel leviter nndnlatis, lobo terminali piano vel leviter convexo , teuuiter 

 multinervuloso, 3— 3 l /t cm. lato, disco luteo et purpureo striato. Coujmna 

 trigona, antice leviter concava, alba, 2 1 /*— 3 cm. longa. Capsula columna 

 persistente coronata, elliptico-ovoidea, basi acutiuacula, apice breviter 



craaae rostrata, trigona, cratse 9-costata, fumtceai 

 3 l /t cm. crassa. 



Formae horten 



principuae funt : 



Cattleya superba var. alba Rolfc in Gard. Chron. ser. 3 VIII. 620 

 (1890); Joum. des Orch. II. 215 (1891); Bond in Joum des Orch. Ill 

 15; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 187 ; Orch. Rev. HI. 196, 

 IV. 195; Joum. of Hort. 1895. II 321 fig. 52; AmerU. Gard. 1898. 

 p. 880; Kew Bull. Addit ser. IV 89. 



Catthya superba var. Ahhwortfui Hort. ; Orch. Rev. Ill 217 (1695). 



Cattleya superba var. Bungcrotidi E. S. Rand in Joum. des 

 Orch. Ill 15 (1892); Stein. Orchideenb. 137. 



Cattleya superba rar. splendent Lemaire in IU. Hort. XVI 

 tab. 605 (1869); Gard. Chron 1S71. p. 1325; Du Buyss. L Orchid 248; 

 Orch. Alb. 1. tab. 33; Belg. Hort 1883. p. 339; LOrchidoph 1885. 

 p. 223; Reickenbachia , ser. 1. I. 71 tab. 32; Joum des Orch 1. 213 Stein, 

 Onhideenb. 137; Rand in Joum. des Orch. III. 15; Wt/ham, Orch. 

 Grow. Matt, edit 7. p. 187 ; L Lind Orch. Exot 632; O'Brien in Gard 

 Chron. ser 3. XXIV. 300, XX VI ft* 



Cattleya superba var. Wellsiana Hort ; Gard Mag 1894. p. 217 



■Habitat in pror Alto Amazonas supra at bores ad Man&os et propr 

 Jaruma: Martius n 3223 ; in rieinia Manaos frequent: Spruce n 1G60 ; 

 in arbor ibus ad S. Carlos: Spruce; propt Ser pa: Rand; secus flum Rio 

 Negro: G. Waif is; in arboribus prov Para: Herb. Mun. Paris., Rand; 

 in prow Matto Grosso prope Santa -Cruz et ad ripas flum. Brasinho: 

 Spencer Le M. Moore n. 568, 690. Etiam in Venezuela frequens secus 

 Jliim. Ortnoco, Rio Negro et Cassiquiare : Humboldt n. 919: ad ripa* 

 flum. Orinoco: Pur die ; in Guiana angliea : Sehamburgk n. 69 ( J. .human 

 n. 609, C. F. Appun n 760 et 2465; ad Pirara: Schomburgk n. 628; 

 ad flum. Rupununi: Jenman n. 5907. — Floret Octobri— Julio. 



23. CATTLEYA BHYMKKIANA Riiain. p. pseudo- 



bulbis pluribus, breviusculis, clavatis, pauciarticulatis , apice 



diphyllis; foliis patentibus, crasse coriaceis, oblongis, obtusis 



et interdum leviter emarginatis \ pedunculo communi terminali, 



robustiu8culo, 2— 5-floro, foliis saepius satis breviore, basi 



spatba majuscula ligulato-oblonga apice oblique truncata 



acutaque incluso; floribus majusculis, breviuscule pedicellatis; 



sepalis carnosulis, auguste ligulato-oblongis, apice obtusis 



apiculatisque, margine non undulatis, lateralibus aequilatis 



subfalcatis; petalis anguste ovatis, basi longe cuneatis, ob- 



tusiusculis, margine leviter undulatis, sepalo dorsali duplo- 



! latioribus; labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus aequilongo, 



ambitu late elliptico-ovato, basi subcordato, leviter trilobato, 



lobis lateralibus rotundatis, apice obtusissimis, margiue crenu- 



latis, columnam omnino involventibus, lobo terminali sessili, 



obcordato vel transverse oblongo- rotundato, apice profunde 



emarginato, margine crispulo et crenulato, disco laevi; columna 



crassiuscula, claviformi, paulo incurva. 



Cattleya Brymeriana Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new 



ser 



1885. p. 97, 1888. p. 373; Orch. Alb. IV. sub lab. 162 et 

 tab. 181; Veifch, Man. Orch. PL II. 86; Bolfe in Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3. V. 491 (1889), in Lindenia, VIII. 17. tab. 343, 

 in Orch. Rev. IV. 322; E. S. Rand in Joum. des Orch. III. 

 15; Stein, Orchideenb. 116; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XII. 396; 

 Bois, Orchid. 84; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 155; 

 Co(pi. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Caltl. hybr. tab. 1; TJie Garden, 

 1899. II. 479; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 81. 



Cattleya Randiana L. Lind. in Lindenia, V. 6 (1889). 



Psecdobulbi erecti vel asceudentes, leviter arcuati vel paulo flexoosi, 

 leviter comprcssi, basi valde attenuati, saturate virides, primum laeves et 



