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articulatis, apice diphyllis; foliis patulis, carnoso-coriaceis, 

 oblongis, apice obtusis et oblique emarginatis; pedunculo 

 communi terrainali, satis gracili, superne 3 — 5-floro, foliis 

 circiter aequilongo vel longiore, basi spatha breviuscula 

 oblocgo-spathulata apice oblique truncata obtusaque incluso; 

 floribus majusculis, breviuscule pedicellatis ; sepalis carnosulis*, 

 abrupte acutis, margine non vel vix undulatis, dorsali anguste 

 ligulato, lateralibus satis brevioribus, lanceolatis, deflexis, 

 subfalcatis; petalis aDguste lanceolatis, apice obtusiusculis 

 apiculatisque, margine leviter undulatis, sepalo dorsali circiter 

 aequilatis; labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus aequilougo, 

 ambitu late elliptico-ovato, brevissime angusteque unguiculato, 

 ba9i leviter cordato, profundiuscule trilobato, utrinque laevi, 

 lobis lateralibus late rotundatis, obtusissimis, antice crispulis, 

 columnara totam involventibus , lobo terminali satis parvo, 

 late subrotundato, apice plus minusve emarginato, margine 

 valde lobulato-crispo, disco pluricostato, costis latiuscule alatis; 

 columna crassa, claviformi, satis incurva. 



Tabula nostra LI (habitus cum analyst). 



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Cattleya intermedia Graham ! ex Hoolc. in Bot. Mag. 

 tab. 2851 (1828); Sweet. Hort. Brit. 1830 p. 490; Lindl 

 Gen. and Sp. Orch. 117 ; Van Geel, Sert. Bot. III. tab. 88; 

 Paxt. Mag. Bot. I. 151 cum tab. col; Maund, Botan. IV. 

 tab. 195; Reichb. Fl. Exot. I. tab. 64; Mutel, Mem. sur plus. 

 Orch. part I. 10. tab. 3. fig. 14; Gard. Chron. II. 18; Beer, 

 Prakt. Stud. Orch. 211; Du Buyss. UOrchid. 239; Nichols. 

 Diet. Gard. I. 282; L'Orchidoph. 1883. p. 405, 1888 p. 301; 

 Veitch Man. Orch. PI II. 39 cum tab.; III. Hort. XXXIV 

 92. cum ic; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V 648 (1889), 

 in Orch. Rev. II. 207, III. 226 et 267; Gartenfl. 1890. 

 tab. 1313; Watson, Orch. 103. fig. 26; Stein, Orchideenb. 122; 

 Bois, Orch. 86; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 140. fig. 119; Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 168; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 627 ; 

 Autr. et Bur. Hort. Boiss. 304; Rev. Hort. 1896. p. 404. 

 fig. 141; Cogn. Did. Ic. Orch., Cattl. tab. 8; Sem. Hort. 

 1897. p. 229. 



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Cattleya ovata Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XXII. tab. 1919 

 (1836). 



Cattleya maritima Lindl. in Bot. Beg. XXII. sub 



tab. 1919 (1836), XXX. sub tab. 5; Beer, Prakt. Stud. 

 Orch. 212. 



Cattleya Loddigesii var. intermedia Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 

 XXX. sub tab. 5 (1844); Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 446. 



Cattleya amethystina Ch. Morren in Ann. de Gand, IV. 

 217. tab. 201 (1848); Otto et Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. XVI. 334 

 (1848); Ch. Lem. in Jard. Fleiir. IV. tab. 379; Beer, Prakt. 

 Stud. Orch 208, Beitr. Morph. u Biol. Orch. tab. 3. fig. 18, 

 tab. 11. fig. 10 et 14; Rev. Hort. 1883. p. 564. 



? Cattleya ianthina Hort.; Gard. Chron. 1853. p. 247 

 (nomen). 



Cattleya Loddigesii var. amethystina Ch. Lem. in Jard. 

 Fleur. IV. sub tab. 379 (1853). 



Epidendrum intermedium Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. 

 VI. 318 (1861), Xenia Orch. II. 34 (1862). 



Cattleya amabilis Lindl. ex Du Buyss. L Orchid. 232 



(1878). 



Rhizoma repens, elongatum , robustiusculum , plus miuusve tor- 

 tuosum, fuscescens, creberrime articulatum , squarais numerosis brevibus 

 amplexicaulibns adpressis late ovatis obtusisque vestitum , radicibus 

 numerosis, gracilibns, elongatis, tortuosis, canescentibus. Pseudobulbi 

 erecti vel ascendentes, stricti vel satis flexuosi, paulo compressi, inferne 

 saepius leviter attenuati, inteuse virides, priraura laeves et vaginis pluribus 

 submembranaceis arete adpressis apice oblique truncatis et abrupte acntius- 

 cnlis canescentibus 3—5 cm. longis vestiti, demum denudati et profundius- 

 cule plurisulcati, 2—4 dm. longi, superne circiter 1 cm. crassi. Foma 

 rigida, leviter concava vel subplana, supra nitida et saturate viridia, 

 subtus paulo pallidiora, 12 — 15 cm. longa, 3—6 cm. lata, nervo mediano 

 supra profundiuscule canalicular, subtus satis prominente, nervulis late- 

 ralibus paulo distinctis. Pedunculus communis erectus, strictus vel paulo 

 flexuosus, teretiusculus, intense viridis, 12—20 cm. longus ; spatha basi- 

 laris subseariosa, lateraliter satis compressa, dorso carinata, subtiliter 

 multistriata, pallide viridis vel fnlva, 4—6 cm. longa. Pedicklu erecto- 

 patuli, satis graciles, recti vel paulo flexuosi, laete virides vel albescentes, 

 cum ovario 4— 6 cm. longi. Bracteae patulae, crasse coriaceae, concavae, 

 triangulares, acutae, virides, 2—4 mm. longae. Flores patuli, segmentis 

 patentissimis, superne leviter recur vis. Sepal a rigidiuscula, interne vix 

 attennata, tenuiter reticulato-multinervulosa, saepius pallide rosea, dorsale 

 5 x /2 — 6^2 cm. longum et 12 — 15 mm. latum, lateralia 4 — 5 cm. longa et 

 14 — 17 mm. lata. Petala submembranacea, falcato-deflexa ; inferne satis 

 attenuata, tenuiter multiuervulosa nervulis lateralibus satis ramosis, pallide 

 rosea, 5—6 cm. longa, 12 — 15 mm. lata. Labellum rigidiusculum, superne 

 valde recurvnm, 4 — 5 cm. longum, 3—4 cm. latum, lobis lateralibus albis 

 et dilute roseis, lobo terminali plus minusve patulo, intense roseo-purpureo 

 et venis purpureo-violaceis ornato, disco albido costis purpureo-violaceis. 

 Columna obtuse trigona, inferne satis attenuata, antice concava, albida 

 et dilute purpureo-violacea, 3 — 3 l /2 cm. longa. Capsula sepalis petalisque 

 marcescentibus corouata, ovoidea, basi paulo attennata, apice vix rostrata, 

 obtuse trigona, latiuscule 6-alata, viridi -fuscescens, 5— 5 l /2 cm. longa, 

 2 ! /2— 3 cm. crassa. 



Var. p. macrochila Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Sp. Orch. Nov. I. 

 71 (1877). 



Labellum amplum, lobis lateralibus margine undulatis, apice bi- 

 lobulatis, lobo terminali undulatissimo, atropurpureo, apice emarginato. 



Var. y. Aquinii Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXVII. 

 83. fig. 25 (1900), in Orch. Rev. VIII 73. fig. 9 (1900). 



Cattleya Aquinii Barb. Rodr. PI. Nov. Cult. Jard. Bot. 

 Rio I. 23. tab. 4. fig. C (1891); Joum. des Orch. IV. 144 

 (1893); Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 310, II. 207. 



Peloria. Petala sepalo dorsali duplo latiora, margine undulata 

 et recurva, subpanduriformia vel leviter trilobata, lobo medio purpureo 

 emarginato. 



Formae hortenses numerosae; principales sunt: 

 Var. Candida splendida Hort.; Gartenfl. 1890. p. 1. tab. 1313; 

 Kew Bull, Addit Ser. IV. 83. 



Var. coerulea Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXVIII. 81 (1900); 

 Monit. d'Hort. 1900. p. 266. 



Var. conuolor Hort.; Orch. Rev. III. 130 (1895). 



Var. Fowleri Hort. ; The Garden, 1898. I. 417 ; Sem. Hort. 1893. 

 p. 264; Chron. Orch. n. 18 p. 142. — C. intermedia „Fowlers variety" Hort.; 

 Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXIII. 302 (1898), XXVII. 239; Orch. Rev. VI. 185; 

 The Garden, WOO. I. 299; Joum. of Hort. XL. 329. fig. 88 (1900). 



Var. Gibkziae L. Lind. et Rodig. in Lindenia, III. 77 in adnot. 

 (1887); Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit 7. p. 168; Kew Bull., Addit. 

 ser. IV. 83. — Cattleya Gibeziae L. Lind. et Rodig. in Lindenia, III. 

 77. tab. 133 (1887). 



Var. pallida Lindl. in Bot. Regist. tab. 1919 (1836); Drapiez, 

 Encyclogr. IV. dec. 1836 (Bot. Reg.), fig. 8; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orch. 

 212; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 648. 



Var. Pakthenia Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. IV. 178 (1888); 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 648 (var. Partheniana) et p. 743; 



Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 168; Cogn. Diet. Ic. Orch., Cattl. 



tab. 8 A. — Var. alba Hort. ex Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 



p. 168 (1894); Americ. Gard. 1898. p. 880. 



Var. picturata Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 198 (1S93) ; Kew Bull. 

 1894. App. II. 32, Addit. Ser. IV. 83. 



