227 



ORCHID ACEAE : CATTLEYA. 



228 



(1843), in Bot. Zeit. I. 831 (1843); Beer, PraU. Stud. Orch. 



215; Stein, Orchideenb. 138. 



? Cattleya fulva Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orch. 210 (1854), 



Beitr. Morph. u. Biol. Orch. tab. 10. fig. 4 et 6. 



Cattleya isopetala Beer! PraU. Stud. Orch. 211 (1854), 

 Beitr. Morph. n. Biol. Orch. tab. 11. fig. 13 et 15. 



Epidendrum Forbesii Beichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 

 316 (1861), Xenia Orch. II. 31 et 36 (1862); Warm. Symb. 

 Ft. Bras. Centr. part XXIX. 843. 



Pskopobui.bi erecti vel ascendentes , recti vel satis arcnati, paulo 

 compressi, inferne leviter attenuati, pallide virides, primum laeves et 

 vagiuis pluribus membranaceis arete adpressis canescentibus tenuiter 

 multistriatis apice oblique truncatis acutisque 4 — 6 cm. longis vestiti, 

 demum denudati et profunde plurisuleati, 20—35 cm. longi, snperne 

 circiter 1 cm. crassi. Folia rigida, subplana, supra nilida et saturate 

 viridia subtus paulo pallidiora, 8—13 cm. longa, 3—5 cm. lata, nervo 

 mediano supra profundiuscule impresso, subtus satis prominente, nervulis 

 lateralibus numerosis, tenuissimis. Pedunculus commuuis erectus, strictus 

 vel paulo flexuosus, leviter compressus, intense viridis, 5 — 13 cm. longus; 

 spatha basilaris rigidiuscula, lateraliter valde compressa, dorso acute 

 carinata, tenuiter multistriata, pallide viridis vel albo-fuscescens, 3 — 5 cm. 

 longa. Peiucelm erecto-patuli, satis graciles, recti vel paulo flexuosi, 

 teretiusculi, intense virides, cum ovario 3 — 5 cm. longi. Bracteae patulae, 

 coriaceae, concavae, triangulari-ovatae, acutae, virides, 2—3 mm. longae. 

 Fi.oues retlexi, segmentis patentissiinis, superne paulo reflexis. Sepala 

 rigidiuscula, inferne leviter attenuata, tenuiter multinervulosa, viridi- 

 flavescentia vel flavo-olivaeea, 12 — 14 mm. lata, dorsale 5 — 572 cm. longum, 

 lateralia 4—472 cm. longa. Petai.a submembranacea , falcato - deflexa, 

 inferne lunge attenuata, tenuiter plurinervulosa nervulis exterioribus 

 satis ramosis, viridi-flavescentia vel flavo-olivacea, 4 1 /* — 5 cm. longa, 11 ad 

 14 mm. lata. Labem.um rigidiusculum, superne leviter recurvum, 3'/2 ad 

 4 cm. longum et fere totidem latum, lobis lateralibus extus albis intus 

 albidis vel luteis et transverse purpureo -striatis, lobo terminali patulo, 

 12 — 14 mm. lato, flavo et rubro-venoso margine albo. Columxa semi- 

 cylindrica, antice concava, inferne paulo attenuata, flavo-albescens et inferne 

 purpureo-striata, 278—3 cm. longa. Capsula sepalis petalisque marces- 

 centibus corouata, fusiformi-ovoidea, basi apiceque leviter attenuata, 

 obscure trigona, crasse 9-costata, demum fuscescens, 5—7 cm. longa, 

 2'/l — 3 cm. crassa. 



Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Luschnath, Crabbe et Deyrolle; 

 in rupibus et in arboribus prope urbem Rio de Janeiro: Forbes, Lund, 

 Gardner n. 128, Burchell n. 1058—2; ad Lagoa das Freitas prope 

 Botafugo: Burchell n. 999 ; ad Capocabana: Riedel n. 5; in rupibus ad 

 marginem Lagoae de Fractes: Beyrich; in rupibus et in arboribus ad 

 Jacarepagua: Glaziou ft. 4214; in prov. S. Paulo et Rio de Janeiro: 

 Weir. n. 12; in prov. S. Paulo ad Serra do Mar: Edwall; in prov. 

 Minas Geraes: St-Hilaire ser. C l . n. 4. — Floret Julio- OctobrL 



29. CATTLEYA ISABELLA Reichb. f. pseudobulbis 

 brevibus, validissimis , apice diphyllis; foliis crassissimis, 

 coriaceis, subrotundatis ; floribus mediocribus; sepalis carno- 

 sulis, dorsali oblongo-lanceolato, lateralibus subaequalibus, 

 falcatis, apicem versus latioribus; labello brevissime ungui- 

 culato, basi cordato, laciniis lateralibus obtusis, antice obtus- 

 angulo falcatis, apice lobulatis, lacinia media brevissime un- 

 guiculata, ceterum pentagona emarginata denticulata lobulato- 

 crispula, venis longitudinalibus incrassatis, areis finitimis 

 incrassato circumscriptis ; columna baseos lateribus alato mar- 

 ginata, basi laevi. 



Wochen 



schr. j. Gcirtn. 1859. p. 336, in Gard. Chron. new ser. XXIV. 

 456 (1885); Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 648. 



Wall 



318 (1861), Xenia Orch. II. 33 (1862). 



? Cattleya Krameriana Beichb. f. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 

 IV. 323 (1888) ; L'Orchidoph. 1889. p. 71; Rolfe in Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3. V. 648, in Orch. Rev. I. 2; Williams, Orch. 

 Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 169; The Garden, 1899. II. 479. 



Pseudobulbi . . . Foua . . . Pedunculus . . . Flos magnitudiue 

 illius Cattleyae Forbesii, isabellinus, lacinia labelli media et limbi 

 laciniarum lateralium purpurei. Planta mirabilis, quasi Cattleya Forbesii, 

 labelli lacinia media ac laciniarum lateralium apicibus Cattleyae inter- 

 mediae; columna etiam more Cattleyae Forbesii antice basi laevis. — 

 Species inihi hand visa; descr. ex Keichb. f. loc. cit. An bybrida naturalis 

 inter C. Forbesii Lindl. et C. intermedia Grah. ? 



Habitat in Brasilia loco accurato haud indicato: Hort. Booth. 



III. Petala sepalo dorsali angustiora. Folia acuta 



labelli lobus terminalis margine planus. 



Species 30. 



30. CATTLEYA DORMANIANA Reichb. f. pseudo- 

 bulbis pluribus, longiusculis, cylindraceis, gracilibus, basi 

 leviter incrassatis, pluriarticulatis, apice diphyllis vel interdum 

 triphyllis; foliis patentissimis, crasse coriaceis, oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis, acutis ; pedunculo communi terminali, gracili, superne 

 1 — 3-floro, foliis aequilongo vel breviore, basi spatha majus- 

 cula lineari-ligulata apice oblique truncata acutaque incluso; 

 floribus mediocribus, breviuscule pedicellatis; sepalis car- 

 nosulis, lanceolato-ligulatis, acutis, margine non undulatis, 

 lateralibus satis brevioribus subfalcatis; petalis ligulatis, 

 acutiusculis , margine leviter undulatis, sepalo dorsali paulo 

 angustioribus ; labello carnoso, sepalis lateralibus sublongiore, 

 ambitu quadrato- subrotundato, brevissime angusteque un- 

 guiculato, basi subcordato, utrinque laevi et subtiliter velu- 

 tino, profundiuscule trilobato, lobis lateralibus amplis, late 

 semiovatis, obtusis, columnam totam involventibus , lobo 

 termiuali sessili, transverse oblongo subquadrato, apice late 

 subtruncato et minute apiculato, margine integerrimo non 

 crispo, disco graciliter pluricostato ; columna crassiuscula, 

 claviformi, satis incurva, clinandrio postice longiuscule pro- 

 ducto et minute pluridenticulato. 



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

 ser. XVII. 216 (1882); L'Orchidoph. 1882. p. 270; Rolfe in 

 Orch. Rev. III. 267; Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. IV. 81. 



Laelia Dormaniana Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. 

 XIII. 168 (1880); L'Orchidoph. 1883. p. 382, 1889. p. 116; 

 Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 65; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 

 edit. 6. p. 356, edit. 7. p. 435; Orch. Alb. IX. tab. 401; Stein, 

 Orchideenb. 292; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 797; Autr. et Bur. 

 Hort. Boiss. 307; Journ. des Orch. VII. 278; The Garden, 

 1899. II. 360; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 227. 



Laelio- Cattleya Dormaniana Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 

 3. VI. 79 (1889). 



Pseudobulbi erecti, stricti vel paulo flexuosi, paulo compressi, laete 

 virides et dilute fuscescentes , primum laeves et vaginis pluribus mem- 

 branaceis arete adpressis tenuiter multistriatis canescentibus apice oblique 

 truncatis et acutiusculis 3— 5 cm. longis vestiti, demum denudati et pluri- 

 suleati, 15—30 cm. longi, superne 5—7 mm. crassi. Folia rigida, margine 

 leviter revoluta, supra nitida et saturate viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 













