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Psecdobct.bi erecti, stricti vel paulo arcuati, pauciarticulati, intense 

 virides, primum vaginis 2-3 merabranaceis arcte adpressis laevibus flaves- 

 centibus apiee oblique truncatis et acutiusculis 3—6 cm. longis vestiti, 

 demum deniulati, 15-20 era. longi, superne lVt— 2*/i era. crassi. Folia 

 rigidissima, plana vel plus rainusve concava, niargine saepius leviter 

 revoluta, supra intense viridia et nitida, snbtus paulo pallidiora, 18 ad 

 20 era. longa, 4—5 era. lata, nervo mediauo supra profnnde canalieulato, 

 subtus satis prorainente, nervulis lateralibus paulo distinctis. pEDUKCULUB 

 communis ereetus, strictus vel paulo flexuosus, teretinscnlus, laete viridis, 



6 — 10 cm. lougus; spatiia basilaris subcoriacea, lateraliter valde coni- 

 pressa, dorso carinata, flavo-viridis, 4 — 7 era. longa. PBDICELLl robustius- 

 culi, erecto-patuli, teretiusculi , leviter arcuati vel paulo flexuosi, laete 

 virides, cum ovario 5—8 cm. longi. Bracteae erecto - patulae , crasse 

 eoriaceae, satis concavae , late triangulares, acutae, 3—4 rara. longae. 

 Fi.ores patuli, odorati, segnientis patentissimis, superne paulo recur vis, 

 saepius pallide roseis vel roseo - lilaeinis. Sepala rigidiuseula, inferne 

 longe attenuata, tenuiter raultinervulosa, 16—18 rara. lata, dorsale 6 1 /* ad 



7 era. longuin, lateralia 5V2-6 em. longa. Petai.a subraeinbranaeea, 

 paulo obliqua, inferne plus rainusve attenuata , tenuiter raultinervulosa, 

 nervulis exterioribus valde reticulato-raiuosis, 6 ! /2 — 7 em. longa, 4 — 5 em. 

 lata. Labki.lum rigidiuseulura , superne paulo reeurvura, tenuissime 

 reticulata -niultinervulosum, 6*/« — 7 era. longuin , 4*/2 — 57a era. latum, 

 inferne saepius roseo-lilacinum , antiee intense purpureum, fauce luteo et 

 aurautiaeo striato. Column a trigona, inferne leviter attenuata, antiee 

 canalieulata, albo-viridis, 2 x \i — 3 cm. longa. Capsula perfecta iguota. 



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Formae bortenses satis numerosae; prineipales sunt: 



Cattleya Eldorado var. chocata Rand in Journ. des Orch. III. 

 17 (1802). — Cattleya labiata var. crocata Reichb. f. in Flora, 18S2. 

 p. 584, in Gard. Chron. ntw ser. XXIII. 520 (1885), XXVI. 360; 

 L'Orchidoph. 1885. p. 97, 1888. p. 189; Veitch , Man. Orch. PL II. 17; 

 Reichenbachia , ser. 1. II. 99. tab. 93 ; Stein, Orchidecnb. 130; Kciu Bull., 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 84. 



— var. „Gi.ebei.axds" Hort.; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXV. 403 

 (1899); The Garden, 1899. I. 435. 



— var. Lixdeni Hort; Lindenia, IX. 53. tab. 409 fig. sin. (1894); 

 L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 626; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 82. 



~ var. orxata Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. neio ser. XX. 526 

 (1883); Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 17; Stein, Orchideenb. 130; Journ. 

 des Orch. III. 17, V. 198; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 162; 

 Km Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 82. 



— var. Owexi Hort.; Journ. des Orch. IV. 245 (1S93) ; Lindenia, 

 IX. 53. tab. 409 fig. dextr. (1894); L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 625; Kew 

 Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 82. 



— var. splexdexs Linden in III. Hort. XVII. 36. tab. 7 (1870); 

 Gard. Chron. 1871. p. 1323; Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 236; Rand in Gard. 

 Chron. new ser. XXIII. 760 (1885), in L'Orchidoph. 1885. p. 226, in 

 Journ. des Orch. III. 17; Veitch, Man Orch. PI. II. 17; Orch. Alb. 

 VII. tab. 310; Stein, Orchideenb. 130; Williams, Orch. Groiv. Man. 

 edit. 7. p. 162. 



— var. Tueyekaxae L. Linden in Lindenia, IX. 39, tab. 402 

 (1892), Orch. Exot. 625; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 82. 



— var. Wallisii Rand in Journ. des Orch. III. 17 (1892). — 

 Cattleya Wallisii Linden in Belg. Hort XV. 102 (1865); Reichb. f. in 

 Gard. Chron. neiv ser. XVII. 557 (1882); Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 249; 

 Fl. a>id Pom. 1882. p. 75; L'Orchidoph. 1883. p. 315. — Cattleya virginalis 

 Linden et Andre in 111. Hort. XXIII. 161. tab. 257 (1876); Gard. Chron. 

 new ser. IX. 42 (1878); Lindenia, III. 13. tab. 101 ; Kew Bull, Addit. 

 Ser. IV. 90. — Cattleya Eldorado var. virginalis Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 

 236 (1878); Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 17; Orch. Alb. IX. tab. 388; 



Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 162; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 625; 

 Orch. Rev. IV. 260, VI. 357; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 82. — Cattleya 

 Eldorado var. alba Rand in Gard. Chron. nao ser. XXIII. 760 (1885); 

 L'Orchidoph. 1885. p. 226; Stein, Orchideenb. 130; Orch. Rev. VI. 316; 

 Americ. Gard. 1898. p. 880. 



Cattleya Wallisii var. rosea Linden in Gard. Chron. 1868. p. 898. — 

 Cattleya crocata var. rosea Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XXII. 

 745 (1884), — Cattleya virginalis var. rosea Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 

 edit. 6. p. 207 (1885). — Cattleya Eldorado var. virginalis rosea Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 162. 



Habitat in prov. Alto Amazonas supra arbores prope Mandos: 

 Hadwin, G. Wallis; secus flum. Rio Negro: Rand; ad ripas Jlum. Rio 

 Urubu: Barbosa Rodrigues. — Floret Junio— Julio. 



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33. CATTLEYA LAWRENCEANA Reichb. f. pseudo- 

 bulbis pluribus, breviusculis, fusiformi-clavatis, satis com- 

 pressis, robustis, apice monophyllis; folio majusculo, crasse 

 coriaceo, anguste oblongo, obtuso; peduncuio communi teimi- 

 nali, robusto, superne plurifloro, foliis breviore, basi spatha 

 majuscula ligulata apice oblique truncata obtusaque incluso; 

 floribus majusculis, breviuscale pedicellatis; sepalis carnosulis, 

 subaequilongis, lineari-oblongis, obtusiuscuiis, margine satis 

 undulatis, lateralibus subfalcatis; petalis late elliptico-oblongis, 

 obtusis, margine lobulatis et undulato-crispis , sepalo dorsali 

 aequilongis et duplo latioribus; labello carnosulo, sepalis 

 lateralibus subaequilongo, indiviso, late oblongo, brevissime 

 unguiculato, basi rotundato, inferne in tubum elongatum 



parvo 



subcurvum anguste cylindraceum convoluto, limbo 

 explanato orbiculari bifldo, marginibus revolutis denticulatis 

 ciispulis, disco laevi; columna claviformi, paulo incurva. 



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

 ser. XXIII. 338 et 374-375. fig. 68 et 69 (1885), XXV. 

 394; Rev. Hort. Belg. XII. 156. tab. 13 (1886); Lindenia, I. 

 98. tab. 44; Reichenbachia, ser. 1. I. 27. tab. 12 ; L'Orchidoph. 

 1885. p. 203, 1886. p. 212, 1888. p. 303; Journ. of Hort. 

 XII. 295. fig. 52; E. F. Im Thiirn in Gard. Chron. netv 

 ser. XXIV. 168, in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. ser. 2. Bot. II. 

 249 et 282; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 40; Rolfe in Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3. V. 744, in Orch. Rev. III. 268; Hook. f. in 

 Bot. Mag. tab. 7133; Watson, Orch. 105; Stein, Orchideenb. 

 132 ; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 171; L. Lind. 

 Orch. Exot. 628; Orch. Alb. VIII. tab. 342; Journ. des 

 Orch. VI. 262; Autr. et Bur. Hort. Boiss. 305; Kew Bull, 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 85. 



Cattleya pumila Schomb. (non Hook.) Trav. in Brit. 

 Guian. III. 1068 (1848). 



Rhizoma robustura. Pseudobut.bi erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel 

 paulo arcuati, saturate virides, basi longe apiee breviter attenuati, pauci- 

 articulati, priraura laeves et vaginis 2 — 3 majusculis tenuiter membrana- 

 ceis arete adpressis canescentibus vel dilute purpureis apice oblique 

 truncatis et acutiusculis vestiti, demum denudati et profundinscule 7 ad 

 8-suleati, 10—15 cm. longi, 2 — 2 x /2 cm. crassi. Folia rigida, saepius 

 erecta, subplana, margine leviter revoluta, supra saturate viridia et nitida, 

 subtus paulo pallidiora, 15—22 cm. longa, 4—6 cm. lata, nervo mediauo 

 supra profnndiuscule canalieulato, subtus satis prominente, nervulis 

 lateralibus indistinetis. Peuunci t lus communis ereetus, strictus vel leviter 

 tiexuosus, teretiusculus, pallide viridis vel albido-purpureus, 10 — 15 em. 

 longus; spatha basilaris coriacea, lateraliter valde compressa, fusceseens 

 vel dilute purpurea, 6—8 era. longa. Pedicei.li robustiuseuli, patuli, 

 teretiusculi, plus rainusve arcuati, pallide virides vel albido-purpurei, cum 

 ovario 5—6 cm. longi. Floues patuli, saepius laete rosei vel roseo-lilacini, 

 segnientis patentissimis, superne satis recurvis. Sepala inferne leviter 

 attenuata, margine paulo revoluta, 6—7 cm. longa, 14 — 18 ram. lata. 

 Petai.a submerabranacea, satis obliqua, basi breviter attenuata, 6 — 7 cm. 

 longa, 3 — 3 1 /* cm. lata. Labeu,um rigidiuseulura, apice leviter reeurvura, 

 b l li— 67a cm. longuin, tubo saepius roseo, limbo intense roseo -purpureo 

 vel atro- purpureo, fauce luteo. Columna breviuscula, trigona, antiee 

 canalieulata, inferne leviter attenuata, alba. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Formae bortenses prineipales sunt: 



Var. atrorubkxs Hort. ; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XVII. 622 (1S95) ; 

 Journ. des Orch. VI. 110; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 85. 



Var. concolor Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XXV. 585 



(1886); Stein, Orchideenb. 132; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 



p. 171; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XVII. 468; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 

 IV. 85. 



Var. delicata Stein, Orchideenb. 132 (1892). 



