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ORCniDACEAE: CATTLE YA-LEPTOTES. 



254 



Var. oculata Veitch, Man. Orch. PL II. 41 (1887) • Stein 

 Orchideenb. 132; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 85. ' ' 



Var. rosea-superba Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 41 (18S7); Journ 

 of Hort. XV. 451. fig. 55 (1887); Stein, Orcliidcenb. 132' Kew Bull 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 85. 



Var. Vinckei Hort; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XVII. 468 (1895); 

 Journ. des Orch. VI. 61; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 85. 



Habitat in Guiana anglica supra arbores ad mont. Roraima: 

 Schomburgk, Seidl ; in arboribus ad mont. Roraima et Kookenaam seem 

 flum. Kookenaam : E. F. im Thum. n. 80. In Brasilia septentrional i 

 forsan adhuc invenienda. — Floret Decembri—Januario. 



34 CATTLEYA LUTEOLA Lixdl. pseudobulbis 

 parvis, aggregatis , ovoideis vel oblongis, leviter compressis, 

 apice monophyllis; folio parvo, crasse carnoso-coriaceo, 

 elliptico-oblongo, apice obtuso et saepius oblique eniarginato; 

 pedunculo communi terminali, robustiusculo, superne 2— 5-floro, 

 foliis multo breviore, basi spatha majuscula oblongo-lanceolata 



- 



acuta incluso; floribus parvis, breviuscule pedicellatis; sepalis 

 carnosulis, lanceolatis, acutis, margine non undulatis, late- 

 ralibus paulo brevioribus subfalcatis; petalis anguste oblongis, 

 obtusiusculis, sepalo dorsali aequilatis et vix brevioribus; 

 labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus aequilongo, indiviso vel 

 obscure trilobato, suborbiculari, vix unguiculato, inferne 



longiuscule convoluto, limbo parvo 



planato, rotundato, 



margine undulato-crenulato, disco laevi subtiliter velutino; 

 columna breviuscula, claviformi, paulo incurva. 



Cattleya luteola Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1853. p. 774; 

 Beichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 209. tab. 83; Hook, in Bot. Mag. 

 tab. 5032; Du Buyss. VOrchid. 241 (excl. syn.); Fl. des 

 Serres, XXIII. 313. tab. 2479; Band in Gard. Chron. new 

 ser. XXIII. 760 (1885), in L Orchidoph. 1885. p. 224, in 

 Journ. des Orch. III. 15; Veitch, Man. Orch. PL II. 43; 

 V Orchidoph. 1888. p. 339; Bolfe in Gard. Chron. ur. 3. V. 

 746, in Orch. Bev. III. 269; Stein, Orchideenb. 133; William, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 172; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 628; 

 Autr. et Bur. Hort. Boiss. 305; Ann. Bep. Missouri Bot. 



Gard. VII. 123 cum ic. 



Cattleya Meyeri Begel in Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1855. 



Linnaea 



369 (1856). 



Meyer ex Begel 



in adnot. 



Cattleya flavida Klotzsch in Otto et Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. 



XXIV. 73 (1859). 



Cattleya Holfordi Hort. ex Beichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 

 209, in text. (1856); Sem. Hort. 1898. p. 185; The Garden, 



1898. II. 467. 



Cattleya epidendroides Hort., C. UrselU Hort., C. „sahnon 



colour" Hort. et Epidendrum Cattleyae Hort. ex Beichb. f. 



Xenia I. 209 (1856). 



Epidendrum luteolum Beichb. f. in Waif. Ann. Bot. VI. 



313 (1861), Xenia Orch. II. 28 (1862). 



Cattleya mtyhurea Hort.; Gard. Chron. new ser. XXIV. 



10 (1885). 



Rrizoma repens, breve, satis gracile, ramosum , tortuosnm, crehro 

 articulatum, ramcibus breviusculis, gracilibus, albo-viridibuR, sati* flexuosis. 

 Pseudobulbi erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel paulo arcuati, basi apiceqne 



Orchid. II. 



ittenuati, had uniartfaaUU, 1*4* x des, primum laevea t\ va*in* unica 

 menibrauaeea arete idpr.-* pallida apice oblique truncate veatit lem um 

 denudati el paucUuhati, 3-7 cm. Jongi, 1— V % cm. craaai. Folia rigida, 

 erecta vel erecto-patula, plana vel paulo concave, margine leviter reroluta, 

 supra intense viridia el nitida, aubtus paulo pallidiora, 5—10 cm. longa, 

 2— 2 ! /t cm. lata, ne » mediauo tupra piofundiuscule impreseo, subtns 

 satis prominente, nerrulis lateralibus indistinctis. Pgnrxci i I I communis 

 erectus vel obliquus, rectus, teretiuscatus, pallide > iridin vel dilute ful 

 12—4 cm. longus; spatha baaiUria sal is ooriecca, laterality vaJde com- 

 pi« .!. dorso cariuata, flavo- ridia vel dilute fulva, 2— 2 f /i cm. longa. 

 Pkiucelu robusti, patuli, teretiusculi, recti vel satis flexuosi, laete viridee, 

 cum ovario 3—5 cm. longi. Brac tkak squamaeformes, adpreaaae, 

 triangulares, ecutae, pallidae, 3—4 mm. longae. Fi.orcs patuli, 

 pallide flavo-citriui, segments erect o- pat ulia, apice Wit. r recurvia. Sitai.a 

 li^iditiMiila, marline eaepiua leuter revoluta, inferne Witer attenuate, 

 teuuiter 9-nervia, 7—8 mm. lata, do male 90—32 mm. Ionium, lateralta 



26—28 mm. longa. Pktai.a ml.meuibranacea, le\iter <<bliqtia, interne 



wilde attenuata, marline non vel vix undulata, ten u iter 9-nervuIosa 

 uervulis exterioribat bnMnui.ua leviter raomtis, 28—30 mm lon^a, 

 7—8 mm. lata. LabklU'ii riffdiii^ lum, Mijwrne |r\itrr »«nnvum, 

 tenuitei multinervulofMI narvulis <ii(b<»toma ramoaia, albulo- flaveecen*, 

 ad iiMilimn amice aaepiut aurnutia- um , lateraliter iut lum piupureo 

 ■ M B latum vel Mrii«lura, 27 — 28 mm. Ittipum «t frre lotidem latum. 

 mna tri^ona, am ice pt-dfunde canMliculata, inferne aatia attenuate, 

 prope npicem lateraliter Mil.bialata, allude, 10—17 turn, longa, dinandrio 

 obtuse tridentato. ("apkci.a per facta ignota. 



Var. p. multjfloua Barb. Rodr. dm. ct Spec. Orch. 

 Nov. I 73 (1877). 



Pedcxcu.i - communis etirvue, 6— 12*florna. Fi.oacs paulo majores, 

 segmeutis patulis, « it riniai, latKsllo inferne lateraliter purpureo lineolato. 



Formae bortenaes prnecipuae Mint 



Var. kasm osa Ji Kb. f. Xvnxn (huh J. 209 tab. S3, fig. 1 ft 1-3 

 (1856). — Kjndrndrum Iut rot um var. fah1<< »a Beichb. f. Xenia Orch 11. 

 !* (1S62). 



Var. lkimpa Rruhh f. Xenia Orrh 1. 209. tab 83. fij II rt 4-8 

 (1856). — EpuUndnm luteolum var. Irp-t H<ckb. f. Xenia Orch. 11. 

 29 (1862). 



Var. Unr.7i.ii Rnchb.f in Gard Chron. nnr *rr. XV. 782 (1881): 

 L Orchidoph. 1881. p. 53; Ig. lh>rt. 1882. p. 341 ; Rolfe fa Gard 

 Chron. ser. 3. V. 746; Kew Bull.. dMU Ser. IV Sf. 



Habitat in Branilia nrptrntrionali loco arrurafn baud indieato: Hort. 



liackhousc; in tylri* wmbrori* ;»ror. Alto Amazonas mpra arbores sec us 

 flum. Solimors inter Man non et Trffr ; Rand. Ktiam in 1'cruvia: Roezl. — 



Var. p. In insul. Marajo prov. Pard: Barhosa Rodriguei. — Floret 

 Novcmbri—FcOruario. 



XL VI II. LEPTOTES Lindl. 



Lkptoti> Lindl. in Bot. Jlnj. XIX. fab. 1625 (1833), Sert. 



Orch. lab. 11; Ann. Sr. Nat., Hot. ser. 2. III. US; Linnaoa, 

 X. IM. 27; EnJlich. Gon. 194; Mrfww. VI Vase. 372 (279) 



(sphahn. Sepiotes); Sparh , Veg* Phan. XII. 11 <> ; Duclttirtrc, 



Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 448; Rekhh. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. 

 VI. 454; Du Buyss. L' Orchid. $88; Blitz, in Engl. n. Prantl, 

 Naturl. Pjhnizenfam. II. 6. p. 148; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. VI. 323 (1889) f in Orch. Her. III. 231; Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. j). 405; Kerch. Lirre des Orch. 



265. 



Tktkamicra (part. 



non Lindl.) Benth. in Journ. 



Linn. Soc, Bot. X VIII. 314 (1881), in Benth. et Hook. Gen. 

 PI. III. 532; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 99; Bois, Orch. 92; 



L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 964. 



SEPAL* subaequalia, libera, plus ininusve patentia. 

 Pktala sepalis similia. L&BELUJM liberum, basi 



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