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ORCHIIUCEAE : BBA68AVOLA 



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cordato, margine integerrimo, disco basi breviter crassequ 

 unicostato; columna clavata, trigona, lateraliter leviter 

 pressa, clinandrio margine postice in dentem elongatum 

 subulatum incurvum producto, lateraliter utrinque unidemato, 

 antice crenulato. 



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Tabula nostra LX (habitus cum analysi). 



Brassavola flagellars Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Sp. Orch 

 Nov. II. 161 (1882). 



Rhizoma iepens, robustiusoilum, tortuosum, creberrime aiticulatu.u, 

 nodosum, pallide viride, uadicibus elongatis, robustiusculis, iaxuo&ia, 

 albidis. Caules satis numerosi, erecti vel nscendentes, recti vel leviter 

 flexuosi, inferne paulo attenuati, intense virides, 20—22 cm. tongi, supcrne 

 4—5 mm. crassi; vaginae arete adpressae, tenuiter Wtfliahnmic— 0. nb- 

 tiliter multistriatae, pallide fulvae, 4—7 cm. longae. FoLU basi e recti 

 demum reflexa, laevia, saturate viridia, 40-50 cm. longa, circiter 4 mm. 

 lata et crassa. Pkdunculus communis erecto-patulus, satis arcuatua, 

 teretiusculus, laevis, laete viridis, 4— 5 cm. loogtw ; spatha basilaris mem- 

 branacea, erecta, fulva, 8—10 cm. longa. Pkpicklli satis grnciles, plus 

 minusve patuli vel penduli, teretiusculi, recti vel paulo flexuosi, alWo- 

 virides, cum ovario 7—8 cm. longi. Bractear adpressae, craasiuaciilne, 

 concavae, triangulares, acutae vel breviter acuminata*, virides, 3-4 nun. 

 longae. Fi.ores flavo-straminei. Skpala submembranacea, panto fla&uosn, 

 basi paulo attenuata, 3 1 /*— 4 cm. longa, 5—6 mm. lata. Pktai.a paten- 

 tissima, membrauacea, leviter sigmoideo-flexuosa, Infant vix attenuata, 

 3— 3 ! /2 cm. longa, 2 — 2 1 /* mm lata. Labei.lum erectum, superne leviter 

 recurvum, inferne satis concavum , circiter 3 cm. longum, 22—23 mm. 

 latum, album, disco basi aureo-maculato. Columna erecta, leviter incurva, 



inferne satis attenuata, albida, circiter 1 cm. longa. Capsuf.a parted a 

 ignota. 



Habitat in arboribus et in rupibus sciusfium. Parahybuna prov. Minns 

 Geraes: Barbosa Rodrigues; ad Barra do Yucu: Princ. Max. Ni weird. 

 n. 36; in prov. Rio de Janeiro : St-Hilaire ser. A 1 n. 23 part.; in Bra* 

 silia austro - orientals loco accurato haud indicato: Glaziou n. lS. r >24. — 

 Floret Octobri. 



6. BRASSAVOLA TUBERCULATA Hook, caulibus 

 breviusculis, robustiusculis, teretiusculis, cylindraeeis vel sub- 

 clavatis, ima basi nodosis, 2— 4-articulatis, vaginis mem- 

 branaceis longiusculis apice oblique truncatis acutisque vestitis; 

 foliis longiusculis, rigidis, crassis, subcylindraceis, supra pro- 

 fundiuscule trisulcatis, apice attenuatis et acutissimis; pedun- 

 culo robustiusculo, apice 1— 2-floro, foliis multo breviore, basi 

 spatha majuscula apice longe acuminata incluso; floribus 

 majusculis, longe pedicellatis; sepalis patulis, subaequilongis, 

 late linearibus, longiuscule acuminatis, lateralibus subfalcatis 

 dejectis; petalis linearibus, acutissimis, sepalo dorsali aequi- 

 longis; labello tenuiter membranaceo, sepalis lateralibus paulo 

 breviore, basi cum columna breviter connato, limbo late 

 elliptico-ovato, apice obtuso vel retuso interdum minute api- 

 culato, basi subrotundato, margine integerrimo et plus minusve 

 undulato, disco a basi usque ultra medium tenuiter unicari- 

 nato; columna clavata, triquetra, apicem versus ampliala, 

 clinandrii lobulis retusis scrrulatis. 



Brassavola tubermlata HooJc. in Bot. Mag. tab. 2878 

 (1829); Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 114; Gardn. in Book. 

 Lond. Journ. of Bot. I. 188; Reichb. f. in Bot. Zdt. 1852. 

 p. 855, in Bonplandia, III. 221; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 

 3. VI. 355 (1889); Stein, Orchid eenb. 98. 



Brassavola fragrans Ch. Lent, in Jard. Fleur. III. Mhc. 





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i non Bath. Rodr.); Du Buy L' Orchid. t2A 



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tulkerc 



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i35 (1862), Xetiia Orch. 11 c, (IBS, . 



BrasBavoh QHbl na W9\imm 9 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 5 



(1877), edit. 6. p. U$ <1> >, edit 7. p. 127; Da ftaJB. 

 V Orchid. <>;•>; NichoU h of Gard. I 909; Stem, Oi 

 imb. 98; L. Lind. Orch. /:.,„/. SOL 



Kmizoma repens, r»h latino ulum ( eloqp ru, aimplei ?*! paulo 

 ramosum, tortuosui*, crelierriaie ariuuUtnm, nodoaata , < mnoo-fuacui 



UAlUrnu> iimnndv^Mimv < Ui.tfatia, kmi tfracihbua, •tin] »u« vel lrxiiac 



ramoait, Saxooaia, onereia. Cam ..a aumeroai, af*cU ral naormi< niea, 



in.ti mi pluH tiiiiusN<! arcuati, KafafM aatpiua aaUa alic uu.-.it, y 

 Niridea, 8-15 cm lontf , auperoe 4-7 mm crmaai ; U(. t| arnta a< 



press;.. , tcnuitct mult .Mt .alar , pallid— t 2—5 cm. lottflic. 1 . n« la, 



aacjMUH aatit an ,ta, lncvi«, intenat m. ,. 12-2 lomja, 6— 8 tut., 



lata ct f»- re tot idem BWian. Picnuvci a errctun, •tndu* ^cl le\i\<r 



;, " 11:i,u s UratiuacttUa, Uevii, laete tiHdit 9 I— «; cm. Ut>»;<>*>; iravaU 



basilariN tcmnter m. nil.i.iiaoea, atttattvla «Mlpreaaa, nubtilitrr nmlt^tuata, 



pallida, :i— 5 eni. lon«a. Pbmoclu afactl \<i « •)•:.» all, aatia graciloa, 



reel, vel paulo arcuati, in, t n.aculi, ctim ovario 7-9 em. loogL itAOfftai 



• •iccto-patular, miIk oi iarcae , mtia ectiu-avjir . an^tiKU- 1 1 taafBaUti , aeu- 



miiiai..,, 1 <; ML lO0|;4e, flAEM flaveweentat vel fla\<. xtndea. ScfAt.A 



uembraaaoaa, pmalo fcxuoaa, tetmit«» y-neivja, m:,inc leviter tttaaoala, 



int.., lum rubro tus<<» maculat.., .'J' «— 4 cm !<»nea, 4—6 mm. lata I'ktai.a 



tenuiter mciMhranaoea, trttto*patala, aabiilit<*r 5— 1»u* r\ nb.ua, aubtaleata^ 



inferne lon«e attenuata, 3 1 ,i— 4 im. loi J-i'/t »»»«• b»ta I.awici I M 



enctuaj, auporna paolo i viim, lex iter con vum I Mil. planum, 

 tenuiter muliinervuloaum n aha aatia ramoaia, 3— S'/t r »»- >°i 

 2 ! /i— 3 cm. latum, caodidum, maill baaique flaveolum. C a erecta, 



paulo imiuva, inferne afttla attenuata, lateraliter lajviter Hiapiaa^ii, 11 ad 

 12 mm. longa. Capsci.a erecta vel r recto- pa ' ula , *«)..! petaliMjue 

 marceacentilmacoronatn, c'liptKo-oxdidea ulduH*. tnjtoni, t*ninic lata, 



leviter rugulasa, fn-«,.»cena, 3 ! /i — 4 cm 1 j^a, t— 2'/i ' »" craaaa, apicf 

 In rostrum In. re raotum vel paulo arcuatum <nciter 6 vm. Ionium at 

 3 — 4 mm. craaMim produeta. 



Habitat in prov Itio dr Janeiro: St-JfUairr *cr. A* n. 23 part., 

 Gay ; pi ope Rio He Janeiro : ForbtM id /. kahut, propc Uio de Janeiro : 

 Lusfhnath n. 32; in ruj>ibu$ j pe h <le J.meiro tt ad Moro do Fla- 

 mingo: Gardner n. 120; Htm flnm. Urn Praia Vermdha : Uiedel; in 

 rupibuH prnpe Hotajieio: ]{arri*on ; ad Serra don Orff4ot: Micri; in 

 prov. S. Cofhnrina: Macrae; ad I i Alto Parana in Ida de Jupiter: 

 Niederlcin. Edam in Boliria : Bridget. — Floret Jannario — Augusto. 



7. BRASSAVOLA CEHOLETTA Kkiciib. f. caulibus 

 luevibus, gracililms , teretiusculis, cylindraeeis, 1— 2-arti- 

 culatis, vaginis tenuiter membranaccis longiusculis aploa 

 acutis vel acuminatis vestitis; foliis breviusculis , rifidi*, 

 gracilihus, subcylindraceis, supra tenuiter mimlcatis, apice 

 longe attenuatis et acutissimis; pedunculo gracili, apice 1 ad 

 2-floro, foliis multo breviore, basi spatha satis parva apice 

 acuminata incluso; floribus satis pat vis, longiuscule pedi- 

 cellatis; sepalis patentis-imis , subaequilongis, lineari-lanceo- 

 latis, acuniinalis, lateralibus subfalcatis; peUlis linearibu-. 

 longiuscule acuminatis, palo dorsali aequilongis; labello 

 membranaceo, sepalis lateralibus leviter breviore, basi cum 

 columna breviter connato, limbo ovato vel obovato, apice 

 subabrupte acuto, basi leviter attenuato, margine integerrimo, 

 disco inferne carina gracili acuta aucto; columna longius- 

 cula, clavata, trigona, clinandrii lobulis retusis serrulatis. 



Brassarola Ceholetla Beichh. f. in Bonplandia, 111 221 

 (1855). 



