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Subgen. I. EULAELIA Cogn. 



Genus Laelia 









Mult. And. 



Pollinia omnia aequalia et perfecte evoluta 

 Species 1 — 20. 



Sect. A. Monophyllae Cogn. 



Pseudobulbi omnes vel fere omnes unifoliati 

 Species 1 — 16. 



1. Crisp atae. 



Labelluiu profunde trilobatum, sin u bus 



inter Jobos angustissiin is. — Species 1 — 9. 



a. Petala sepalis multo latiora. 



Species 1 — 2. 



1. LAELIA CRISPA Reichb. f. pseudobulbis longius- 

 culis, robustis, clavatis, compressis, 2 — 3-articulatis, apice 

 monophyllis; foliis erectis, coriaceis, oblongo-ligulatis, apice 

 obtusis vel leviter emarginatis; pedunculo communi terminali, 

 robustiusculo, 4 — 7-floro, foliis circiter aequilongo vel bieviori, 

 basi spatha majuscula apice oblique obtusa incluso; bracteis 

 rainutis; floribus majusculis, breviuscule pedicellatis, segmentis 

 patentissimis, apice leviter recurvis ; sepalis submembranaceis, 

 fere aequalibus, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, margine satis 

 undulatis ; petalis ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, margine valde 

 undulato-crispulis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis et subduplo 

 latioribus; labello submembranaceo, sepalis lateralibus paulo 

 breviore, ambitu elliptico-ovato, profundiuscule trilobato, lobis 

 lateralibus late ovatis, apice rotundatis, margine crispulis, 

 columnam omnino amplectentibus, lobo terminali multo majore, 

 late oblongo, apice subrotundato et saepius leviter emarginato, 

 margine valde crispo sublobulato, disco glaberrimo subtiliter 

 pluricostato; columna clavata, trigona, subrecta vel paulo 

 incurva. 



Tabula nostra LXIII (habitus cum analyst). 



Laelia crispa Reichb. f. in Fl. des Serves, IX. 102 (1853); 

 Du Bmjss. IJ Orchid. 356; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 63 et 

 64 cam ic; LOrchidoph. 1886. p. 135, 1889, p. 114; Bolfe 

 in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VII. 256 (1890); Watson, Orch. 259; 

 Stein, Orchideenb. 290; Journ. des Orch. III. 167, VII. 213; 

 Orch. Rev. II. 363; Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Laelia, tab. 11; 

 L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 797 ; The Garden, 1898. II. 55. 



Cattleya crispa Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XIV tab. 1172 

 (1828), XXX. sub tab. 5 (1844), Gen. and Spec. Orch. 116; 

 Van Geel, Sert. Bot. IV tab. 92 (1832); Van Hontte in 

 L'Hort. Belg. V 277. tab. 106 (1838); Paxt. Mag. Bot. V 

 5. cum tab. (1838); Hook, in Bot. Mag. tab. 3910, et Cent. 

 Orch. tab. 32; Reichb. Fl. Exot. tab. 268; Belg. Hort. IV. 

 tab. 11; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 209, Beitr. Morph. 

 u. Biol. Orch. tab. 11. fig. 5; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. 

 IV 445; Regel in Gartenfl. 1868. p. 97. tab. 574; Nichols. 

 Diet of Gard. I. 281; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 

 p. 158. 



Bletia crispa Reichb. f. in Walp. 



(1862), Xenia Oi 

 S. Coburg. II. 84. 



Wi 



Itin. Princ. 



Rhizoma repens, robustum, elongatum, tortuosum , fuscescens, 

 radicibus numerosis, elongatis, robustis, flexuosis, canesceutibus. Pseudo- 

 bulbi aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes interdum patuli, recti vel leviter 

 arcuati, utrinque facie leviter 2— 3-sulcati, intense virides vel dilute fusci, 

 inferne longe valde attenuati, 15—25 cm. longi, soperae 2 1 /*— 4 cm. crassi, 

 vaginis 2—3 subcoriaceis arete adpressis tenuiter multistriatis, dorso leviter 

 carinatis pallide fulvis vel fuscescentibus apice oblique truncatis acutisque 

 3 — 10 cm. longis vestiti. Folia rigida, basi satis concava caetenim sub- 

 plana, supra nitidula et saturate viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 2—3 dm. 

 longa, 4 — 8 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra profunde canaliculato, subtus 

 satis prominente, nervulis lateralibus numerosis, gracillimis. Pedunculus 

 communis erectus, teretiusculus vel obscure angulatus, intense viridis, 

 12—25 cm. longus; spatha basilaris crasse coriacea rigidaque, oblon^o- 

 ligulata, lateraliter valde compressa , dorso subrarinata, obscure mult i- 

 striata, pallide viridis, 8-17 cm. longa, 2— 4 1 /* cm. lata. Pkpicelli 

 robustiusculi, patuli vel erecto-patuli, teretiuseuli, recti vel paulo flexnosi, 

 intense virides, cum ovario 5 — 9 cm. longi. Bracteak patulae, eoriaeeae, 

 satis concavae, ovato-triangulares, acutae vel breviter aenminatae, virides, 

 3 — 6 mm. longae. Flokes patuli, odorati. Sepala leviter convexa, inferne 

 paulo attenuata margine valde revoluta, tenuiter multinervulosa, Candida 

 vel interdum ad basin leviter dilute purpurea. 6 — 8 cm. longa, l ! /i — 2 cm. 

 lata, lateralia paulo obliqua. Pktala membranacea, leviter obliqua, plus 

 minusve tortuosa, inferne margine valde revoluta, basi breviter attenuata, 

 subtiliter multinervulosa nervulis exterioribus satis ramosis, Candida, 6 ad 

 8 cm longa, 3 — 4 cm. lata. Labellum ereetum, supeme satis recurvum, 

 basi late rotundatum vel subeordatuin, tenuiter inultinervulosum nervulis 

 exterioribus ramosissimis, 5— 6 1 /* <iu. longuin, 4 -5 em. latum, lobis late- 

 ralibus albo-flaveseeutiluis, lobo terminali valde prominente, concavo vel 

 subconduplicato, 2 — 27« cm. lato, purpureo-ametbystino, margine albo, 

 venis ramosis atropurpureis ornato, fauce flavesceute et longitudinaliter 

 purpureo striato. Columka erecta, inferne satis attenuata, alba, antice 

 valde concava saepius atro-fusco maculata, 2 l /s — 3 cm. longa. Caprula 

 pendula, sepalis pelalisque marcescentibus coronata, anguste elliptico- 

 ovoidea, obscure trigona, leviter 9-costata, basi subrotundata vel acutius- 

 cula, flavo- viridis vel dilute fusca, 7 — 8 cm. longa, circiter 4 cm. crassa, 

 apice in rostrum robustum fuscum leviter obliquum l 1 /* — 2 cm. longum 

 5 — 6 mm. crassum producta. 



Formae bortenses satis numerosae; principales sunt: 



Var. Buchanamana („Mr. Buchanan's") Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 



64 (1887); L'Orchidoph. 1889. p. 114; Bolfe in Gard. Chron. ser 3. 



VII. 256; Lindenia, IV. 42; Stein, Orchideenb. 291. — Cattleya crispa 



var. Buchananiana T. Moore in Warn, et Will. Orch. Alb. II. tab. 81 



(1883); Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 159; Kew Bull, 



Addit. Ser. IV. 81. 



Var. Cauwelaertiae L. Lind. in Journ. des Orch. I 213 (1890), 



in III. Sort. XXXVIII tab. 121 (1891); Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 226. 



Var. delicatissima Reichb./. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XVI. 364 



(1881); L'Orchidoph. 1881—82. p. 99, 1889. p. 114; Veitch, Man. Orch. 



PI. II. 64; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VI. 186; Bolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 



VII. 257; Stein, Orchideenb. 291; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 226. - 



Cattleya crispa var. delicatissima Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit 6. 



p. 177 (1885), edit. 7. p. 159, in Orch. Alb. IX. tab. 424; Kew Bull, 



Addit. Ser. IV. 81. 



Var. graxdiflora Du Buyss. L Orchid. 356 (1878). 



Var. purpurea Warner, Sel. Orch. II tab. 9 (1865); Veitch, Man. 

 Orch. PI II. 64; L'Orchidoph. 1889. p. 114; Bolfe in Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. VII. 257; Stein, Orchideenb. 291. — Bletia crispa var. purpurea 

 Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. II. 52 (1863). — Cattleya crispa var. purpurea 

 Beer, Beitr. Morph. u. Biol Orch. 39 et 43. tab. 4. fig. 17, tab. 10. 

 fig. 19 et 20 (1863); Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 6. p. 178 (1885), 



edit. 7. p. 159. 



Var. reflexa Reichb. f. in Fl. des Serres, IX. 102 (1853), in 



Bonplandia, II. 89 (1854); Du Buyss. L Orchid. 356; Rolfe in Gard. 



Chron. ser. 3. VII. 257 ; Stein, Orchideenb. 291. — Cattleya reflexa 



Parmentier ex Reichb. f. in Fl. des Serres, IX. 102 (1853). — Cattleya 



crispa var. reflexa macrophylla Ch. Morten in Belg. Hort. IV. 161 (1854). — 



Cattleya crispa var. pendula Ch. Morren in Belg. Hort. IV. tab. 26. fig. 1—2 



(1S54). — Bletia crispa var. reflexa Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. II. 52 (1863). 



Var. superba Warn. Sel. Orch. II. sub tab. 9 (1865); Rolfe in 



Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VII. 257; Stein , Orchideenb. 291; The Garden, 



1893. II. 109; Journ. des Orch. IV. 168; Journ. of Hort. 1892. I. 209. 



fig. 29, 1896. II. 197. fig. 40. — Cattleya crispa var. superba Williams, 



Orch. Grow. Man. edit, 6. p. 178 (1885), edit. 7. p. 159. 



