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attenuatis, 2— 3-articulatis, apice monophyllis; foliis erectis, 

 crasse carnosis, oblongis, apice obtusis; pedunculo communi 

 terminali , satis gracili, superne laxe 3— 6-floro, foliis multo 

 longiore, basi spatha satis parva apice oblique truncata 

 acutaque incluso; bracteis minutis; floribus satis parvis, brevi- 

 uscule pedicellatis , segmentis patentissimis superne recurvis; 

 sepalis carnosulis, ligulato- oblongis, apice acutis et breviter 

 apiculatis, lateralibus paulo brevioribus latioribusque sub- 

 falcatis; petalis oblongo-ligulatis, abrupte acutis, raargine nou 

 undulatis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; labello carnosulo, sepalis 

 lateralibus paulo breviore, usque ad basin libero, brevissiine 

 unguiculato, ambitu ovato, profunde trilobato, sinubus inter 

 lobos angustissimis , lobis lateralibus triangulari- oblongis, 

 obtusis, margine crispulis, columnam omnino involventibus, 

 lobo terminali satis producto, late ligulato, apice acutiusculo, 

 margine valde crispo, disco glaberrimo, inferne tenuiter 3 ad 

 5-costato; columna breviuscula, clavata, subrecta. 



Laelia crispilabia A. Rich, ex Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. II. 

 61 (1863) ; Warn. Sel. Orch. II. tab. 6 (1865) ; Gard. Chron. 

 1867. p. 264; Nichols. Diet of Gard. II. 228; Cogn. Diet. 

 Ic. des Orch., Lael. tab. 13 ; Orch. Rev. 1900. p. 77. 



Bletia crispilabia Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. II. 61 (1863). 



Laelia Lawrenceana Hort. secund. Warn. Sel. Orch. II. 

 sub tab. 6 (1865). 



Laelia cinnabarina var. crispilabia Veitch, Man. Orch. 

 PI. II. 63 (1887); UOrchidoph. 1889. p. 94; Rolfe in Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3. VII. 256 (1890); Stein, Orchideenb. 290; Joum. 

 des Orch. III. 167. 



Pseudobulbi erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel paulo arcuati , laete 

 virides vel interdum dilute fuscescentes, 4 — 6 cm. longi, inferne 1 — l 1 /a cm. 

 crassi, primum vaginis 2 — 3 subcoriaceis arete adpressis tenuiter multi- 

 striatis albidis ovatis abrupte acutis 1 — 3 cm. longis vestiti, demum 

 denudati et 2 — 3-annulati. Folia rigida, saepius satis concava, margine 

 leviter revoluta, supra nitida et atroviridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 6 ad 

 8 cm. longa, l l /i — 2 1 /a cm. lata, nervo mediano supra profunde canali- 

 cular, subtus satis promineute, nervulis lateralibus paulo distinctis. 

 Pedunculds communis erectus, teretiusculus, strictus vel paulo flexuosus, 

 saturate viridis, 20--30 cm. longus; spatha basilaris coriacea, lineari- 

 ligulata, lateraliter satis compressa, dorso acute carinata, tenuiter multi- 

 striata, pallide viridis, 2 l /2 — 4 cm. longa. Pedicelli erecto-patuli, satis 

 graciles, teretiuscnli, recti vel satis arcuati, pallide virides vel rosei, 

 3—4 cm. longi. Bracteae adpressae, margine scariosae, satis concavae, 

 late triangulares, breviter acuminatae, pallide virides, 3 — 4 mm. longae. 

 Flores patuli, purpureo-lilacini vel interdum purpureo-violacei. Sepai.a 

 subplana vel margine paulo revoluta, basi paulo attenuata, tenuiter 

 7-nervia, apice satis recurva, dorsale 2 cm. longum et 4—5 mm. latum, 

 lateralia 17 — 18 mm. longa et 6 mm. lata. Petala subraembranacea, 

 inferne leviter attenuata, subplana, paulo obliqua, apice leviter recurva, 

 subtiliter 5— 7-nervulosa, 19—20 mm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata. Labelmjm 

 inferne erectum, superne valde recurvum, basi late rotundatum vel snb- 

 cordatum, satis concavum, tenuiter multinervulosum nervulis leviter 

 ramosis, 15—16 mm. longum, 7 mm. latum, inferne albidum et purpureo- 

 lilaciuo lineatum, lobis lateralibus apice et lobo terminali intense purpureo- 

 violaceis. Columna erecta, trigona, inferne paulo attenuata, antice leviter 

 concava, alba et dilute rosea, 7—8 mm. longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Habitat in prov. Minas Geraes: St-Uilaire ser. B 1 n. 732; in 

 rupibus ad Serra S. Barthol: Riedel. — Floret Augusta. 



5. LAELIA LONGIPES Reichb. f. pseudobulbis brevi- 

 bus, crassis, ovoideis, satis compressis, vaginis tribus vestitis, 

 apice monophyllis; foliis parvis, erectis, crasse carnosis, ob- 



Orchid. II. 



longis, acutis; pedunculo communi terminali, satis gracili, 

 superne laxe 2— 4-floro, foliis multo longiore, basi spatha 

 satis parva apice oblique truncate et acutiuscula incluso; 



bracteis minutis; floribus satis parvis, longe pedicellatis, 



segmentis patentissimis superne satis recurvis; sepalis car- 

 nosulis, late oblongis, apice abrupte acutis, lateralibus paulo 

 brevioribus et vix latioribus subfalcatis; petalis elliptico- 

 oblongis, apice subrotundatis et interdum obscure apiculatis, 

 margine leviter undulatis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; labello 

 carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo, basi cum columna 

 vix connato, ambitu late subrotundato obscure quadrangulo, 

 profunde trilobato, sinubus inter lobos angustissimis, lobis 

 lateralibus magnis, triangulari-ovatis, obtusis, margine leviter 

 undulatis, columnam omnino involventibus, lobo terminali 

 paulo producto, late subrotundato, apice leviter emarginato, 

 margine valde undulato-crispo, disco subtiliter puberulo costis 

 4 gracilibus approximatis leviter undulatis exterioribus tenui- 

 oribus notato; columna brevi, subclavata, recta. 



Tabula nostra LXV. Fig. I (habitus cum analyst). 



Laelia longipes Reichb. f. ! Xenia Orch. II. 59 , in 

 adnot. (1863); Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Lad. tab 2, Chron. 

 Orch. n. 4. p. 27; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXI. 110 (1897); 

 Bot. Mag. tab. 7541; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. V. 112; Rev. Hortic. 

 1898. p. 141; Joum. Soc. Nat. Hort. Fr. 1898. p 671. 



Bletia longipes Reichb. f.l Xenia Orch. II. 59 (1863). 



Laelia Lucasiana Rolfe ! in Orch. Rev. I. 265 (1893), 

 II. 3, IV. 245; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7, p. 440; 

 Kew Bidl, Addit. Ser. IV. 228. 



Pseudobulbi dense aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel leviter 

 arcuati, saturate virides, nitidi, 2 — 4 cm. longi, 1—2 cm. crassi; vaginae 

 scariosae, arete adpressae, late ovatae, acntae, tenuiter multistriatae, 

 dorso obtuse carinatae, albidae et purpureo-striatae, infiraa brevissima, 

 Minima ampla interdum purpureo-punctata. Folia rigida, valde concava 

 interdum fere conduplicata, supra nitida et saturate viridia, subtus paulo 

 pallidiora, 3 — 5 cm. longa, l 1 /s-2 , /t cm. lata, nervo mediano supra pro- 

 funde canalk-ulato, subtus valde prominente, nervulis lateralibus indi- 

 stinctis. Pedunculus communis erectus, teretiusculus, stri<tus vel leviter 

 flexuosus, nitidus, pallide viridis, 8 — 15 cm. longus; spatha basilaris 

 membianacea vel subcoriacea, ovato-oblonga , lateraliter valde compressa, 

 dorso alato- carinata, tenuiter inulticostata, pallide viiidis, l ! /« — 2 cm. 

 longa. Pediceli.i graciles, erecto-patuli, teretiusculi, recti vel leviter 

 flexuosi, laete virides, cum ovario 5—6 cm. longi. Bracteae coriaceae, 

 adpressae, satis concavae, late triangulares, acutae vel breviter acuminatae, 

 pallide virides vel dilute purpur^ae, 2—4 mm. longae. Fi.ores patuli, 

 pallide purpureo-lilacini. Sepala subplana, basi leviter attenuata, tenuiter 

 7-nervu!osa, dorsale 24—26 mm. longum et 6—7 mm. latum, lateralia 

 21—24 mm. longa et 7 — 8 mm. lata. Petala submembranacea, panlo 

 obliqua, basi satis attenuata, subtiliter 5-nervulosa nervulis exterioribus 

 satis ramosis, 24—26 mm. longa, 6—7 mm. lata. Labellun inferne 

 erectum, superne valde recurvum, basi late rotundatum vel subcordatum, 

 valde concavum, tenuiter multinervulosum, 17 — 20 mm. longum, 14 ad 

 16 mm. latum, luteum, disco inferne et lobis lateralibus dilute fusco- 

 castaneis, lobo terminali conduplicato. Columna erecta, inferne paulo 

 attenuata, laete viridis, antice valde concava et dilute purpureo - fusca, 

 6—7 mm. longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Var. J3. Fournieri Cogn. Chron. Orch. n 4. p. 29 (1897). 



Laelia longipes var. alba Hort.; Orch. Rev. VI. 298 



(1898). 



Planta gracilior. Flores minores, candidi, labello albo-luteo, disco 

 ad medium flavo-aurantiaco. Sepalum dorsale PETALAqoe 18mm. longa; 



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