283 



ORCHTDACEAE : LAELIA. 



284 



subtiliter puberulo, a basi ad apicem tenuiter bicostato; 

 columna brevi, clavata, leviter incurva. 



Tabula nostra LXVLIL (habitus cum analyst). 



Laelia harpophylla Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1873. 



Flor. Maa. new 



Wi 



The Garden, 1883. II. 116. tab. 400, 1897. I. 153, 1899. 

 I. 257; Nichols. Diet, of Gard. II. 229; Gard. Chron. new 

 ser. XXIV. 405. fig. 89 (1885); Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 



72 



Her 



Reichenbachia , ser. 1. I. 89. tab. 40; L'Orchidoph. 1889. 

 p. 274; Gard. and For. 1889. p. 164; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. VIII. 241 (1890); Watson, Orch. 263 cum tab. col; 

 Stein, Orchideenb. 297. fig. 100 et 100a; Journ. des Orch. III. 

 171, VI. 230; Boisy Orch. 99; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 

 edit. 7. p. 438 cum ic.; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 800; Autr. et 

 Dur. Hort. Boiss. 308; Duval 9 Orch. 22 aim ic; Lindenia, 

 XII. 13. tab. 533. 



Laelia Geraensis Barb. Ilodr. in Revis. de Hortic. 1876. 

 p. 45, Gen. et Spec. Orch. Nov. I. 66 (1877), II. 154. 



Bletia harpophijlla Reichb. j. ex Reichenbachia ser. 1. I. 

 89, in adnot. 



Psbupobulbi aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel satis flexuosi, 

 pluriarticulati, laete virides, 20—45 era. longi, 5—8 mm. crassi, priraum 

 laeves et vaginis membranaceis arete adpressis subtiliter multistriatis 

 canescentibus vel falvis apice acutis vel acuminatis 5—10 cm. longis 

 veatiti, demum denudati et profunde plurisulcati. Folia rigidiuscnla, 

 subplana et raargine leviter revoluta, supra nitida et intense viridiu, 

 subtus satis pallidiora, 15—25 cm. longa, 2 1 /!— 3*/t cm. lata, nervo mediano 

 •npra profunde caualicnlato, subtus valde prominente, nervulis lateralibus 

 indistinctis. Pedunculus communis erectus, strictus vel satis flexuosus, 

 teretiusculus, laete vel pallide viridis, 4— 17 cm. longus; spatha basilaris 

 membranacea, lineari-ligulata, subtiliter multistriata , pallide fulva vel 

 foscescens, 5—8 era. longa. Pedicki.m graciles, patnli vel erecto-patuli, 

 teretiusculi, recti vel panlo flexuosi, viridi-purpurascentes, 3 — 4 cm. longi. 

 Bractkak carnosulae, adpressae, leviter concavae, triangulares, acutae, 

 virescentes, 1—3 mm. longae. Flores patuli, intense rubro-einnabarini. 

 Sepila paulo convexa, margine non undulata, tenuiter 9-nervulosa, in- 

 ferne paulo attenuata, 5—6 mm. lata, dorsale 4— 4 1 /* cm. longnm, late- 

 ralia 3—4 cm. longa. Petala snbraembranacea, subfalcata, basi satis 

 attenuata, tenuiter 7— 9-nervulosa, 3 1 /*— 4 cm. longa, 4—5 mm. lata. 

 Labellum inferne erectum, superne valde revolutum, basi subcordatum, 

 satis concavura, tenuiter multinervulosum, nervnlis leviter ramosis, 2 1 /* ad 

 3 cm. longum, 14 — 17 mm. latum, lobo terminali albo - flavescente. 

 Columna erecta, inferne leviter attenuata, subseraicylindrica, dorso tenuiter 

 carinata, antice profunde canaliculata, 8—9 mm. longa. Capsula per- 

 fecta ignota. 



Habitat supra arborea in prov. Minus Geraes et Espiritu Santo 

 necundum cl. Barbosa Rodrigues, loc. tit. — Floret Septembri. 



2. Lobatae. 



Labellnm leviter vel obscure trilobatu 



ni 



sinubus inter lobos latissimis. 



Species 10—16. 



a. Pedunculus communis foliis longior. — - Species 10—11. 



10. LAELIA XANTHINA Lindl. pseudobulbis lon- 

 giuseulis, robustis, claviformibus vel interdum fusiformibus, 

 compressis, inferne pluriarticulatis, primum vaginis vestitis 

 demum denudatis, apice monophyllis; foliis longiusculis, 

 erecto-patulis, coriaceis, oblongo-loriformibus , apice obtusis 

 vel leviter emarginatis; pedunculo communi terminali, robus- 



tiusculo, superne 4- 6-floro, foliis longiore, basi spatha majus- 

 cula apice oblique truncata et obtusa incluso ; bracteis minutis ; 

 floribus mediocribus, longiuscule pedicellatis, segmentis patulis, 

 superne leviter recurvis; sepalis petalisque fere aequalibus, 

 subcoriaceis , elliptico-oblongis vel oblongo-ligulatis, abrupte 

 acutis, margine leviter undulatis et reflexis, sepalis lateralibus 

 paulo obliquis; labello subcoriaceo, sepalis lateralibus satis 

 breviore, fere usque ad basin libero, ambitu late rotundato 

 subquadrato, leviter trilobato, sinubus inter lobos latissimis, 

 lobis margine undulatis, lateralibus latis, erectis, apice ro- 

 tundatis, terminali paulo producto late triangulari-rotundato, 

 apice longiuscule apiculato, disco glaberrimo, tenuiter pluri- 

 costato; columna longiuscula, claviformi, satis incurva. 



Laelia xanthina Lindl. ex Hook, in Rot. Mag. tab. 5144 

 (1859); Batem. Sec. Cent. Orch. tab. 180 ; Du Bnyss. U Orchid. 

 365; J. E. Planch, in Fl. des Serres, XXIII. 129. tab. 2418; 

 Warner et Will. Orch. Alb. I. tab. 23; Barb. Rodr. Struct, 

 des Orch. tab. 8. fig. 5; Nichols. Diet, of Gard. II. 230; Veitch, 

 Man. Orch. PI. II. 83; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VIII. 

 654 (1890); Watson, Orch. 268; Stem, Orchideenb. 303; Bois, 



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Orch. 103; Journ. des Orch. III. 191; Williams, Orch. Grow. 

 Man. edit. 7. p. 447 ; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 804; Autr. et 

 Dur. Hort. Boiss. 309; Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Lael. 

 tab. 15. 



? Laelia virens Lindl. hi Bot. Regist. XXX. Misc. p. 1 

 (1844) ; Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. II. 51, in Gard. Chron. new 

 ser. XI. 716 (1879); Nichols. Diet, of Gard. II. 230; Rolfe 

 in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. III. 361, VIII. 654, in Orch. Rev. I. 8. 



Bletia xanthina Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 425 

 (1862), Xenia Orch. II. 51 (1863). 



eudobulbi dense aggregati, erecti ascendentes vel procumbentes, 

 recti vel plus minusve arcuati, inferue longe valde attenuati, laete virides 

 vel interdum glaucescentes, primum laeves demum leviter plurisulcati, 

 15— 20 cm. longi, supra medium 2—5 cm. basi vix 1 cm. crassi; vaginae 

 4 — 5, submembranaceae, arete adpressae, ovatae vel oblongae, abrupte 

 acutae, laxe iinbricatae, pallide virides vel albeseentes , 1—4 cm. longae. 

 Folia rigidiuscnla, basi satis concava caeterum subplana, supra nitida et 

 saturate viridia basi saepius atropurpureo maculata, subtus satis pallidiora, 

 18—25 cm. longa, 4 — 5 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra profunde canali- 

 cular, subtus satis prominente, nervulis lateralibus indistinctis, Pedun- 

 culus communis erectus, strictus vel leviter flexuosus, teretiusculus, laevis, 

 intense viridis, 20—35 cm. longus; spatha basilaris coriacea, lineari- 

 oblonga, lateraliter valde compressa, laevis, pallide viridis vel dilute pur- 

 purea, 8—10 cm. longa, lVa— 2 1 /* cm. lata. Pedicelli robustiusculi, 

 patuli vel erecto-patuli, teretiusculi, leviter flexuosi, laete virides, cum 

 ovario 4 — 7 cm. longi. Bracteae carnosae, adpressae, satis concavae, 

 ovato- triangulares, acutae vel breviter acurainatae, virides, 2—4 mm. 

 longae. Florks patuli, flavo-ochracei vel interdum dilute viridi-olivacei. 

 Sepala satis convexa, tenuiter 7— 9-nervulosa, inferne leviter attenuata, 

 3 1 /* — 4 7* cm. longa, 1— l 1 /* cm. lata. Petala leviter obliqua, inferne 

 satis attenuata, tenuiter multinervulosa, 3—4 cm. longa, 12—18 mm. lata. 

 Labellum erectum, superne satis recurvum, basi subcordatum, satis con- 

 cavum, tenuiter multinervulosum nervulis satis ramosis, 3— 3 1 /* cm. 

 longnm et fere totidem latum, lobo terminali pallide flavo margine albo, 

 disco tenuiter purpureo striate. Columna erecta, inferne satis attenuata, 

 subsemi-cylindrica, albo-flavescens, antice leviter canaliculata et purpureo 

 striata, l 1 /*— 2 cm. longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Var. p. agraphis Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. IV. 

 264 (1888); Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VIII. 654; 

 Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 448; Kew Bull, 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 231. 





