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ORCHIDACEAE: LAELTA. 



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Labelli lobus terminalis non purpureo-striatus. 



Habitat in Brasilia loco accurate hand indicato verisimilitcr in 

 prov. Bahia: Hort. Backhouse. 



11. LAELIA LOBATA Veitcii: pseudobulbis brevius- 

 culis, robustis, claviformibus vel interdum fusiformibus, com- 

 pressis, inferne pluriarticulatis primum vaginis vestitis demum 

 denudatis, apice monophyllis; foliis longiusculis , erectis vel 

 erecto-patulis, valde coriaceis, cuneato-oblongis, obtusis; 

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

 foliis satis longiore, basi spatha majuscula apice oblique 

 truncata obtusaque incluso; bracteis minutis; floribus majus- 

 culis, breviuscule pedicellatis, segmentis patentissimis superne 

 leviter recurvis; sepalis subaequilongis, subcoriaceis, lanceo- 

 lato-ligulatis , acutis, margine revolutis et leviter undulatis, 

 lateralibus subfalcatis; petalis late oblongo-rhomboideis, ob- 

 tusis, margine undulatis crispatisque , sublobulatis, sepalo 

 dorsali aequilongis et duplo latioribus ; labello submembranaceo, 

 sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo, ambitu late ovato, lateribus 

 leviter trilobato, lobis lateralibus obtusangulis, margine crispis, 

 columnam omnino involventibus, lobo terminali patulo, apice 

 late rotundato, margine valde crispo et lobulato, disco glabro, 

 laevi; columna longiuscula, robusta, claviformi, leviter incurva. 



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Laelia lohata Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 74 cum ic. 

 (1887); L' Orchidoph. 1889. p. 275; Watson, Orch. 264; Stein, 

 Orchideenb. 299; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 800. 



Cattleya lohata Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1848. p. 403 

 cum ic, in Paxt. Flow. Gard. I. 6. sub tab. 3 ; Beer, Prakt. 

 Stud. Fam. Orch. 212; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 

 445; Fl. des Serres, XX. 132 cum ic; Du Buyss. L J Orchid. 

 240 (cum var. superba) ; Nichols. Diet, of Gard. I. 282; Joum. 



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des Orch. III. 189; Williams, Orch. Groiv. Man. edit. 7. 

 p. 171; Sem. Hort. 1897. p. 179. 



Laelia grandis var. purpurea Beichb. f. in Bonplandia, 

 II. 89 (1854). 



.Laelia Boothiana Beichb. f. in Otto et Dietr. Allg. 

 Gartenz. XXIII. 322 (1855), Xenia Orch. I. 218. tab. 91 

 (1858); Bolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VII. 256 (1890), in 

 Orch. Bev. II. 363. 



Laelia virens Hort. (non Lindl.) ex Beichb. f. Xenia 



Orch. I. 218 (1858). 



Bletia lohata 



Wall 



(1862) . 





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Bletia Boothiana Beichb. f. Xenia Orch. II. 51 (1863). 







Laelia Bivieri Carriere in Bev. Hort. 1874. p. 331 cum 

 tab.; Gard. Chron. new ser. II. 488 (1874). 



Rhizoma repens, elongatum, robustura, flexuosum, creberriine arti- 

 culatum, radicibus satis numerosis, longiusculis, robustiusculis, flexuosis. 

 Pseudobulbi numerosi, satis approximati, erecti asceudentes vel procum- 

 bentes, recti vel leviter arcuati, inferne louge valde attenuati, primum 

 laeves demum profundiuscule plurisulcati, 8—20 cm. longi, supra medium 

 2—4 cm. basi V2 — 1 cm. crassi; vaginae 2—4, submembranaceae, arete 

 adpressae, late ovatae vel ovato-oblongae, abrupte acutae, laxe imbricatae, 

 1—4 cm. longae. Folia rigida, inferne satis concava, superne subplana, 

 basi satis attenuata, 20-25 cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata, nervo mediano 

 supra profundiuscule canalicnlato, subtus satis prominente, nervulis late- 

 ralibus paulo distinctis. Peduxculus communis erectus, strictus vel paulo 



Orcbid IT. 



flexuosus, teretiusculus , laevis, 30-50 cm. longus; spatha basilaris 



coriacea, oblongo-lignlata, laleraliter valde coiupressa, laevis, 8—10 cm. 



longa, 2 1 /* — 3 cm. lata. Pedicklli robusti, patuli vel erecto - patuli, 



teretiusculi, recti vel paulo flexuosi, cum ovario 4—6 cm. longi. Bracteae 



carnosulae, adpressae, leviter concavae, triangulares, acutae, 4—5 mm. 



lougae. Flokes patuli, odorati, pulcbre roseo-ametbystini, disco labelli 



pulcbre atropurpureo veuis obscurioribus. Skpala satis convexa, inferne 



longe attenuata, 6—7 cm. longa, 15—18 mm. lata. Petai.a falcata, 



inferne louge cuneata, leviter convexa, 6—7 cm. longa, 3—4 cm. lata. 



Labellum erecto-patulum , superne satis recurvum, tenuiter multinervu- 



losum nervulis valde ramosis, 5—6 cm. longum. Columna erecta, inferne 



leviter attenuata, trigona, pallide lilacina, 2 l /t— 3 cm. longa. Capsui.a 

 perfecta iguota. 



Habitat in rupibus prov. Rio de Janeiro et S. Paulo: Hort. 

 Loddiges et Booth. 



b. Pedunculus commuuis foliis brevior. — Species 12—16. 



10. LAELIA JONGHEANA Reichb. f. pseudobulbis 

 brevissimis, robustis, ovato oblongis vel subfusiformibus, com- 

 pressis, basi 2— 3-articulatis, primum vaginis majusculis 

 vestitis demum denudatis, apice monophyllis; foliis medi- 

 ocribus, crasse coriaceis, ovato oblongis, apice subrotundatis ; 

 pedunculo terminali, robusto, unifloro vel rarius bifloro, foliis 

 multo breviore, basi nudo vel subnudo; floribus majusculis, 

 segmentis patentissimis, apice leviter recurvis; sepalis car- 

 nosulis, subaequilongis, lanceolatis, acutis, margine non vel 

 vix undulatis, lateralibus subfalcatis; petalis oblongo ellipticis, 

 obtusiusculis, margine leviter undulatis, sepalo dorsali duplo 

 latioribus; labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus paulo breviore, 

 ambitu obovato-rotundato, margine antice valde crispo et 

 leviter lobulato, obscure trilobato, lobis lateralibus obtuse 

 angulatis, columnam omnino involventibus, lobo terminali 

 patulo, apice late rotundato vel leviter emarginato, disco 

 cristis 7 longitudinalibus superne dilatatis et denticulatis 

 usque ultra medium notato; columna longiuscula, satis gracili, 

 subclavata, leviter incurva. 



Laelia Jongheana Beichb. f. in Flora, LV. 158 (1872) 

 et in Gard. Chron. 1872. p. 425. fig. 128, 1873. p. 1079 et 

 1874. p. 488; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. tab. 6038; Bev. Hortic. 

 1873. p. 291 cam tab.; Flor. Mag. new ser. tab. 177 (1875); 

 Lebl. 111. Gartenz. XXI. 73. tab. 10 (1877); De Puydt, Orch. 

 202. fig. 199 (non p. 37. fig. GO); Nichols. Diet of Gard. 11. 

 229; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI 11. 73; L y Orchidoph. 1889. 

 p. 275; Watwn, Orch. 263; Bolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 

 VIII, 241 (1890), in Orch. Bev. IV 278, VII, 173. 261 et 

 329, VIII. 65 et 105. fig. 17; Stein, Orchideenb. 298. fig. 101; 

 Joum. des Orch. III. 189; Bois, Oroh. 100; Williams, Orch. 

 Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 438; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 800; 0. 

 Ballif in Chron. Orch. n. 13. p. 99 et in Monit. d } Hortic. 

 1899. p. 162; The Garden, 1899. II. 73, 1900. I. 202 mm 

 ic; Cogn. Vict. Ic. des Orch., Lael. tab. 17; Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. XX VI. 2 et 26 (1899) , XX VII. 99 et 241 (1900) ; 

 Joum. of Hort. XL 252. fig. 63 (1900) ; Gard. Mag. 1900. 

 p. 220 cum ic. („Temples var."). 



Rhizoma repens, robustum, flexuosum, creberrime articulatura, 

 squamis ovatis acutiusculis fulvis vestitum , radicibus robustis, tortuosis, 

 canescentibus. Pskudobllbi dense aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, recti 

 vel leviter arcuati, utrinque subrotundati vel basi leviter attenuati, laeves, 



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