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tentissimis, snperne leviter recurvis; sepalis carnosulis, sub- 

 aequilongis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, margine leviter un- 

 dulatis, lateralibus paulo obliquis vel interdum subfalcatis; 

 petalis oblongo-rhomboideis, apice acutiusculis, margine satis 

 undulatis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis vel paulo longioribus et 

 subduplo latioribus; labello carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus paulo 

 breviore, basi cum columna brevissime *' connato , ambitu 

 elliptico-ovato, leviter trilobato, sinubns inter lobos latissimis, 

 lobifl lateralibus latis, apice rotundatis, margine undulatis, 

 columnam omnino involventibus, lobo terminali satis producto, 

 late rotundato, apice interdum subtruncato, margine leviter 

 crenulato et crispulo, disco velutino tenuiter pluricostato ; 

 columna robusta, breviuscula, clavata, leviter incurva. 



Laelia grandis Lindl, in Paxt. Flow. Gard. I. 60. fig. 38 

 (1850); Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. 1 I 17 538 et in Ally. 

 Garlcnz. XXI Jl 321 (1855); Fl. des Serves, VII. Misc. 

 p. s cum ic. (lxte), XXIII. 297. tab. 2473; Bot. Mag. 

 tab. 5553; Batcm. in Gard. Chron. 1864. p. 1202, Sec. Cent. 

 Orch. tab. 136; Hegel in Garten ft, XX. 258. tab. 698 (1871); 



Du I luy*. i; <)n hid. 35s ; Warner d Witt. Orch. Alb. III. 



tab. 123; Nichols. Did. of Gard. II. 220; Veitcli, Man. Orch. 

 PI. II 71} VOrchidnph. 1889. p. 213, 1891. j>. 161; Rolfe 

 in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 683 (1889), VII. 355 (1890); 

 Watson, Orch. 262; Stein, Orchideenh. 297. fig. 99 et 99a; 

 Bois, Orch. 99; Journ. des Orch. III. 171; Williams, Orch. 

 Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 137 ; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 800. 



Bletia grandis Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 424 

 (1862) , Xenia Orch. II. 51. 



Psei;i)Obulbi aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel leviter 

 fiexnosi, interne longe valde attenuati, nitidi, intense virides, 15—30 cm. 

 longi, 9opeme l ! /i— 3 cm. crassi ; vagina k membranaceae, arete adpressae, 

 tenuiter multistriatae, apice oblique truncatae et acutae, albido- virides, 

 3—8 cm. longae. Foi.ia rigida, leviter concava vel subplana, supra nitida 

 et intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 20 — 25 cm. longa, 3 — 5 cm. 

 lata, nervo mediano supra profunde canaliculato, subtus satis prominente, 

 nervulis lateralibus paulo distiuetis. Pkduncums communis erectus, 

 strictus vel paulo flexuosus, teretiusculns, laevis, laete viridis, 12 — 18 cm. 

 longus; bpatiia basilaris coriacea, lineari-ligulata, lateraliter valde com- 

 pressa, dorso acute earinata, snbtiliter multistriata, pallide viridis vel 

 fulva, 7—11 cm. longa. Pkdicei.i.i robustiusculi, patuli vel erecto-patuli, 

 teretiusculi, recti vel paulo arcuati, cum ovario 4— 6 cm. longi. Bracteab 

 carnosae, adpressae, satis concavae, triangulares, acutissimae, virides, 

 2—3 mm. longae. Flores patuli, flavo-isabellini. Sepala plus minusve 

 convexa, basi leviter attenuata, tenuiter multinervulosa, 5 — 6 cm. longa, 

 1— l 1 /* cm. lata. Petala membranacea, saepius subfalcata, inferne 

 enneata, subtiliter multinervulosa nervulis satis ramosis, 57 8 — 6 cm. 

 longa, 2— 2 ! /f cm. lata. Labei.i.im rigidiusculum, inferne erecto-patulum, 

 superne leviter recurvura, basi rotundatum vel subcordatum, tenuiter 

 multinervulosum nervulis valde ramosis, album et interdum dilute roseum, 

 venis numerosis gracilibus ramosis roseo-pnrpureis ornatum, 47*— h l l% cm. 

 longnm, 3—4 cm. latum. Columna erecta, trigona, inferne satis atte- 

 nnata, antice concava, albo-rosea, T/a-2 cm. longa. Capsula perfecta 

 ignota. 



Var. p. tenebrosa Gower in The Garden, 1891. I 

 (10 febr.) 36, in Orch. Alb. X. sid> tab. 468; Rolfe in Gard. 

 Chron. .ser. 3. X. 126 (1 august. 1891), in Lindenia, VII. 

 7. tab. 290, in Reichenbachia , ser. 2. I. 69. tab. 33; 

 LOrchidoph. 1891. p. 61, p. 369 cum tab. col, 1892. p. 226; 

 (lartenfl. 1891. p. 495; Journ. des Orch. II. 197, III. 171, 

 IV. 161; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 437 ; L. Lind. 



Orch. Fxot. 800; Warner et Will. Orch. Alb. XI. tab. 487; 

 Kew Bull, Add it. Ser. IV. 228. 



Laelia grandis var. Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 



683 (1889). 



Laelia tenebrosa Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 146 (1893), IV. 

 196, V 194; Journ. des Orch. V. 149; Sem. Hort. 1897. 

 p. 288; Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Lael. tab. 8. 



Fi.oues multo majores, sepalis petalisque latioribus, paulo undu- 

 latis, rubro-cupreis, labello bene aperto, purpuieo margine pallidiore, disco 

 atropurpureo. 



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Formae hortenses satis numerosae; principales sunt: 



Laelia tenebrosa var. Charlesworthii ( „Charlesivortli s var") 

 Hort.; Orch. Rev. III. 252 (1895), V. 252. 



— var. „de M. Lionet" Hort.; Cogn. Did. Ic. des Orch., Lael. 



tab. 8 A (1897). 



— var. gigantea Hort.; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXVI. 58 (1899) ; 



The Garden, 1899. II. 49. 



— var. „Gladstone" Hort; Orch. Rev. III. 255 et 381 (1895). 



— var. „Harmar Bass" Hort; Orch. Rev. II. 238 (1894). 



— „Little\s variety" Hort.; Orch. Rev. I. 376 (1893). 



— „Mareild variety" Hort.; Orch. Rev. I. 200 (1893). 



— var. nigrescens Hort.; Orch. Rev. V. 220 (1897) 

 var. Pitteana Hort ; Orch. Rev. II. 253 (1894), III. 252. 



— var. superba Hort.; Orch. Rev. III. 322 (1895) ; Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. XXL 410 (1897). 



— var. Thompsoni Hort; Orch. Rev. VI. 27 (1898). 



— var. „ Victor Warburton" Hort.; Orch. Rev. V. 252 (1897), 

 VII 250; Sem. Hort 1897. p. 289; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXVI. 17 



(1899); The Garden, 1899. II 9. 



— var. „Walton Grange" Hort.; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XIV. 179 

 (1893); Orch. Rev. I 268 et 287, II. 240, IV. 196; Sem. Hort 1897. 

 p. 288; Journ. of Hort. 1900. p. 539. fig. 146. — Laelia grandis var. 

 „ Walton Grange" Hort; Journ. des Orch. V. 150. 



Laelia grandis ,/Wigan's var." Hort.; Orch. Rev. III. 220 

 (1895). 



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Habitat in prov. Bahia : Blanchet; in sylvis humidis supra arbores 

 prope Bahia: Pinel. — Var. [3. In prov. Bahia: B'mot; ad Serra da 

 Itaraca: Travassos. 



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Obs. I. Laelio-Cattleya Albanensis Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 

 XIV. 5S4 (1893), in Orch. Rev. I. 339, II. 2, III. 164; Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 452; Cog7i. Diet Ic. des Orch., Laelio-Cattl. 

 tab. 6 (Laelio-Cattleya Stchegoleffiana L. Lind. in Journ. des Orch. IV. 

 297 (1893); Orch. Rev. II. 2. — Laelio-Cattleya Varjenenskyana L. Lind. 

 in Lindenia, X. 71. tab. 466 (1895); Kew Bull., Addit Ser. IV. 232. — 

 Catlaelia albanensis Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 90 (1895) est bybrida naturalis 

 inter Laelia grandis LindJ. et Cattleya lahiata var. Warneri Veitcb. 



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Var. g. Gottoiana Cogn. (Laelia Gottoiana Hort; Gard. Mag. 

 1891. p. 379; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 228. — Laelio-Cattleya 

 Gottoiana Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 338 (1893); Lindenia, XIV. tab. 658; 

 Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXV. 130; Wien. III. Gart-Zeit 1899. p. 261 

 (L.-C. Gottoiana). — Catlaelia Gottoiana Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 95 (1895) 

 est verisimiliter bybrida naturalis inter Laelia grandis var. tenebrosa 

 Gower et Cattleya labiata var. Warneri Veitcb. 



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Formae bortenses: - ' 



L.-C. Gottoiana var. marmorata Rolfe in Orch. Rev. V. 362 

 (1897). 



— var. rosea Hort; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XVIII. 467 (1895); 

 Orch. Rev. Ill 352; Kew. Bull., Addit Ser. IV. 231. 



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Habitat in prov. Babia: Hort. Sander, Gotto, etc. 







Obs. II. Laelio-Cattleya Pittiana O'Brien in Gard. Chron. ser. 

 3. XV. 264. fig. 27 (1894); Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II. 107; Kew Bull., 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 232 (Catlaelia Pittiana Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 97 (1895) 

 est verisimiliter bybrida naturalis inter Laelia grandis Lindl. et Cattleya 

 amethystoglossa Lind. et Reicbb. f. — Habitat in prov. Pernambuco ve\ 

 Bahia: Hort. Sander. 





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