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Laelia irrorata 



ar. leucotata Gotoer in Warner et Will. Orch. Alb. X. sub 

 tab. 469 (1893). — Laelw-Catleya elegans rar. leucotata L. Lind. in 

 Lindenia, IX. 61. tab. 413 (1894). — Laelio-Cattleya Schilleriana rar. 

 leucotata Rolfe in Orch. Bev. II. 237 (1894); Kew Bull., Addit. Ser.IV. 

 232. — Catlaelia Schilleriana var. leucotata Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 98 



(1895). 



— var. Scottiana Stein, Orchideenb. 294 (1892). - 



var. Scottiana Reichb. f. in Oard. Chron. new ser. XIX. 142 (1883); 

 L'Orchidoph. 1882-83. p. 534; Ktic Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 228. — 

 Laelio-Cattleya Schilleriana var. irrorata Scottiana Rolfe ex Williams, 

 Orch. Or ow. Man. edit. 7. p. 462 (1894). — Catlaelia Schilleriana var. 

 irrorata Scottiana Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 98 (1895). 



— var. spi.ENDENS Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 363 (1878). — Laelio- 

 Cattleya Schilleriana var. splendens Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 



p. 462 (1894). 



— var. Stelzneriana Godefr.-Leb. in L'Orchidoph. 1885. p. 343, 



1889. p. 157; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 67 (1887); Autr. et Dur. Hort. 

 Boiss. 307; Stein, Orchideenb. 294; Journ. des Orch. IV. 169; L. Lind. 

 Orch. Exot. 799; Sem. Hort. 1898. p. 214. - Laelia Stelzneriana Reichb. f. 

 in Humh. Gartenz. XV L 282 et 420 (1860); Fl. des Serres, XIV. 267. 

 tab. 1494—1495; Du Buyss. V Orchid. 363. — Laelio-Cattleya Schilleriana 

 rar. Stelzneriana Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 238 (1893); Williams, Orch. 

 Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 462. — • Catlaelia Schilleriana var. Stelzneriana 

 Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 98 (1895). 



— var. Warneri Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 6. p. 358 

 (1885); L'Orchidoph. 1885. p. 343; Stein, Orchideenb. 294. — Laelia 

 Warneri Warner, Sel. Orch. III. tab. 1. (1874). - Laelio-Cattleya 

 Schilleriana var. Warneri Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 238 (1893). — Laelio- 

 Cattleya elegans var. Warneri Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 457 

 (1894). — Catlaelia Schilleriana var. Warneri Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 93 



(1895). 



— var. Woi.aTKNHOL.MiAE Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1865. p. 698; 



Warner, Sel Orch. II. tab. 29; L'Orchidoph. 1885. p. 343, 1889. p. 157; 

 Warner et Will. Orch. Alb. V. sub tab. 216, VI. tab. 285; Veitch, 

 Man. Orch. PI. II. 67; Stein, Orchideenb. 294; Journ. des Orch. III. 

 169; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 799; Sem. Hort. 1898. p. 214. — Laelia 

 Wolstenholmiae Day ex Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 365 (1878). — Laelio- 

 Cattleya Schilleriana var. Wolstenholmiae Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 238 

 (1893); Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 463. — Catlaelia 

 Schilleriana var. Wolstenholmiae Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 98 (1895). 



Laklio-Cattleta Schilleriana var. Ashworthiana Hort. ; Journ. 

 des Orch. VII. 330 (1896). 



— var. ^Cambridge Lodge" Hort; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXIV. 

 92 (1898); The Garden, 1898. II. 89; Sem. Hort. 1898. p. 357; Orch. 

 Rev. VI. 255; Chron. Orch. n. 22. p. 174. 



— var. delicata Rolfe in Orch. Rev. III. 227 (1895). 



— var. gigantea O'Brien in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXVI. 324 

 (1899). 



— var. irrorata Gaskelliana Rolfe ex Williams, Orch. Grow. 

 Man. edit. 7. p. 462 (1894). — Laelia irrorata var. Gaskelliana Reichb. f. 

 in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. II. 520 (1887); L'Orchidoph. 1888. p. 5; Kew 

 Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 228. 



— var. „Schofi eld's" O'Brien in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XX. 392 

 (1896). — Catlaelia Schilleriana var. „Schofield's" Hansen, Orch. Hybr., 

 Sec. Suppl. 265 (1897). 



Habitat in arboribus ad Serra do Mar. prov. S. Catharina : Hort. 

 numeros.; in rupibus et interdum in arboribus insul. S. Catharina, 

 frequens: Fr. Devos , etc. — Var. g. In prov. S. Catharina: Barbosa 

 Rodrigues, ttc. — Floret Martio. 



22. LAELIA AMANDA Reichb. f. pseudobulbis elon- 

 gatis, robustiusculis, leviter compressis, clavatis, pluriarti- 

 culatis, primum laevibus et vaginis magnis vestitis, demum 

 denudatis et plurisulcatis , apice diphyllis; foliis majusculis, 

 crasse coriaceis, usque ad basin patulis, oblongo - ligulatis, 

 apice abrupte acutis, basi subcuneatis; pedunculo communi 

 terminali, robustiusculo, bi— paucifloro, foliis paulo breviore, 

 basi spatha parva angustaque incluso; bracteis minutis; 

 floribus majusculis, breviuscule pedicellatis , segmentis pa- 



tentissimis; sepalis carnosulis, subaequilongis, ligulato-oblongis, 

 acutis, margine leviter undulatis, lateralibus subfalcatis •, 

 petalis oblongis, obtusiusculis , margine leviter undulatis, 

 sepalo dorsali aequilongis et dimidio latioribus; labello 

 carnosulo, sepalis lateralibus satis breviore, basi cum columna 

 brevissime connato, sessili, ambitu late ovato-subrotundato, 

 profundiuscule trilobato, sinubus inter lobos angustis et 

 acutissimis, lobis lateralibus late oblongis, apice rotundatis, 

 margine antice denticulato - crispulis , columnam omnino in- 

 volventibus, lobo terminali satis producto, late ovato-sub- 

 rotundato, basi paulo constricto, margine denticulato-crispulo, 

 apice obtusissimo et interdum apiculato, disco glaberrimo et 

 tenuiter pluricostato ; columna longiuscula, robusta, clavata, 

 satis incurva. 



Tabida nostra LXIV (habitus cum analyst). 



Laelia amanda Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. 

 XVIII. 776 (1882); Warner et Will Orch. Alb. III. sub 

 tab. 117 et tab. 135; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 88; Watson, 

 Orch. 268; III. Hort. XXXVIII. tab. 135 (1891); Stein, 

 Orchideenb. 287; Williams, Orch. Groiv. Man. edit. 7. p. 427; 

 L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 795; Journ. des Orch. VI. 295; Cogn. 

 Diet. Ic. des Orch., Lael. hybr. tab. 2 ; Sem. Hort. 1898. 

 p. 265; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 224. 



Laelio - Cattleya amanda Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 

 V. 302, VI. 78 (1889); Journ. des Orch. VI. 296. 



Cattleya Rothschildiana Hort. ex Warner et Will. Orch. 

 Alb. III. sub tab. 117 (1883) et sub tab. 135. 



Catlaelia amanda Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 90 (1895). 



Pseudobulbi erecti, stricti vel paulo arcuati, inferne leviter attenuate, 

 nitidi, laete virides, 30 — 45 cm. longi, snperne 2— 2*1% cm. crassi; vaginae 

 tenuiter membranaceae, arete adpressae, laeves, canescentes, apice oblique 

 truncatae et mucronulatae, 6—10 cm. longae. Folia rigida, paulo con- 

 cava vel subplana, supra nitida et intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 

 15 — 23 cm. longa, 4—7 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra profundiuscule 

 canaliculato, subtus satis prominente, nervulis lateralibus iudistinctis. 

 Peduncui.us communis erectus, strictus vel paulo flexuosus, teretiusculus, 

 laevis, laete viridis, 8—18 cm. longus. Pedicelli robusti, erecto-patuli, 

 paulo flexuosi, virides et dilute purpurei, cum ovario 5 — 6 cm. longi. 

 Bracteae carnosae, adpressae, leviter concavae, triangulares, acutae, 

 virides, 3—4 mm. longae. Flores plus minusve patuli, saepius roseo- 

 carnei et roseo-purpureo venosi. Sepala subplana, saepius leviter flexuosa, 

 inferne paulo attenuata, 6 — 7 cm. longa, 15 — 18 ram. lata. Petala 

 subraembranacea, leviter obliqua, inferne satis attenuata, 6 — 7 cm. longa, 

 23—28 mm. lata. Labellum rigidiusculum , a basi ad apicem satis 

 recurvum, basi late subtruncatum, pallide roseum vel roseo-purpureum et 

 venis gracilibus ramosis laete purpureis ornatum, 472—6 cm. longum, 

 4—5 cm. latum. Columna erecta, semiteres, inferne satis attenuata, antice 

 paulo concava, alba et dilute purpurea, 3— 3 J /2 cm. longa. Capsula 

 perfecta ignota. — An hybrida naturalis inter Laelia crispa Reichb. f. 

 vel L. lobata Veitch et Cattleya intermedia Grah.? 



Habitat in Brasilia australi loco accurato haud indicato: Hort. 

 William Bull, 



23. LAELIA PORPHYftfTIS Reichb. f. pseudobulbis 

 brevibus, robustis, teretiusculis vel paulo compressis, fusi- 

 formibus vel subcylindraceis, 1—2-articulatis, primum laevibus 

 et vaginis 2—3 majusculis vestitis, demum denudatis et pro- 

 fundiuscule paucisulcatis, apice mono— diphyllis; foliis satis 

 parvis, patulis, crasse coriaceis, elliptico- oblongis, apice 





