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apice dense multifloro; bracteis lineari-subulatis, reflexis, 

 ovario satis brevioribus; floribus majusculis, longe pedicellatis, 

 segmentis patentissimis, membranaceis, valde undulato-crispis ; 

 sepalis subaequilongis, ligulato-oblougis, obtusiusculis, late- 

 ralibus subfalcatis; petalis oblongis, obtusis, sepalo dorsali 

 paulo brevioribus; labello subcoriaceo, sepalis lateralibus 

 paulo breviore, basi cum columna breviter connate vix 

 cucullato, ambitu ovato, basi rotundato vel interdum sub- 

 cordato, margine undulato-crispo, leviter vel obscure trilobato, 

 lobis lateralibus minutis, obtusis, incurvis, lobo terminali 

 amplo, ovato, apice obtuso interdum subrotundato vel acutius- 

 culo, disco carinis quinis undulato-plicatis continuis munito, 

 carinulis abbreviatis, adventitiis nullis; columna longiuscula, 

 crassa, satis incurva, dorso tricostata, margine subalata. 



Tabula nostra LXIX (habitus cum analyst). 



Schomburgkia crispa Lindl.l Sert. Orch. tab. 10 (1838) 

 et in Bot. Begist. XXX. tab. 23 (1844), in Gard. Chron. 

 1844. p. 375, in Hook. Lond. Jouni. of Bot. II. 671; Beer, 

 Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 306; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des 

 PL IV. 448; Du Buyss. L 'Orchid. 465; Barb. Rodr. Struct. 

 des Orch. tab. 9. fig. 1; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 101; 

 Stein, Orchideenb. 548; Bois, Orch. 95; Williams, Orch. Grow. 

 Man. edit. 7. p. 707; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 948; Autr. et 

 Dur. Uort. Bom. 309; Patter in Orch. Bev. III. 274; 

 J. Uuber in Bolet. Mus. Paraens. II. 503 (1899). 



Epidendrum fimbriatum Veil. Fl. Flum. Ic. IX. tab. 4 

 (1827), Text. edit. Netto in Arch. Mus. Nation. Bio. V. 357 

 (1881). 



Schomburgkia marginata var. peialis sepalisque immargi- 

 natis Hook, in Bot. Mag. tab. 3729 (1840), Cent. Orch. tab. 20. 



Cattleya crispa Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 209 (1854) 

 (non Lindl.). 



Schomburgkia gloriosa Beichb. f. in Otto, Hamb. Gartenz. 

 XVI. 178 (1860). 



Bletia crispina Beichb. f. in Walp. Ami. Bot. VI. 419 

 (1862), Xenia Orch. II. 48 (1862). 



Bletia gloriosa Beichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 419 

 (1862), Xenia Orch. II. 48 (1862), in Wawra, It. Princ. 

 Coburg. II. 84; Warming, Symb. Fl. Bras. Centr. part. 

 XXIX. 845. 



Rhizoma repens, longiusculura, robustissimura, ramosum, tortuosum, 

 articulatum, radicibus nuraerosis, robnstiusculis, flexuosis. Pseudobulbi 

 erecti vel procninbentes, recti vel pins minusve arcuati, inferne longe 

 valde attennati, virides, 10—25 cm. longi, superne 27» — 4 1 /* cm. crassi; 

 vaginae arete adpressae, striatae, pallide fulvae, 4— 10 cm. longae. Folia 

 erecto-patula, rigida, recta vel superne plus minusve recurva, leviter con- 

 cava praecipue ad basin, supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 

 15—25 cm. longa, 37« — 6 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra "profundiuscule 

 canaliculato, subtus valde prominente, nervulis lateralibus numerosis, 

 tenuissimis. Pedunculus communis erectus, teretiusculus, laevis, intense 

 viridis, 8—11 dm. longus; vaginae snbmembranaceae, arete adpressae, 

 subtiliter multistriatae , pallidae, laxe imbricatae, 5—7 cm. longae. 

 Pedicelli patuli, satis graciles, recti vel paulo flexnosi, albidi, cum ovario 

 paulo incrassato 6—9 cm. longi. Bracteae rigidiuscnlae, tenuiter multi- 

 nervulosae, margine involutae, pallide fulvae, 3-7 cm. longae, inferne 

 3—5 mm. latae. Flores patentissimi vel nutantes, brunneo-flavi vel 

 castanei. Sepala superne leviter recurva, basi breviter attenuata, tenuiter 

 5-nervulosa, 24-28 mm. longa, 7—8 mm. crassa. Petala basi satis 

 attenuata, tenuiter 5-nervulosa, vix obliqua, 21-24 mm. longa, 6—7 mm. 

 lata. Labellum ligidiusculum, inferne erectum vel erecto-patulum, 



superne valde recurvum, album et lilacino- striatum, margine luteolum, 

 18—20 mm. longum, 10—12 mm. latum. Columna subsemicylindrica, 

 basi leviter incrassata, antice profundiuscule canaliculata , alba et dilute 

 rosea, 12—13 mm. longa. Capsula pendula, oblonga, basi leviter atte- 

 nuata, apice subrostrata, obscure trigona, leviter tricostata, 5 cm. longa, 

 l 1 /* cm. crassa. 



Habitat in arboribus ad Franca prov. S. Paulo: Lqfgren in Comm. 

 Geogr. e Geol. prov. S. Paulo n. 3055; prope Rio tie Janeiro culta: 

 Wawra n. 537; in prov. Minas Geraes ad Lagoa Santa, in fissuris 

 rupium calcarearum (ad cavernam Lapo do Balm appellatum) magna 

 copia: Warming; in prov. Para secus flum. Maracd: J. Huber; in prov. 

 Alto Amazonas secus flum. Rio Negro et Solimoes: Spruce n. 1772. Etiam 

 in Surinam: Hostmann n. S00 a; in Guiana anglica: Jenmann n. 2024; 

 ad Corentyn et Berbice: Schomburgk. n. 193; secus flum. Rupununi: 

 Jenmann n. 4841. — Floret Februario—Junio. 



2. SCHOMBURGKIA MARGINATA Lindl. pseudo- 

 bulbis robustiusculis, longiusculis, clavatis vel clavato - f usi- 

 formibus, leviter compressis, angulato-sulcatis , inferne pauci- 

 articulatis, junioribus vaginis majusculis subcoriaceis dorso 

 subalato-carinatis acutisque vestitis, demum denudatis, apice 

 diphyllis; foliis majusculis, coriaceis, ligulato- oblongis, basi 

 cuneatis, apice acutiusculis ; pedunculo communi longissimo, 

 robustiusculo , stricto, vaginis satis numerosis dorso sub- 

 carinatis apice acutis tecto, apice dense multifloro; bracteis 

 lineari-subulatis, patulis vel subdeflexis, ovario subaequilongis ; 

 floribus majusculis, longe pedicellatis, segmentis patulis, 

 membranaceis, margine undulatis; sepalis subaequilongis, 

 ligulato -oblongis, acutis, lateralibus subfalcatis; petalis ob- 

 longis, acutiusculis, sepalo dorsali paulo brevioribus; labello 

 subcoriaceo, sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo , fere usque ad 

 basin libero, leviter cucullato, ambitu late oblongo, basi 

 breviter lateque unguiculato et leviter attenuato, margine 

 integerrimo non vel vix undulato, distincte trilobato, lobis 

 lateralibus parvis, obtusiusculis, incurvis, lobo terminali amplo, 

 ovato-rhombeo, acuto, disco carinis quinis undulatis continuis 

 munito, carinulis abbreviatis interruptis nunc utrinque; 

 columna crassiuscula, utrinque angulata, satis incurva. 



SchomburgJcia marginata Lindl.! Sert. Orch. tab. 13 

 (1838), in Bot. Begist. XXV. Misc. n. 12 (1839), XXX. sub 

 tab. 23 (1844), in HooJc. Lond. Journ. of Bot. II. 671 ; Beer, 

 Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 307 ; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. 

 IV. 448; Beichb. f. in Nederl. EruidJc. Arch. IV. 333 (1859); 

 L. Lind, Orch. Exot. 948. 



Cattleya marginata Beer, Pralct. Stud. Fam. Orch. 212 

 (1854). 



Bletia marginata Beichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 

 419 (1862), Xenia Orch. II. 48 (1862), in Linnaea, XLI. 132. 



Pseudobulbi erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel plus minusve arcuati, 

 inferne longe valde attenuati, virides, 8—25 cm. longi, superne 2—3 cm. 

 crassi; vaginae arete adpressae, laeves, pallidae, 6—12 cm. longae. Folia 

 erecta vel erecto-patula, rigida, recta vel interdum superne leviter recurva, 

 leviter concava praecipue ad basin, supra intense viridia, subtus paulo 

 pallidiora, 20--30 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra pro- 

 fundiuscule canaliculato, subtus satis prominente, nervulis lateralibus 

 numerosis, tenuissimis. Pedunculus communis erectus, teretiusculus, 

 laevis, viridis, 6-9 dm. longus; vaginae submembranaceae, arete ad- 

 pressae, tenuiter multistriatae, pallidae, remotinsculae, 5-9 cm. longae. 

 Pedicelli plus minusve patentissimi, graciles, recti leviter flexuosi vel 

 arcuati, pallidi, cum ovario paulo incrassato 6—8 cm. longi. Bracteae 







