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ORCHIDACEAE : SCPOMBURGKIA— SOPHRONITIS. 



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rigidiusculae , subtiliter multistriatae , margine valde involutae, pallidae, 

 4-7 cm. longae. Florks patentissimi vel deflexi, segments pulchre 

 brunneis et luteo marginatis. Sepala basi breviter attenuata, tenuiter 

 5-nervulosa, 22—24 mm. longa, 6—7 mm. lata. Petala inferne leviter 

 attenuata, subtiliter 5-nervulosa, paulo obliqna, 20—22 mm. longa 5 ad 

 6 mm. lata. Labeli.um rigidiusculum, inferne erectum, aupeme satis 

 recurvum, 19—20 mm. longum, 8-10 mm. latum, album, circa apicem 

 et margines roseo - aspersum , carinis flavis. Columna subsemicylindrica, 

 margine alata, violaceo-irrorata, 10—11 mm. longa; anthera flava! 



Capsula perfects ignota. 



Habitat supra arbores in Surinam: Hostmann n. 467, Menze; 

 prope Paramaribo: Wullschlaegel n. 1133, Focke, Kegel n. 1027; ad 

 radices fruticum in arenosis prope Joden Savannah: Kegel n. 1087- ad 

 Laan van Tourloun: Splitgerber; in Guiana anglica ad Quimattu: 

 Jenman n. 5881; ad Cabalebo secus flum. Corentyne: E. F. im Thurn; 

 in Venezuela prope Voituco: Otto n. 569. In Brasilia septentrionali 

 forsan adhuc invenienda. — Floret Novembri—Februario. 



LII. SOPHEONITIS Lindl. 



Sophronitis Lindl. in Bot. Begist. XIV. sab tab. 1147 (1828), 

 Sert. Orch. tab. 2, in Paxt. Flow. Gard. III. 10; Spreng. 

 Gen. II. 676; Endlich. Gen. 196; Meissn. PI. Vase. 373 (280); 

 Lemaire, Jard. Flew: III. Misc. p. 1; Beer, Prald. Stud. 

 Fam. Orch. 308; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 437; 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 465; Du Buyss. LOrchid. 

 479; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. XVIII. 315 et 

 in Benth. et HooJc. Gen. PI. III. 535; Veitch, Man. Orch. 

 PI. II. 104; Pfitz. in Engl, und Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 

 II. 6. p. 148; Watson, Orch. 458; Stein, Orchideenb. 557; 

 Bois, Orch. 104; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 265; Williams, Orch. 

 Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 715; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 954. 

 Sophronia Lindl. in Bot. Begist. XIII. tab. 1129 (1827); 

 non Sophronia Lichtenst. (1817) nee Pers. in Gaudich. 

 (1826). — Lophoglottis Bafin. Fl. Tellur. IV. 49 (1836). 

 Constantia Barb. Bodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. Nov. I. 78 



(1877). 



Cattleyae spec. Beer, Praht. Sttcd. Fam. Orch. 



209 (1854). 



Sepala libera, aequalia, plana, patentia. Petala 



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sepalis similia vel latiora. Labellum ad basin co- 

 lumnae sessile eique breviter adnatum, erectum, in- 

 di visum vel leviter trilobatum; lobi laterales lati, 

 conniventes, columnam omnino occultantes, terminalis 

 linguiformis, subrecurvus, integerrimus, acutus; discus 

 nudus vel prope basin transverse cristatus. Columna 

 brevis, crassiuscula , superne ad latera stigmatis sub- 

 petaloideo - dilatata ; clinandrium minute bidentatum. 

 Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, convexa, 

 bilocularis, loculis septo longitudinali perfecte bi- 

 locellatis, locellis septo transverso minus perfecte divisis; 

 pollinia 8, in quoque loculo 4, cerea. biseriata, parallele 

 compressa, superiora pendula cum inferioribus ascen- 

 dentibus appendicula fere laminiformi connexa. Capsula 

 fusiformis, obscure 6-angulata vel interdum 6-alata. 



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Herbae epiphyticae , liumiles, Brasiliae australis 

 incolae. PsEUDOBULBl in rhizomate conferti, apice 



unifoliati vel raritis bifoliati. Folia coriacea vel 

 carnosa, complicata, demum explanata , patentia vel 

 erecta. Pedunculus terminate, brevis, uniform vd 

 pauciflorus. Flores speciosi vel satis parvi, coccinei 

 vel violacei rarius lutei, minute bracteati. 



conspectus omnium specierum. 



Sect. I. EUSOPHRONIT1S. 



monophylli. 



Pseudobulbi apice 



Folia ovata vel oblonga; labellum distincte trilobatum, basi transverse 

 cristatum. 



A. Flores majusculi, solitarii ; petala sepalis multo latiora. 



1. Folia oblonga vel ovato-oblonga , obtusa vel acutiuscula; pe- 

 dunculus foliis brevior vel paulo longior; petala obtusa 

 acutiuscula. 



vel 



J I, 



. Folia plus rainusve patula, acutiuscula; flor 

 saepius intense coccinei; petala obtusa, sepalia 



triplo latiora 1. S. coccinka Reichb. f. 



b. Folia plus minusve erecta, acuta; flores au- 

 rantiaci; petala acutiuscula, sepalis duplo 



l»tiora 2. S. Ro itkriana Barb. Rodr. 



2. Folia late ovata, acutissima; pedunculus foliis 

 multo longior; petala abrupte acuminata 



3. S. Wittigiana Barb. Rodr. 

 Flores satis parvi, breviter racemosi ; petala sepalis aequilata vel 

 paulo angustiora. 



1. Folia ovata, basi subrotundata; ovarium leviter 

 sexcostatum, breviter rostratum 4. S. ckrnua Lindl. 



2. Folia elliptico-subrotundata, basi leviter cordata; 

 ovarium late hexapterum, apice longe rostratum ' 



5. S. pterocarpum Lindl. 

 Folia linearia; labellum obovatum, indivisum, basi nudum 



6. S. violacea Lindl. 



Sect. II. CONSTANTIA. — Pseudobulbi apice diphylli. 



I. Pseudobulbi pyri formes, valde compressi; folia parva, 

 subquadrangula; pedunculus basi spatha inclusus; sepala 

 superne recurva; labellum oblongo-linguiforme, obtusius- 

 culum, basi cum columna longiuscule connatum 



7. S. rupestris Cogn. 

 II. Pseudobulbi globulosi; folia minuta, subrotundata; pe- 

 dunculus basi nudus; sepala subincurva; labellum liberum, 

 anguste obovatum, apice rotundatum 8. S. australis Cogn. 



II, 



Sect. I. EUSOPHRONITIS Cogn. 



Pseudobulbi apice monophylli. Polliniorum appeudi- 

 culae breves, fere laminiformes, laeves, rectae vel paulo 



arcuatae. 



Species 1 — 6. 



1. SOPHRONITIS COCCINEA Reichb. f. pseudo- 

 bulbis brevibus, robustiusculis, teretiusculis, fusiformibus vel 

 interdum oblongo-ovoideis, inferue 1— 2-articulatis, apice 

 monophyllis , primum vaginis 2 — 3 subcoriaceis majusculis 

 vestitis, demum denudatis; foliis majusculis, erecto - patulis, 

 crassiuscule coriaceis, oblongis ellipticis vel anguste ovatis, 

 obtusis vel acutiusculis; pedunculo robustiusculo , unifloro, 

 foliis breviore vel interdum paulo longiore, fere ad basin 

 bracteis 2 parvis oppositis lineari-subulatis munito; floribus 

 majusculis, segmentis carnosulis, paten tissimis; sepalis sub- 

 aequalibus, late oblongis, lateralibus satis obliquis; petalis 

 ovato-rotundatis, obtusis vel obtusiusculis, sepalo dorsali paulo 

 longioribus et triplo latioribus; labello sepalis lateralibus satis 



