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breviore, basi cum columna breviter connato, ambitu late 

 ovato-triangulari, distincte trilobate lobis lateralibus majus- 

 culis, erectis, late triangulari-rotundatis, apice obtusissimis, 

 lobo terminali longiore, oblongo-triangulari, obtusiusculo, 

 concavo, disco ad basin transverse cristato, crista indivisa 

 vel bilobata; columna claviformi, apice breviter bilobata. 



Tabula nostra LIX. Fig. Ill (habitus aim analyst). 



Sophronitis coccinea Beichb. f. I in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 

 465 (1862) et in Ft. des Serres, XVII. 5. tab. 1716 (1868); 

 Du Buy ss. L Orchid. 481; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 

 p. 716; Cogn. Did. Ic. Orch., Sophr. tab. 1. 



Cattleya coccinea Lindl. in Bot. Begist. XXII. sub tab. 



1919 (1836). 



Sophronitis grandijlora Lindl. I Sert. Orch. tab. 5. fig. 2 



(1838); Bot. Mag. tab. 3709; Ch. Lemaire, Fl. des Serres de 

 VAnglet., F6vr. 1839. cum tab. col., et in Van Hoidte, FL des 

 Serres, I. 113. tab. 19 (1845) ; Paxt. Mag. of Bot. IX. 193 

 cum tab.; Uarting. Parad. Vindob. I. tab. 15; Gard. Chron. 

 1842. p. 711; IIooJc. Cent. Orch. tab. 41; Lindl in Paxt. 

 Flow. Gard. III. 10. fig. 237; Ch. Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. III. 

 Misc. p. 2 mm ic. ; Galeotti, Joarn. d'Hort. Prat. X. 56 mm 

 tab.; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 302; Duchartre, Man. 

 Gen. des PI. IV. 437; Moore, lllust. Orch., Sophron. tab. 1; 

 Jenning. Orch. tab. 5; Floral Mag. tab. 329; Warner, Sel. 

 Orch. III. tab. 3; De Puydt, Orch. 321. tab. 41; Gard. Chron. 

 new ser. XII 305. fig. 48, ser. 3. IX. 669. fig. 127, XVII. 

 492 mm tab., XXI. 266. jig. 89, XXVI. 274; L'Orchidoph. 

 1886. p. 124 mm ic; Veifch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 106; Bev. 

 Hortic. 1887. p. 492. cum tab. ; Bev. Hort. Belg. 1887. p. 5. 

 tab. 1; Bodig. in III. Hort. XXXIV. 89. tab. 32 (1887); 

 Beichb. f. in Waivra, Itin. Brine. S. Coburg. II. 85; Lindenia, 

 IV. tab. 161; Watson, Orch. 459. fig. 106; Stein, Orchideenb. 

 558. fig. 169; Bow, Orch. 105. fig. 83; Williams, Orch. Grow. 

 Man. edit. 7. p. 716. mm icon.; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 955. 

 Jig. 3 et 45; The Garden, 1895. II. 82. tab. 1025. fig. 2; 

 Orch. Alb. XI. tab. 504; Le Jardin, 1897. p. 223; Bolfe in 

 Orch. Bev. VIII. 325. 



Cattleya grandijlora Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 209 



(1854) 



Beichb. f. in Walp 



465 (1862); Fl. des Serres, X VII. 5; Dii Buyss. V Orchid. 481. 



Rhizoma repens, robustiusculum, elougatum, raiuosum, tortnosnra, 

 creberrime articnlatnm, atro-fuscura, radicibus numerosissimis, gracilibns, 

 elongatis, flexuosis, canescentibus. Pseudobui.bi dense aggregati, erecti 

 vel ascendentes, recti vel leviter arcuati, intense virides, laeves, l 1 /* ad 

 4 cm. longi, 2—6 mm. crassi; vaginae laxae, subtiliter mnltistriatae, 

 pallidae, apice oblique trnncatae et acutae, l /« — l l /« cm. longae. Folia 

 rigidinscula, leviter concava vel subplana, supra intense viridia et nitidula, 

 subtus satis pallidiora, 3—6 cm. longa, 1—27* cm. lata, nervo mediano 

 supra profundiuscule canaliculato , subtus satis prominent*, nervulis 

 lateralibus nuraerosis, tenuissimis. Pedunculus erectus vel plus minusve 

 patalus, satis gracilis, teretinsculus, plus minusve flexuosus, pallide viridis 

 vel dilute purpureus, supra basin bracteis subcoriaceis erecto - patulis 

 acutissimis 1—3 mm. longis munitus, cum ovario 3-6 cm. longns. Flores 

 patuli vel natantes, saepius intense coccinei. Sepala plana vel paulo 

 convexa, inferne leviter attenuata, tenniter 9-nervulosa, 17—22 mm. longa, 

 7—10 mm. lata. Petai.a subplana, basi abrupte valde constricta, tenniter 

 multinervulosa nervulis leviter ramosis, 2-3 cm. longa et lata. Labelldm 

 rigidiusculum , inferne erecto-patulum, superne satis recurvum, fere con- 



duplicatum, tenniter multinervulosum nervulis satis ramosis, 13—20 mm. 

 longum, 15—22 mm. latum. Columna erecta, leviter inenrva, crassa, 

 albida et saepius leviter dilute purpurea, 6—9 mm. longa. Capsula 

 floribus segmentis marcescentibus coronata, oblonga, obtuse trigona, 

 tenniter 9-costata, l l h— 2 cm. longa, 7-10 mm. crassa. 



Formae hortenses satis numerosae; principales sunt: 



Var. aurantiaca Hort; Rev. Hort. 1886. p. 492 cum tab. col; 

 Stein, Orchideenb. 558; Keio Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 372. 



Var. coccinea Hort; Steiyi, Orchideenb. 558 (1892); Bois, Orch. 106. 

 Var. gigantea Hort.; Stein, Orchideenb. 558 (1892); Rolfe in Orch. 



Rev. VI. 222. 



Var. purpurea O'Brien in Gard. Chron. new ser. XXII. 563 



(1884); Vntch, Man. Orch. PI II 106 (1887); Watson, Orch. 460; 



Stein, Orchideenb. 558; Le Jardin, 1897. p. 223; Kew Bull, Addit. 



Ser. IV. 372; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. VIII. 325. — Sophronitis purpurea 



Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. IX. 462 (1878). 



Var. rosea Hort; The Garden, XXV. 178 et 474. tab. 643 (1884); 

 O'Brien in Gard. Chron. new ser. XXII. 563 (1884); Veitch, Man. Orch. 

 PI II. 106 (1887); Stein, Orchideenb. 558; Kew Bull, Addit Ser. IV. 

 372; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. VIII. 325. — Sophronitis rosea Hort. ex 

 Gastling in Gard. Chron. new ser. XXI. 243 (1884). 



Var. „Swinburne's" O'Brien in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXIII. 77 

 (1898). 



Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro supra arbores inter Bananal et 

 Ilha Grande: Descourtilz ; ad Serra dos Orgdos: Gardner n. 659 et 

 5878, Guillemin n. 1001, E. Vie n. 4121; in arboribus ad Theresopolis : 

 Wawra n. 312; J. de Moura n. 285; in rupibus ad Piratininga: Glaziou 

 n. 6727; ad Alto-Macahe: Mendonga n. 825; in prov. Minas Geraes: 

 St-Hilaire; in arboribus ad Itacolumi: H. Schenck n. 3637 ; in arboribus 

 prov. S. Paulo: Porte; in Brasilia australi loco accurato haud indicato: 

 Selloiv n. 5923. — Floret Martio— Septembri. 



2. SOPHRONITIS ROSSITERIANA Barb. Rodr. 

 pseudobulbis brevissimis, robustiusculis, ovoideis vel oblongo- 

 ovoideis, teretiusculis, inferne 1 — 2 - articulatis , apice mono- 

 phyllis, primum vaginis 1—2 majusculis submembranaceis 

 vestitis, demum denudatis; foliis majusculis, erectis vel plus 

 minusve patulis, crassiuscule coriaceis, oblongis, acutiusculis; 

 pedunculo robustiusculo, unifloro, foliis breviore vel interdum 

 sublongiore, fere ad basin bracteis 2 minutis oppositis anguste 

 triangularibus munito; floribus majusculis, segmentis sub- 

 membranaceis , patentissimis ; sepalis subaequilongis , late 

 elliptico-oblongis, subabrupte acutis, lateralibus vix obliquis; 

 petalis oblique lateque ovato-rhomboideis, obtusis, sepalo 

 dorsali sublongioribus et duplo latioribus, limbo lateraliter 

 subbullato-plicatulo ; labello sepalis lateralibus satis breviore, 

 basi cum columna vix connato, ambitu late ovato-subtrian- 

 gulari, distincte trilobato, lobis lateralibus majusculis, erectis, 

 late rotundatis, apice obtusissimis, lobo terminali satis pro- 

 ducto, parvo, triangulari-lanceolato, acuto, concavo, disco ad 

 basin excavato et transverse cristato, crista reflexa, distincte 

 bilobata; columna claviformi, apice lateraliter obscure lobulata. 



Tabula nostra LXXI. Fig. I (habitus). 



Sophronitis Rossiteriana Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. 

 Nov. I. 77 (1877); Cogn. Chron. Orch. n. 12. p. 89, Did. 

 Ic. des Orch., Sophr. tab. 2; Monit. d'Hort. 1898. p. 46; 

 Rolfe in Orch. Rev. VII. 62, VIII. 325. 



Rhizoma repens, robustiusculum, elongatum, leviter ramosum, 

 tortuosum, creberrime articulatum, radicibus satis numerosis, robustius- 

 culis, elongatis, panlo flexuosis, cauescentibus. Pseudobulbi dense 



