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valde multiflora; bracteis tenuiter membranaceis, coloratis, 

 inagnis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis vel acuminatis, 

 margine satis undulatis; floribus majusculis, longiuscule pedi- 

 cellatis; sepalis membranaceis, oblongis vel ovato- oblongis, 

 acutis, satis undulatis, dorsali paulo majore; petalis obovatis 

 vel obovato- oblongis, apice rotundatis, margine leviter un- 

 dulatis, sepalo dorsali subaequilongis ; labello sepalis late- 

 ralibus satis breviore, am bit a subduplo latioie quam longo, 

 longiuscule angusteque nnguiculato, basi profunde emarginato- 

 cordato, lobis lateralibus erectis vel leviter incurvis, late 

 cuneato-obovatis , apice rotundatis, margine integerrimis non 

 undulatis, lobo terminali paulo breviore, subsemicirculari vel 

 late reniformi, apice profundiuscule angusteque emarginato, 

 margine granuloso et leviter undulato-subcrenulato, disco inter 

 lobos laterales crasse lateque verruculoso-calloso; columna 

 breviuscula, clavata. 



Cyrtopodium punctatum Lindl! Gen. and Spec. Orcli. 

 188 (1833), Sert. Orch. tab. 12; Drapiez, Encyclogr. et Fl. 

 Serves Angl. I V. aottt 1836 (Bot. Mag.) fig. 1 ; W. Rook, in 

 Bot. Mag. tab. 3507; Mutel, Mem. Orch. Nouv., part. 11. 13; 

 Reichb. f. in Linnaea, XVIII. 404, in Bonplandia, II. 19 f 

 HI. 67, in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 666; Beer, Prakt. Stud. 

 Fam. Orch. 226. tab. C. fig. 8; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des 

 PI IV. 520; Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 265; Sauvalle, Fl. Cub. 

 230; Dii Buyss. II Orchid. 299; J. E. Planch, in Fl. des 

 Serres, XXII. 179. tab. 2352; Hemsl. Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Bot. III. 249; Warn, et Will. Orch. Alb. V. tab. 202; 

 L'Orchidoph. 1885. p. 270. cum tab. col.; Veitch, Man. Orch. 

 PI. IX. 38. cum ic; Stein, Orchideenb. 181; Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. XII. 396 (1892) ; Bolfe in Lindenia, VIII. 19. tab. 344; 

 Bois, Orch. 125; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 320; 

 L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 722; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXI. 232 

 (1897); Cogn. Did. Ic. des Orch., Cyrtop. tab. 1. 



Helleborine ramosissima cauliculis et floribus maculosis 

 Plum. Nov. PI. Gen. 9 (1703), PI Amer. edit. Burm. 112. 

 tab. 187. 



Epidendrum punctatum Linn. Spec. PI. edit, secund. II. 

 1349 (1762); Swartz in Nov. Act. Ups. VI. 68, in Schrad. 



Willd, 



PI. II. 518. 



Pers. Syn. 



Cymbidium trinerve Meyer! Prim. Fl. Essequeb. 258 

 (1818); Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 169. 



Epidendrum gigas Veil. Fl. Flum. Ic. IX. tab. 20 



(1827), Text. edit. Netto in Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio. V. 361 



(1881). 



Cyrtopodium Wilmorei Knowl. et Westc. Fl. Cab. I. 

 tab. 4 (1837). 



Oncidium palmophilum Mart. I Herb, ex Lindl. Sert. Orch. 

 sub tab. 12 (1838). 



Cyrtopodium speciosissimum Hort. ex Du Buyss. L' Orchid. 

 299 (1878); Fl. des Serres, XXII. 179 (1879). 



Cyrtopodium tigrinum Linden in III. Hort. XXVIIL 95 



(1881, 



nornen tantum). 



Reich 



new ser. XXIII. 756 (1885), ser. 3. IV. 180. Jig. 20 (1888), 

 in Flora, LXVIII. 301 (1885); L'Orchidoph. 1885. p. 195; 



Journ. of Hort. XII. 255. fig. 4U (1886); Kew Bull. Add. 

 Ser. IV. 140. " 



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Cyrtopodium punctatum var. Saintlegerianum Hort. ; Stein, 

 Orchideenb. 181 (1892); Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 

 p. 320. 



Pseudobulbi plures, aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel 

 leviter arcuati, teretiusculi vel leviter compressi, virides, viscoso-carnosi, 

 6—10 dm. longi et interdam longiores, 3—5 cm. crassi. Folia 6—8, 

 rigidiuscula, inferne erecto - patula , superne plus minusve recurva, basi 

 subcondnplicata caeterum subplana, supra nitidula et saturate viridia, 

 subtus paulo pallidiora, 35—60 cm. longa et interdum longiora, 2—5 cm. 

 lata; nervis robustis, albidis, supra leviter impressis, subtus valde pro- 

 minentibus; nervulis secundariis unmerosis, tennissimis. Pedunculus 



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communis erectus vel ascendeus, strictus vel paulo flexuosus, teres, laevis, 

 laete viridis vel inferne pallide fulvus, 10 — 15 dm. altus, 1 — 2 cm. crassus ; 

 vaginae merabranaceae, arete adpressae, superne leviter dilatatae, pallidae, 

 tenuiter multistriatae, apice oblique truncatae et acutae, 10 — 15 cm. 

 longae; rami alterni, patuli, elongati, satis graciles, simplices, leviter' 

 flexuosi, 6— 8-flori; pedicelli patuli, graciles, leviter flexuosi, pallide 

 virides et saepius dilute rubri, cum ovario 2—4 cm. longi. Bracteae 

 patulae vel interdum plus minusve recurvae, tenuiter multinervulosae, 

 flavo- virides et transverse denseque fusco-purpnreo maculatae, rameales 

 8 — 12 cm. longae et l 1 ^ — 3Va cm. latae, florales 3—5 cm. longae et 

 circiter 1 cm. latae. Flores patuli, segmentis patentissimis. Sepala 

 tenuiter multinervulosa, basi satis constricta , flavo -viridia et maculis 

 numerosis transversis fusco-castaneis interdum subcontiguis ornata, dorsale 

 18—22 mm. longum et 8 — 11 mm. latum, lateralia satis obliqua, 15 ad 

 20 mm. longa et 7—9 mm. lata. Petala tenuiter membranacea, paulo 

 obliqua, basi late cuneata, tenuiter 11-nervulosa nervulis superne leviter 

 ramosis, flavo -citrina, ad medium et ad basin maculis ruin ut is pluribus 

 rubris ornata, interdum immaculata, 17 — 20 mm. longa, 9—12 mm. lata. 

 Labellum carnosulum, erecto-patulum, tenuiter multinervulosum nervulis 

 valde ramosis, 12—14 mm. longum, 20—23 mm. latum, lobis lateralibus 

 intense rubris, lobo terminali satis concavo, flavo-citrino , margine rubro 

 maculato, disco inferne albido et rubro punctato. Columna erecta, leviter 

 incurva, subtrigona, flavo -viridis, circiter 6 mm. longa. Capsula per- 

 fecta ignota. 



Var. p. BRACTEATUM ReicJib. /. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 



667 (1863), 



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Cyrtopodium bracteatum Linden ex Lindl. Orch. Linden. 

 23 (1846). 



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Racemus simplex. Labelli discus pulvinato- verrucosus; lobi late- 

 rales oblongi, undulati, versus basin tuberculati; lobus terminalis trans- 

 versus, truncatus, indivisus, margine in papillas solutus. 



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Habitat in prov. Piauhy: Gardner n. 2762; in prov. Pernambuco: 

 Gardner n. 1161; in prov. Bahia: Blanchet n. 1424; in Palmis aliisque 

 arboribus sylvae Catingas ad Rio de Contas: Martins n. 1965; in arenosis 

 ad Rio Belmonte; Brine. Max. Neuwied; in prov. Goyaz: Gardner n. 

 3458 et 3459; in campis aridis ad Sertao d' Amaroleite : Weddell n. 2791; 

 ad Serra dos Pyreneos: E. Ule n. 3117; in prov. Minas Geraes: Glaziou 

 w. 16367; ad Ouro Preto: Glaziou n. 15657; in prov. Rio de Janeiro: 

 Riedel n. 20 , Glaziou n. 15643; in Brasilia austro - orient all locis ac- 

 curate haud indicatis : Sellow, Weir. Etiam in Territ Missionis ad Campo 

 Grande Yubal: Niederlein n. 233; in Argentinae prov. Oran secus Rio 

 Vermejo prope La Embarcacion : Lorentz et Hieronymus n. 289 , 503 et 

 539; in Paraguay centrali: Saint-Leger; in Peruvia: Pavon, Haenke; 

 ad fontes flum. Maranon: Warszewicz; in Guiana gallica: Poiteau; 

 prope Cayenne: Leprieur; in Surinam: Kegel; in Guiana anglica: Pollard 

 n. 112, Parker, Appun n. 886, Jenman n. 1983 et 5902; secus flum. 

 Essequebo: Meyer; in Venezuela prope Caracas: Wagener; in Nova 

 Granata: Warszewicz, Wagener; in prov. Bogota prope Pandi: Bonpland; 

 in Guatemala ; Herb. Kew. ; in Mexico ad Jalapa : Leibold ; in rupibus 

 ad Malpayo de Naulingo: Schiede; in ins. 8. Domingo: Mackenzie; in 

 Cuba orientali: Wright n. 3320; in arboribus Savannae de Mascariges: 

 Poeppig; in arboribus prope Monteverde: Eggers n. 5115. — Var. $. 

 In Venezuelae locis aridis prope Merida altit. 1700 m. : Linden. — Floret 

 Aprili- Julio. 





