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2. CYRTOPODIUM ALICIAE L. Lind. et Rolfe: 

 pseudobulbis elongatis, robustissimis, conico-fusiformibus, multi- 

 articulatis , junioribus vaginis foliorum vetustiorum 

 sistentibus vestitis et apice polyphyllis, vetustioribus denu- 

 datis; foliis elongatis, coriaceis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, 

 trinerviis; scapo robusto, foliis circiter aequilongo, inferne 

 vaginis brevibus remotissimi.s vestito, superne leviter ramoso ; 

 panicula majuscula, late pyramidata, nmltiflora; bracteis 

 tenuiter membranaceis, coloratis, magnis, anguste ovatis vel 

 ovato-lanceolatis, acutiuscule acuminatis, margine leviter un- 

 dulatis; floribus mediocribus, breviuscule pedicellatis; sepalis 

 subaequalibus, membranaceis, elliptico obovatis, obtusis, valde 

 undulatis; petalis obovatis, apice rotundatis et minute api- 

 culatis, margine satis undulatis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; 

 labello sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo, ambitu subduplo 

 latiore quam longo, longiuscule angusteque unguiculato, basi 

 truncato vel subcordato, lobis lateralibus divaricatis suberectis, 

 obovato oblongis, apice subtruncatis, margine integerrimis non 

 vel vix undulatis, lobo terminali satis breviore, ovato-sub- 

 rotnndato, apice subtruncato non emarginato, margine laevi 

 integerrimo, disco inter lobos laterales crista subhemisphaerica 

 crenulata aucto; columna brevi, clavata. 



Cyrtopodium Aliciae L. J And. et Rolfe! in Lindenia. 

 ' VI IT. 73. fab. 371 (1893); Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 

 edit. 7. p. 319; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 722; Kew Bull. 1894. 

 App. II. 37, Addit. Ser. IV. 140. 



Pskhdobulbi plures, dense aggregati, erecti, Tecti vel paulo arcuati, 

 teretiusculi vel paulo compressi, virides et dilute fuscescentes , atro-fusco 

 8— 10-annnlati, 25—30 cm. longi, 5 — 7 cm. crassi. Folia 7—10, rigidius- 

 cula, erecta vel paulo patnla, basi snbeonduplicata caeterum satis concava, 

 sopra saturate viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 30—50 cm. longa, 2 ad 

 3 cm. lata. Pbdunculus communis* erectus vel ascendens , strictus vel 

 leviter arcnatus, teres, laevis, nitidus, laete viridis, 7 — 9 dm. longus, 

 7 — 11 mm. crassus; vaginae membranaceae, adpressae, pallide virides, 

 apice oblique truncatae et acutiusculae, 1 — 2 cm. longae; rami alterni, 

 erecto - patuli vel ascendentes, elongatf, robustiusculi , simplices, plus 

 minnsve arcuati, 6 — 10-flori; pedicelli patuli, graciles, leviter flexuosi, 

 laete virides, cum ovario l l /2— 2 cm. longi. Bracteae patnlae, tenuiter 

 multinervulosae, plus minusve concavae, flavo-virides et densiuscnle fusco- 

 purpureo maculatae, rameales 3 1 /*— 5 cm. longae et Vjt—2 cm. latae, 

 florales 17a-— 2 cm. longae et 6—10 mm. latae. Flo res patuli, segmentis 

 pateutissirais. Sepala leviter concava, tenuiter 7— 9-nervulosa, basi satis 

 constricta, laete flavo- viridia et densiuscule purpureo-fusco maculata, 

 11 — 13 mm. longa, 6 — 8 ram. lata, lateralia paulo obliqua. Petai.a 

 tenuiter membranacea, leviter obliqua, bnsi late cuneata, tenuiter 9—11- 

 nervulosa nervulis paulo ramosis, laete flavo -viridia et subsparse fusco- 

 purpureo maculata, 11—12 mm. longa, 7—8 mm. lata. Labeu.um car- 

 nosulum, patulum apice leviter incurvum, tenuiter multinervulosum nervulis 

 valde ramosis, 11—12 mm. longum, 20—22 mm. latum, lobis lateralibus 

 albo-viridibus et leviter rubro punctatis, lobo termiuali albo et antice 

 pnrpureo-maculato, disco luteo et rubro punctato. Columna erecta, leviter 

 incurva, semi - cylindrica , albo-viridis, antice dilute purpurea, 4—5 mm. 

 longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Habitat in prov. Pernambuco: Hort. Linden, 

 ad Novembrem. 



Floret Septembri 



3. CYRTOPODIUM ANDERSONII R. Br. pseudo- 

 bulbis longissimis, robustis, fusiformibus vel fere cylindricis, 

 multiarticulatis, junioribus vaginis foliorum vetustiorum per- 

 sistentibus vestitis et apice polyphyllis, vetustioribus de- 

 iiudatis; foliis elongatis, coriaceis, anguste lanceolatis, breviter 



acuminatis, crasse trinerviis; scapo robusto, foliis satis Ion 

 giore, inferne vaginis majusculis satis remotis vestito, 6uperne 

 leviter ramoso ; panicula majuscula, late pyramidata, multi- 

 flora; bracteis tenuiter membranaceis, concoloribus, majusculis, 

 ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, 

 non vel vix undulatis; floribus majusculis, longiuscule pedi- 

 cellatis; sepalis membranaceis, subaequalibus, late elliptico- 

 ovatis, apice obtusis vel rotundatis et minute apiculatis, 

 margine non vel vix undulatis; petalis late obovatis, apice 

 rotundatis et obscure vel minute apiculatis, margine non 

 undulatis, dorso obscure carinatis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; 

 labello sepalis lateralibus aequilongo, ambitu paulo latiore 

 quam longo, sessili vel subsessili, basi subtruncato, lobis 

 lateralibus erectis, obovatis, apice rotundatis, margine integer- 

 rimis non undulatis, lobo terminali paulo breviore, late 

 obovato subquadrato, apice subrotundato, margine subtiliter 

 undulato subcrenulato, disco inter lobos laterales satis in- 

 crassato et longitudinaliter sulcato; columna brevi, subclavata. 



Cyrtopodium Andersonii R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. edit, 

 secund. V. 216 (1813); Lodd. Bot. Cab. tab. 121; Bot. Mag. 

 tab. 1800; Spreng. Syst. Veget. III. 729; Lindl. Gen. and Spec. 

 Orch. 188 t in Bot. Regist. XXVII. tab. 8 et Misc. 49 (1841), 

 in Gard. Citron. 1841. p. 230, in Hook. Land. Journ. of 

 Bot. I 188 t II. 672; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 226; 

 Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. 520; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 

 Bot VI. 667; Griseb. Ft. Brit. W.-Ind. UL 630, Cat. PI 

 Cub. 265; Sauvalle, Fl. Cub. 230; Iht Buyss. L Orchid. 299; 

 Vitch, Man. Orch. PI. IX. 37; PfitM. in Engl. u. Prantl, 

 Natiirl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 158. (xg. 160 E; Stein, Orchi- 

 deenb. 181; Bois, Orch. 125; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 123. 

 fig. 87 E; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 319; L. 

 Lind. Orch. Exot. 722; Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Cyrfop. tab. 2. 



Cymbidium Andersonii Lambert ex Andrews, Bot. Reposit. 

 X. tab. 651 (1811). 



Cyrfopodium glutiniferum Raddi ! in Mem. Fis. Soc. Ital. 

 Moden. XIX. 220 cum fab. (1823); Savi, Fl. Ital. III. tab. 97; 

 Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 188. 



Cyrtopodium flavum Link et Otto! ex Reichb. Ic. Bot. 

 Exot. III. tab. 7 (1825); Mutel, Mim. sur plus. Orch. Nouv. 

 part. I. 28 (1840), part. II. 14 (1842). 



Epidendrum polyphyllum Veil. Fl. Flum. Ic IX. tab. 17 

 (1827), Text. edit. Netto in Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio, V 360 



(1881). 



Tylochilus flavus Nees! in Verh. Gartenb. Gesellsch. 



Berlin. VIII. 191. tab. 3 (1832). 



Cyrtopodium Godseffianum Hort.; Orch. Rev. II. 159 



(1894). 



Pseudobulbi satis numerosi, dense aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, 

 plus minusve arcuati, teretiusculi vel leviter compressi, viscoso-carnosi, 

 virides, 6 — 10 dm. longi et interdnm longiores, 3—6 cm. crassi. Folia 

 8—12, rigidiu8cula, erecta vel paulo patnla, inferne satis concava, superne 

 subplana. supra nitidula et intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 30 ad 

 60 cm. longa, 2 — 5 cm. lata; nervis robustissimis, albidis, supra paulo 

 impressis, subtus valde promineutibus; nervulis secundariis nnmerosis, 

 gracilibus. Pkduncolus commnnis erectus vel ascendens, leviter flexuosus 

 vel plus minusve arcuatus, teres, laevis, laete viridis vel purpurascens, 

 9—16 dm. longus, 1—2 cm. crassus; vaginae membranaceae, laxiuscule 

 adpressae, pallidae tenuiter multistriatae, apice oblique truncatae, in- 



