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petalis lanceolatis, breviuscule acumiuatis, gepalo dorsali paulo 

 angustioribus et satis brevioribus; labello carnoso, sepal is 

 lateralibus multo breviore, latiuscule breviterque unguiculato, 

 limbo anibitu lato ovato, „angulis hypochilii angusti antrorsis 

 basi epicbilii paulisper latioribus, epichilio sessili utrinque 

 semihastato triangulo retuso, callo parvo sub apioe, callis fili- 

 formibus utrinque in margine densis, usque ante basin, disco 

 callis papulosis crebris subpedimentato, callis filiformibus paucis 

 spissis intus, carina vertice ciliolata a basi labelli usque ante 

 basin laciniae medianae, ibi ampliata tabulari emarginata ob 

 sinum medianum, superne ciliolata"; columna labello sub- 

 aequilonga, claviformi , apice utrinque auricula rotundata 

 aucta, clinandrio margine tridentato. 



Paphinia 



lie 



(1887), in Lindenia III 23. tab. 106; Williams, Orch. Grow. 

 Man. edit. 7. p. 642; Keic Bull, AMU. Ser. IV. 310. 



Lycaste Lindeniana Nichols. Diet, of Gard. Ill (1888). 



Pskudobui.bi dense aggregati, erecti vel erecto-patuli, nitidi, intense 

 virides, superue longe attenuate, 4—6 cm. longi, l l /t — 2 ! /t cm. craati. 

 Folia roembranncea , erecto-patula, superne plus minusve reeurva, satis 

 concava vel interduin subplana, supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pal- 

 lidiora, 12—15 cm longa, 2 1 /*— 3 cm. lata; nervis robust iuscul is, supra 

 profundiuscule impressis , subtus pallidis valde proniinentibus; nervulis 

 secundariis numerosis, tennissimis. PicnuNcui.rjs communis satis arcuatus, 

 teretiusculus, intense viridis, 4—8 cm. longus, l ! /i— 2 ram. crass us ; 

 vaginae raembranaceae , laeves, flavescentes, arete adpreeeae, 6 — 10 mm. 

 longae. Pkdicelu erecti vel erecto-patuli, graeiles, teretiusculi , intense 

 virides, cum ovario tenuiter 6 -sulcata subtiliter verruculoso lVt— 2 cm. 

 longi. Bhacteak menibrnnaceae, adpressae, flavescentes vel flavo-vi rides, 

 circiter l*/l cm. longae. Fi.ores penduli, segmentis inferne erecto-patulis, 

 superne plus minusve recurvis. Sepai.a satis concava, basi breviter atte- 

 nuata, tenuiter 9-nervulosa, purpureo-fusca, all>o late marginata et longi- 

 tudinaliter lineata, 12 — 15 mm. lata, dorsale 4*/t — 5 cm. longum, lateralia 

 4 — 4 1 /! cm. longa. Petala carnosula, leviter concava, subfalcata, inferne 

 satis attenuata, tenuiter 5 — 7-nervulosa, intense purpureo-fusca et auguste 

 albo-marginata , 3 1 /* — 4 cm. longa, 10 — 12 mm. lata. Labei.lum erecto- 

 pntuluni, superne leviter incurvum, paulo concavum , subtiliter mnlti- 

 nervulosum, inferne atropurpureum, superne album, circiter 2 cm. longum, 

 inferne t*/i cm. latum. Columna erecta, satis incurva, semi teres, inferne 

 longe attenuata, viridi -tlavescens, circiter 2 cm. longa, basi in pedein 

 6—7 mm. longum producta. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Habitat in prov. Alto Amazonas seem flum. Rio Negro : E. S. Rand. 

 Etiam in Venezuela supra arbores ad fontes fluv. Orinoco : Bungeroth. — 

 Floret Septembri. 





3. PAPHINIA GRANDIFLORA Barb. Rodr. pseudo- 

 bulbis ovoideis vel interdum subglobosis, leviter compressis, 

 obtuse angulatis, demum distiucte pluricostatis, apice diphyllis ; 

 foliis majusculis, lanceolatis, breviuscule acuminatis, basi 

 longe attenuatis fere petiolatis, 5 — 7-nerviis; pedunculo 

 communi pendnlo, gracili, inferne vaginis paucis brevius- 

 culis acuminatis remotiusculis vestito, apice 1— 3-floro, 

 pseudobulbis saepius satis lougiore; bracteis lanceolatis, 

 longiuscule acuminatis , cucullatis , ovario subaequilongis ; 

 floribus amplis; sepalis carnosis, subaequilongis, ovato-lanceo- 

 latis, longiuscule acuminatis, lateralibus subfalcatis; petalis 

 lanceolatis, longiuscule acuminatis, basi cuneatis, sepalo dorsali 

 aequilongis; labello carnoso, sepalis lateralibus dimidio bre- 

 viore, breviuscule angusteque unguiculato, limbo ambitu late 

 oblongo , profttnde trilobato , lobis lateralibus basilaribus, 



erectis, atitice cuneatis subfalcatis acutis, laraellis 2 miuutis 

 penicillatis interposing, lobo terminali basi bilobulo, lobulis 

 triangulis subobliquis obtusis, lamella erecta supra barbata 

 interjwsita, antice autem ligulato apice rotundato infra in 

 mentum products, supra praesertim in margine dense crinito; 

 columna labello subaequilonga, claviformi, apice non auri- 

 culata, clinandrio margine integerrimo vel postice obscure 

 bidenticulato. 



Tabula nostra XCI1I (habitus cum analyst). 



Paphinia grandi flora 

 I. 124 (1877): Veita 



Rodr. Gen. et Spec 



Orch. Gnide 106. 



Rev. Hart 



Heidi 



Alb. IV. tab. Ut> (1HH4); Williams, Orch Grow. Man. 

 edit. 6. p. 510 (1885), edit. 7. p. 642; O'Brien in Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3. VI II. 685 (1890); Watson, Orch. 394; Stein, 



deenb 



$er 



Kriinzl. in Reicht). f. Xenia Orch. 111. US. tab. 255; LLind. 

 Orch. Exot. 910. fig. 134; Qartenfl. 1894. p. 141; Kew Bull., 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 310. 



Lycaste grandis Nichols. Did. of Gard. III. (1888); 

 Bois, Orch. 136. 



Radices satis numerosae, densiuscule fascicnlatae, granles, breviua- 

 eulae, satis flexuosae, teretiusculae , siiuplicea, albidae, apioe virides. 

 PsKCDOBn.Rt densiuscule aggregati, erecti vel erecto-patuli, paulo obliqui, 

 laeves, nitidi, intense virides, 8—4 cm. longi, 2—3 cm. crassi. Folia 

 membranacea, erecto-patula, superne *aepius satis reenrva, leviter concava 

 vel subpl.ina, supra saturate viridia , subtus satis pallidiora, 16 — 30 cm. 

 longa, 3 — f) cm. lata; nervis robust iuwulis, pallidis, supra profundiuscnle 

 impressis, subtus valde prominentibus; nervulis secundariis numerosis, 

 tennissimis. Peihincui.us communis arcuatus vel satis flexuosus, teretius- 

 culns, laete viridis, 3 — 8 cm. longus, 2—3 mm. crasmis; vacikae mem- 

 branaccae, adprcsnae, laeves, ilbo-fOttM vel pallide fulvae, V/t — 2 ! /i cm. 

 longae. Pkdicki.m erecto-patuli, satis graciles, leviter arcuati , intense 

 virides, cum ovario leviter 6-sulcato 2— 3'/i cm. longi. Bkacteae mem- 

 branaceae, adpressae, tenuiter multistriatae, albo-virides, 2 — 2 ! /'t cm. longae. 

 Fi.ores penduli, segmentis erectis vel erecto-patulis, apice saepius leviter 

 incurvis, inferne albo-flavescentibus vel flavo-viridibns et maculis trans- 

 versis intense castaneo-rubris plus minusve magnis multisque plus minusve 

 conflueutibus interdum in aeries rectas dispositis ornatis, superue intense 

 castaneo-purpureis, interdum albo-marginatis. Srpala valde concava, 

 basi breviter attenuata, tenuiter multinervuloaa, 6 — 8 cm. longa, V/t ad 

 2'/t cm. lata. Petala carnosula, satis concava, plus minusve falcata, 

 inferne satis attenuata, 6— 8 cm. longa, 1-17* cm. lata. Labellum 

 erectum vel erecto-patulum, subrectum, valde concavum, 3 cm. longum, 

 inferne albo - tlavescens , lobis lateralibus fuscescentibns, lobo terminali 

 flavescente lobulis basilaribus atropnrpureis, aetis albis. Coi.umka erecta, 

 leviter incurva, semiteres, inferne valde attenuata, flavo-viridis, inferne 

 minute purpureo-maculata, circiter 3 cm. longa, basi in pedem 10 — 12 mm. 

 longum albidum et transverse atro-purpureo maculatum producta. Capsula 

 perfecta ignota. 



Habitat in sylvis supra arbores stem flum. Rio Negro prov. Alto 

 Amazonas: Barbosa Rodrigues. — Floret Julio. 



LXVI. XYLOBIUM Lindl. 



Xylobium Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XL sub tab. 897 (1825), 

 Orch. Seel. 15; Spreng. Syst. Vegd. 111. 733, Gen. II. 670; 

 Beer, Prakl. Stud. Fam. Orch. 321; Benth. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. Lond., Bot. X VIII. 321, in Benth. el Hook. Gen. PI. III. 



