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2. CORYANTHES BIFLORA Barb. Rodr. pseudo- 

 bulbis satis parvis, anguste oblongis, profunde multisulcatis; 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, basi 

 longe attenuatis et breviuscule petiolatis, crassiuscule tri- 

 nerviis ; pedunculo communi robusto, pendulo, inferne vaginis 

 breviusculis remotis acutisque vestito, apice bifloro; bracteis 

 late ovatis, acutis vel breviter acurainatis, subcucullatis, 

 ovario triplo brevioribus ; floribus maguis, longiuscule pedicel- 

 latis; sepalis valde inaequalibus, dorsali rhomboidali-oblongo, 

 latiuscule longeque unguiculato, undulato, apice recurvo, 

 lateralibus araplis, approximatis , late falcatis, basi dilatatis 

 angulatisque , apice acutis, margine satis undulatis; petalis 

 lineari - ligulatis , acutiusculis vel obtusis, leviter undulatis, 

 sepalo dorsali paulo longioribus; labello majusculo; hypochilio 

 subhemisphaerico , extus dilatato, superne densiuscule pubes- 

 cente, ungui paulo longiore; mesochilio angustiusculo, breviter 

 exserto, inferne eplicato et pubescente vel interdum glabro 

 et transverse inaequaliter crasseque plicato; epichilio sub- 

 quadrato, margine patulo, apice tridentato, dentibus lateralibus 

 triangulari-linearibus , acuminatis, valde uncinato-incurvis, 

 dente intermedio subaequilongo , ligulato, apice truncate; 

 columna claviformi, cornubus basilaribus brevibus, ovatis, 

 obtusissimis, lateraliter patulis. 



Tabula nostra XCVIII (habitus cum analyst). 



Coryanthes biflora Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. Nov. 

 I. 103 (1877). 



Pseudobulbi aggregati , erecti vel erecto-patuli, recti, superne 

 longiuscule attenuati, 6 — 7 cm. longi, 2 cm. crassi. Folia submem- 

 branacea, erecto-patula, recta vel superne paulo recurva, plana vel paulo 

 concava, limbo circiter 20 cm. longo et 2'/t cm. lato, petiolo satis gracili, 

 3 — 5 cm. longo. Pedunculus communis teretiusculus, leviter flexuosus, 

 fuscescens, 5 mm. crassus; vaginae submembranaceae , adpressae, sub- 

 ventricosae, laeves, viridi-pnrpureae, 2—3 cm. longae. Pedicelli erecto- 



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patuli, plus minusve areuati, viridi-purpurei, cum ovario elongato profunde 

 6-snlcato 10 — 11 cm. longi. Bracteae adpressae vel erecto-patulae, sub- 

 membranaceae, valde concavae, virescentes et purpureo-marmoratae, 3*/« ad 

 4 l /» cm. longae, 2 1 /* — 3 cm. latae. Plobes penduli, odorati. Sepala 

 tenuiter membranacea, subtiliter multinervnlosa, flavo-citrina, 2— 27a cm. 

 lata, dorsale 2 — 2 1 /* cm. longum, lateralia 5 l /»— 6 cm. longa. Petala 

 columnae parallela, subpellucida, pallide flava, 4— i 1 ^ cm. longa, 6—7 mm. 

 lata. Labellum carnosum, rigidum, hypochilio albo-roseo unguiculo basi 

 intense pnrpureo, epichilio flavo-vitellino intus crasse purpureo-punctato. 

 Columna inferne subrecta, albo-virescens, antice purpureo-punctata, circiter 

 3 cm. longa, cornubus basilaribus albo-roseis, 4—5 mm. longis. Capsula 

 perfecta ignota. 



Habitat in sylvis ad Mandos prov. Alto Amazonas: Martins n. 2774 

 part; supra arbores ad Igarapi da Cachoeira prope Mandos; Barbosa 

 Bodrigues. — Floret Augusto— Octobri. 



3. CORYANTHES MACULATA Hook, pseudobulbis 

 majusculis, anguste oblongo-conicis, profunde multisulcatis; 

 foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, basi 

 longe attenuatis interdum fere petiolatis, multinerviis ; pedun- 

 culo communi robusto, subpendulo, foliis paulo longiore, 

 inferne vaginis breviusculis remotissimis apice oblique trun- 

 catis acutisque vestito, apice laxiuscule 3— 5-floro; bracteis 

 ovato - lanceolatis , acutis vel breviter acuminatis, ovario 

 dimidio vel triplo brevioribus ; floribus magnis, longiuscule 

 pedicellatis ; sepalis valde inaequalibus, acutis vel breviter 



acuminatis, dorsali oblongo, basi attenuate, undulato, apice 

 plus minusve recurvo, lateralibus amplis, approximatis, ovato- 

 oblongis, valde falcatis, basi angulatis, margine leviter un- 

 dulatis; petalis lineari-ligulatis , acutis, tortis, sepalo dorsali 

 paulo longioribus; labello majusculo, hypochilio hemisphaerico- 

 galeato, antice subtiliter puberulo, ungui aequali, mesochilio 

 eplicato, angustiusculo, longiuscule exserto, glabro, epichilio 

 hemisphaerico, obtuso, margine erectiusculo, apice tridentato, 

 dentibus subaequilongis , lateralibus anguste triangularibus, 

 acutis, uncinato-incurvis, intermedio linguiformi, obtuso; 

 columna claviformi, cornubus basilaribus longiusculis, lineari- 

 oblongis, obtusis, antice porrectis. 



Coryanthes maculata Hook, in Bot. Mag. tab. 3102 

 (1831), Gent. Orch. 51. tab. 62; Lind. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 

 159, Folia Orch., Coryanth. 2; Lemaire, Fl. des Serres de 



Maund, 



Man 



IV. 506; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 597; Du Buyss. 

 U Orchid. 264 ; Pfitz. in Engl, und Prantl, Natilrl. Pflanzenfam. 

 II. 6. p. 166. fig. 172; Wats. Orch. 142; Stein, Orchideenb. 

 164. fig. 55; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. IX. 107; Bois, Orch. 115; 

 Kerch. Livre des Orch. 121. fig. 82; Williams, Orch. Grow. 

 Man. edit. 7. p. 214; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. p. 417. fig. 66 

 et p. 672; Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. V. 319. Jig. 84; Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3. XXIV. 267; Ed. Andre in Rev. Hort. 1899. 

 p. 428. fig. 186; Journ. Soc. Nac. Hort. Fr. 1899. p. 910. 



Pseudobulbi aggregati , erecti vel plus minusve patuli, recti vel 

 leviter areuati, superne longe attenuati, intense virides, interdum fusco- 

 macnlati, 8—12 cm. longi, inferne 2— 2 1 /* cm. crassi. Folia subcoriacea, 

 erecta vel erecto-patula, superne plus minusve recurva, leviter concava 

 vel subplana, supra intense viridia, subtus satis pallid iora interdum 

 flavescentia, 25—35 cm. longa, 3—5 cm. lata; nervis crass i use u lis, supra 

 profundiuscule impressis, subtus valde prominentibus; neryulis secundariis 

 numerosis , tenuissimis. Pedunculus communis teretiusculus, paulo 

 flexuosus, intense viridis vel interdum dilute pnrpureo -vinosus, 30 — 50 cm. 

 longus, 4 — 6 mm. crassus; vaginae membranaceae, arete adpressae, laeves, 

 virides pallide fulvae vel fuscescentes, l 1 /* — 3 cm. longae. Pedicelli 

 patuli vel erecto-patuli, leviter flexuosi vel plus minusve areuati, saepius 

 intense virides, cum ovario profundiuscule 6-sulcato 6 — 9 cm. longi. 

 Bbacteae adpressae, membranaceae, valde concavae, albo- virides vel pallide 

 fulvae, 3—4 cm. longae, 1— l l /» cm. latae. Flores penduli, odorati, 



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segmentis saepius pallide flavo-ochraceis. Sepala tenuiter membranacea, 

 subtiliter multinervulosa, dorsale 2—3 cm. longum et 1— V/t cm. latum, 

 lateralia 6—7 cm. longa et 27» — 3 cm. lata. Petala pendula, sub- 

 pellucida, subtiliter multinervulosa, 3 1 /*— 4 l /» cm. longa, 6 — 9 mm. lata. 

 Labellum carnosum, rigidum; hypochilium saepius pallide flavum; 

 epichilium extus flavescens interdum leviter dilute rosenm , intus pallide 

 flavum et purpureo - violaceo maculatum. Columna inferne subrecta, 

 flavescens, 2V»— 3 cm. longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Var. p. punctata Lindl. Folia Orch., Coryanth. 2 



Man 



Reichb 



in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 598; Warner et Will. Orch. Alb. III. 

 tab. 98; VOrchidoph. 1886. p. 113, 1887. p. HI cum tab. 

 col; Stein, Orchideenb. 164; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 

 edit. 7. p. 214 cum icon. 



Lindl. (non Hook.) in Bot. Regist 



XXI. tab. 1793 (1835); Drapiez, Encyclogr. Rdg 



III. Oct. 1835 (Bot. Reg.) fig. 1. 



Coryanthes punctata Beer, Prakt. Stud, 

 (1854). 



Orch 



