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ORCHTDACEAE: KEOELIA— GOXGORA. 



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KEGELIA HOUTTEANA Reichb. f. tota (pedunculus. 

 pedicelli, ovaria sepala) extus papillis filiformibus atrofuscis 

 dense pellita; pedunculo communi gracili, superne laxe quadri- 

 floro; bracteis anguste lanceolatis, acuminatis, ovario 2— 3-plo 

 brevioribus; floribus breviuscule pedicellatis, segmentis carnoso- 

 membranaceis, patentissimis; sepalis anguste lanceolatis. brevi- 

 ter acuminatis, lateralibus vix brevioribus; petalis liueari- 

 lanceolatis, acutis, longiuscule angusteque unguiculatis, sepalo 

 dorsali paulo brevioribus; labello sepalis lateralibus multo 

 breviore, longe angusteque unguiculato, limbo ambitu late 

 deltoideo, basi leviter cordato, profunde trilobato, lobis margine 

 integerrimis, lateralibus obtusis, terminali abrupte acuto. 



Kegelia Houtteana Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. X. 670 (1852), 

 Xenia Orch. I. 45. tab. 20. fig. I. 1 — 7, in Walp. Ann. 

 Bot. VI. 613; Beer, Braid. Stud. Fam. Orch. 255; Stein, 

 Orchideenb. 284. 



Caulis . . . Folia . . . Pkduxculus communis, teres, inferue 

 rectus, vaginis pluribus remotis vestitus, apice leviter geniculato-flexuosus, 

 circiter 1 mm. crassus; vaginae subadpressae, superne anguste triangulares, 

 acutissimae, 8—12 mm. longae. Pedicklu graciles, patentissimi, leviter 

 flexuosi , cum ovario 14 — 16 mm. longi. Bracteae subadpressae, leviter 

 concavae, scariosae, 5—8 mm. longae. Flores patentissimi. Sepala satis 

 concava , basi satis attenuata, forsan olivacea, 2 1 /* mm. lata, dorsale 

 15 mm. longum, lateralia paulo obliqua, 14 mm. longa. Petala sub- 

 plana, leviter obliqua, albida et sauguiueis maculis guttata, 12 — 13 mm. 

 longa, 2 mm. lata. Labellum patulum vel e recto -patul urn , subplanum, 

 albidum, 8 — 9 mm. longum, 7 mm. latum. Columna albida, satis incurva, 

 in ferae valde attenuata, circiter 1 cm. longa. 



Habitat in Surinam : Kegel. In Brasilia seplentrionali forsan 

 adhuc invenienda. 



LXXX. GONGOEA Euiz et Pav. 



Gongora Ruiz et Bav. Fl. Beriw. et Chil. Brodr. 117. tab. 25 

 (1794), Syst. Veg. 227; Swartz in Schrad. N. Journ. I. 90; 

 Bers. Syn. Bl. II. 522; Spreng. Anl. II, pars I. 286, Syst. 

 Veget., Cur. Bost. 305, Gen. II. 666; Boir. in Bid. Sc. Nat. 

 XIX. 200; Lindl. Orch. Seel. 15, Gen. and Spec. Orch. 158; 

 Endlich. Gen. Bl. 199; Meissn. Bl. Vase. 378 (283); Mutel, 

 Mem. sur Bias. Orch. Nouv. part. II. 2; Beer, Braid. Stud. 

 Fam. Orch. 250; Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 51 et 110, in 

 Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 590; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Bl. 

 IV. 504; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. Isl. 630; Du Buyss. 

 I! Orchid. 343; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. y Bot. 

 XVIII. 322, in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Bl. Ill 549; Hemsl. 

 Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. III. 255; Bfitz. in Engl, and Brantl, 

 Natiirl. Bflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 168; Stein, Orchideenb. 258; 

 Bois, Orch. 126; Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. IV. 355; Kerch. 

 Livre des Orch. 267; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 

 p. 405; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 775; Sander, Orch. Guide 90. 

 Acropera Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orxh. 172 (1833); Endlich. 

 Gen. Bl. 199; Meissn. Bl. Vase. 376 (282); Beer, Braid. 

 Stud. Fam. Orch. 185; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Bl. IV 505; 

 Williams, Orch. Groiv. Man., edit. 7. p. 77; Sander, Orch. 

 Guide 7. — Gongoras Hoffmsgg. Verz. der Orch. 53 (1843). 



Sepalum posticum erecto - patens , basi columnae 

 plus minusve adnatum, lateralia latiora, basi pedi 



Orchid. II. 



columnae adnata, patentia Tel reflcxa. Petala cum 



sepalo postico, quo saepius broviora, basi columnae 



adnata, ereeta vel patentia. Labello 



cum 



pedc 



columnae continuum, patens vel ascendens, angustum, 

 carnosum; lobi lateralcs crassi, civet i , varie cornigeri 

 vel aristuliferi, mediae varie saeeatus complicatus vel 

 a latere compressus. Columna ereeta vel ascendens, 

 basi in pedem producta , superne semiteres , exalata, 

 apice saepius clavata, antice bicornuta vel nuda; elinan- 

 drium breve, truncatum. AOTflERA terminalis, oper- 

 culars, incumbens, convexa, antice interdum acuminata, 

 unilocularis vel imperfecta bilocularis; pollinia bina, 

 cerea, ovoidea vel anguste oblonga, acutiuscula, in- 

 appendiculata, anthera dehiscente stipiti lineari-cuneato 

 affixa, glandula saepius parvula. Capsula oblonga vel 

 fusiformis, nunc elongata, erostris vel apice brevissime 

 contracta. 



IlKRDAE epiphyticac, Americae tropicac a Brasilia 

 usque ad Mexicum incolae, Caulidus brcrissimis basi 

 vaginalis , mox in pseudobulbum carnosum saepius 

 bifoliatum incrassatis. Folia ampla, plica fo-venosa, basi 

 contracta. Scapi ad basin pseud obuJborum saepius rcflcxi, 

 simplices, racemo longo laxo flernoso. J LORES majus- 

 culi vol viediocres, longiuscule pcdicellati. Bracteae 

 breves, angustac. 



CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM BRASILIENSIUM. 



I. Hypochilii cornua basilaria infima subnulla, papulas parvulas saepc 

 evanidas referenda. 



A. Sepala acuta, lateralia paulo longiora, pedicelli valde 

 divergentes; petala anguste lineari-ligulata, basi longe 

 decurrentia; labellum sepalis lateralibus brevius, sub- 

 sessile, basi obtusura . . . 1. G. bufokia Lindl. 



B. Sepala acuminata, lateralia satis longiora, pedicelli 

 contigui; petala ligulata, basi breviuscule decurrentia; 

 labellum sepalis lateralibus aequilongum, longiuscule 

 angusteque unguiculatum, basi attenuatum 



2. G. minax Reichb. f. 



II. Hypochilii cornua basilaria miuuta, aristularum dimidio nnnquam 



aequi longa. 



A. Sepala acuminata, lateralia triangulari-lanceolata; 

 petala basi longe decurrentia; labellum sepalis late- 

 ralibus leviter brevius, subsessile, basi obtusum, sinu 



mediano minuto 3. G. quikquknebvis Ball et Pav. 



B. Sepala acuta, lateralia ovato-lanceolata ; petala basi 

 breviter decurrentia; labellum sepalis lateralibus 

 multo brevius, longiuscule angusteque unguiculatum, 

 basi rotundatum, sinu mediano profundo angustoque 



4. G. nigiuta Lindl. 



III. Hypochilii cornubus basilaribus basin hypochilii ex- 

 cedentibns, aristarum dimidio longioribus 



5. G. ATROPURPUBKA Hook. 



1. GONGORA BUFONIA Lindl. pseudobulbis medi- 

 ocribus, ovoideis, leviter compressis, plurisulcatis ; foliis 

 majusculis, membranaceis, ligulato-oblongis, breviter acumi- 

 natis, 5-nerviis, inferne longe attenuatis fere petiolatis; 



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