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ORCHIDACEAE : BULBOPHYLLUM. 



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latiuscuie breviterque unguiculato , oblongo-ligulato, indiviso, 

 utrinque subtiliter papilloso, basi cordato et breviter ciliato, 

 margine lateraliter integerrimo, apice rotundato et minute 

 denticulate disco inferne usque ultra medium crassissime 

 calloso, callo longitudinaliter leviter unisulcato; columna brevi, 

 dente postico brevi, anguste triangular], acuto, bracbiis anticis 

 filiformi-subulatis, subrectis, antice porrectis, columna longi- 

 oribus, dentibus infimis longiusculis , subulatis; anthera 

 mucronata, subtiliter papillosa. 



Bulbophyllum Geraense Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. 

 VI. 928 (1864) ; E. F. im Thurn in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 



ser. 2. Bot. II. 281. 



Didacfyle antennifera Lindl.! Folia Orch., Didact. 2 



(1852); Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. Nov. II. 123 et 125, 



Struct, des Orch. tab. 4. fig. 14. 



Bulbophyllum antennifenim 



Walp 



Bot. VI. 250 (1861, — non Reichb. f. he. cit. 248). 



Phyllorchis Geraensis 0. Knntze, Revis. Gen. PI. I. 677 

 (1891). 



Rbt/oma repens, elongatum, 4—7 mm. crassura, teretiusculum, satis 

 tlexuosum, creberrime articulatnm, fnscescens, vaginis brevibus subventri- 

 cosis apice truncal is sordide fascia vestitum; radicibus nunierosissimis, 

 dense fasciculatis, brevinscnlts, snbflliformibus, tortuosis, sfmplicibus vel 

 leviter ramosis, fnscescentibas. Pbeudobulbi erecti vel erecto-patuli, inter 

 se 1 — 3 cm. distantes, laeves, leviter obliqui, nitiduli, siccitate viridi- 

 tlavescentes, apice obtnsi vel subtruncati, 2 ! /» — 4 cm. longi, l 1 /* — 2 1 /* cm. 

 crassi. Folia erecta vel erecto- pa tula, valde rigida, plana vel paulo 

 concava, basi brevissime conduplicata, uninervia, siccitate ntrinque 

 corrugata, supra intense viridia, snbtus satis pallidiora, 5—9 cm. longa, 

 l 1 /* — 3 cm. lata; nervo mediano supra profunde canaliculato, snbtus valde 

 prominent*- tere carinato; nervulis seenndariis numerosis, siccitate supra 

 leviter proininentibus. Pkdunculus communis inferne strictus vel paulo 

 flexuosus, laevis, teretiusculus vel leviter compressus, pallide viridis et 

 saepius dilute fuscesceus, 30 — 60 cm. longns, 2 1 /* — 4 mm. crasstis; vaginae 

 arete adpresaae, tenuiter membranaceae , laeves, pallidae, l 1 /*— 2 cm. 

 longae. Bracteak patulae, coriaceae, rigidae, satis coucavae, tenuiter 

 trinerviae, pallidae, 9—13 mm. longae. Florks patuli vel erecto-patuli, 

 subsecundi, rufescentes. Ovarium lineari-clavatum, plus miuusve arcuatum, 

 acutiuscule trigonum, 5—8 mm. longum. Sepala rigidinscula, satis 

 concava, tenuiter trinervia, 11 — 12 mm. longa, basi 3 ! /s— 4 mm. lata, 

 lateralia paulo obliqnn. Petala erecta, membranacea, plana vel paulo 

 concava, tenuiter uninervia, vix obliqua, 4 mm. longa, inferne 2 mm. lata. 

 Labellum basi incumbens, superne erectum, supra convexniu, 6 mm. 

 longum, 2 mm. latum. Columna erecta, crassa, lateraliter satis compressa, 

 l'/i— 2 mm. longa, basi in pedem 3—4 mm. longum producta, brachiis 

 3 — 5 mm. longis. Capsui.a sessilis, patula, sepalis marcescentibus coronata, 

 obovoidea, satis obliqua, basi obtusa, apice snbrotundata, obtuse trigona, 

 crassiu8cule 6-costata, dense furfuracea, cinerea, 12—13 mm. longa, superne 

 9 — 10 mm. crassa. 



Habitat in prov. Minas Geraes: Widgren n. 764; ad Pedra Branca 

 prope Caldas : Regnell ser. III. n. 977; in rupibus apricis ad Serra de 

 Caldas: Mosin n. 1040; in saxis in cacumine Serra de Carraucas: Comm. 

 Geogr. e Geol. de Minas n. 1634. ?Etiam in Guiana anglica ad mont 

 Roraima altit. 1800 w. : E. F. im Thurn n. 57. — Floret Novembri 

 ad Maium. 



10. BULBOPHYLLUM LONGISPICATUM Cogn. 

 pseudobulbis parvis, remotiusculis, ovoideo-conicis, acutiuscule 

 tetragonis, leviter quadrisulcatis, apice monophyllis; foliis 

 satis parvis, crasse carnosis, anguste oblongis, basi rotundatis, 

 apice obtusis vel subretusis; pedunculo communi erecto-patulo, 

 gracili, foliis multo longiore, inferne vaginis paucis brevius- 



culis apice oblique truncatis et acutiusculis remotissimisque 

 vestito, superne attenuato usque ultra medium laxiuscule 

 15_20-floro; bracteis ovato-lanceolatis , acutissimis, floribus 

 subdimidio brevioribus; floribus satis parvis, subsessilibus; 

 sepalis subcoriaceis, aequilongis, patulis, triangulari-lanceolatis, 

 longiuscule acuminatis, lateralibus usque ad basin liberis; 

 petalis anguste triangularibus , acutiusculis, tenuiter ciliatis, 

 sepalo dorsali triplo brevioribus; labello supero, crasse carnoso, 

 sepalis lateralibus dimidio breviore, subsessili, ambitu oblongo, 

 subtiliter velutino, basi utrinque minute lobulato-auriculato, 

 inferne constricto, superne leviter dilatato margine undulato, 

 apice glabro subrotundato, lobulis basilaribus erectis, mem- 

 branaceis, quadrangulari-rotundatis, margine tenuiter ciliatis, 

 disco inferne usque ultra medium crassissime calloso, callo 

 non sulcato; columna brevi, dente postico minuto, angusto, 

 acuto, leviter incurvo, brachiis anticis filiformi-subulatis, 

 erectis, leviter flexuosis, columna longioribus, dentibus infimis 

 minutis, angustissimis. 



Bulbophyllum longispicatum Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. 

 IV. 265 (1893); Orch. Rev. I. 362. 



Rhizoma repens, flexuosum, articulatum, circiter 2 mm. crassum. 

 Pseudobui.bi erecti vel erecto-patuli, laeves, nitiduli, paulo obliqui, apice 

 obtusi vel subrotundati , 2— 2 1 /* cm. longi, V/t — 1 3 A mm. crassi. Folia 

 erecto -patula, rigida, plana vel leviter concava, basi subconduplicata, 

 uninervia, supra nitidula et laete viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 5—7 cm. 

 longa, l*/i — 2 cm. lata; nervo mediano supra profunde canaliculato, subtus 

 valde prominente fere caiinato; nervulis secundariis numerosis, in sicco 

 leviter prominentibus. Pedunculus communis strictus vel vix arcuatus, 

 inferne teretiusculus et purpureo- vinosus, superne obscure augulatus et 

 virescens, 35 — 40 cm. longus, l 1 /*— 2 mm. crassus; vaginae membranaceae, 

 arete adpressae, laeves, cinereae, 10 — 12 mm. longae. Bracteae mem- 

 brauaceae, erecto-patulae, satis concavae, uninerviae, basi paulo constrictae, 

 pallide virides et dilute purpureo-vinosae, 6 — 7 mm. longae, 2 — 2 1 /* uim. 

 latae. Flobes patuli vel nutantes. Ovarium lineari-clavatum, obtuse 

 trigonum, satis arcuatum, viridi-flavescens , 4—5 mm. longum. Sepala 

 rigidinscula, tenuiter trinervulosa , viridia et maculis parvis intense 

 purpureis plus minusve confluentibus ornata, 8 — 9 mm. longa, inferne 

 27«— 3 mm. lata, dorsale leviter concavum, lateralia paulo obliqua, inferne 



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subplana, superne valde concava dorso carinata. Petala patulo - reflexa, 

 membranacea, subplana, leviter obliqua, uninervia, inferne alba et trans- 

 verse purpureo -bilineata, superne intense purpurea, 3 mm. longa, basi 

 l 1 /* mm. lata. Labellum basi incumbens, superne patulum vel plus 

 minusve recurvum, convexum, inferne viride et atropurpureo-maculatum, 

 ad medium intense purpureum, apice purpureo-albidum , 5 mm. longum, 

 superne 2 mm. latum, lobulis basilaribus pallide viridibus, sparse punctatis 

 et atropurpureo-marginatis, vix 1 mm. longis. Columna erecta, paulo 

 incurva, satis gracilis, lateraliter paulo compressa, dorso rotundata, albida, 

 inferne purpureo -punctata, 2 mm. longa, basi in pedem l 1 /*— 2 mm. 

 longum producta, brachiis 3 mm. longis. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Habitat in Brasilia loco accurato hand indicato: Hort Linden. — 

 Floret Septemhri. 



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11. BULBOPHYLLUM SANDERIANUM Rolfe: 

 pseudobulbis parvis, late ovoideis, tetragonis, apice mono- 

 phyllis; foliis satis parvis, crassiuscule carnosis, sessilibus, 

 late elliptico-oblongis, apice obtusiusculis; pedunculo communi 

 erecto vel ascendente, gracili, foliis multo longiore, inferne 

 vaginis pluribus brevibus remotisque vestito, superne multi- 

 floro; bracteis ligulato-lanceolatis, acutissimis, floribus sub- 

 dimidio brevioribus; floribus satis parvis, subsessilibus-, sepalis 

 carnosulis, subaequilongis , erecto -patulis, ovato-lanceolatis, 



