259 ORCHIDACEAE: BRASSIA. 260 
Brassia tab. 1; Du Buyss. L Orchid. 215; Hemsl. Biol. Centr.- 
Amer., Bot. III. 288; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. I. 210; Watson, 
Orch. 72; Stein, Orchideenb. 100; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. 
VIII. 124; Bois, Orch. 184; Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. IV. 115; 
Gower in Journ. des Orch. IV. 163; Garden. Mag. 1894. 
p. 247 cum ic.; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 130; 
L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 603; Autran et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 337. 
Oncidium Lawrenceanum Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. 
VI. 766 (1863). 
PSEUDOBULBI erecto-patuli, leviter obliqui, apice rotundati, leviter 
plurisuleati, intense virides, 5—6 cm. longi, 2'/2 cm. lati. FoLIA plus 
minusve patula, apice satis recurva, satis concava, supra saturate viridia, 
subtus paulo pallidiora, 15—20 cm. longa, 2'/2—3 cm. lata. PEDUNCULUS 
communis satis arcuatus, teretiusculus, laete viridis, 20 cm. longus vel 
longior, 3—5 mm. crassus. PEDICELLI patuli vel leviter reflexi, satis 
graciles, leviter arcuati, cum ovario acutiuscule trigono 1—1?/2 cm. longi. 
BRACTEAE adpressae, rigidiusculae, margine scariosae, satis concavae, virides, 
3—6 mm. longae. Frores nutantes, suaveolentes, sepalis petalisque laete 
flavis, basi leviter dilute viridibus, maculis transversis fusco-purpureis 
notatis. SEPALA satis concava, leviter flexuosa, obscure 7-nervulosa, 5 mm. 
lata, dorsale 4'/2—6 cm. longum, lateralia falcata, 5!/1—7 cm, longa. 
Perata. subplana, falcata, 2'/2—3 cm. longa, inferne 3—4 mm. lata. 
LABELLUM saepius paulo convexum, tenuissime 7-nervulosum nervulis 
exterioribus satis ramosis, laete luteum inferne albescens, 3—31/2 cm. 
longum, 9—13 mm. latum. CoLumxa erecta, claviformis, semiteres, flava, 
5—7 mm. longa. CarsurA ignota. 
Var. B. ANGUSTA Lindl. Folia Orch., Brass. 2 (1853); 
Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 484; Reichb. f. in Walp. 
Ann. Bot. VI. 766; Stein, Orchideenb. 100. 
Brassia cochleata Knowl. et Westc. Fl. Cab. II. 23. tab. 53 
(1838, — monstr.). 
Brassia angusta. Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXX. Misc. p. 5 
(1844). 
Forta lineari-lanceolata, subtus carinata., SgPALA PETALAque linearia, 
non undulata, flavescentia vel pallide viridia, basi maculis paucis fuscis 
notata. LABELLUM aristato-acuminatum, superne interdum valde concavum. 
Var. y. LONGISSIMA Reich. f. in Gard. Chron. 1868. 
p. 1313, 1869. p. 1182; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. tab. 5748; 
Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 215; Watson, Orch. 72; Stein, Orchideenb. 
100; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 124; Cogn. in Journ. des 
Orch. 1V. 114; Gower în Journ. des Orch. IV. 163 ; Williams, 
Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 130; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 603. 
PseupoBuLBI oblongi, 8 cm. longi. PEpuxcuLus multiflorus. FLORES 
multo majores, sepalis petalisque intense flavo-aurantiacis, inferne late 
purpureo-maculatis. SEPALA usque 17 em. longa.  LABELLUM oblongo- 
lanceolatum, apice subtiliter aristato-acuminatum, ima basi abrupte ex- 
cavatum, usque 7 cm. longum, pallide luteum, inferne purpureo-macu- 
latum, crista apice tuberculata, 
Habitat in Brasilia loco accurato haud indicato: Hort. Lawrence; 
in Surinam: Hort. John Kirck; in Guiana anglica: Jenman n. 5889 et 
5892. — Var. B. In Brasilia secund. Lindley ; in Guiana anglica secus 
um. Demerara: Henchman. — Var. 1. In Costa Rica: Hort. Wentworth 
Buller, — Floret Novembri—Maio. 
3. BRASSIA LANCEANA Lino. pseudobulbis majus- 
culis, anguste ovato-oblongis vel subconicis, valde compressis 
fere ancipitibus, basi primum vaginis pluribus distichis valde 
inaequalibus squamosis vel interdum foliaceis vestitis demum 
fere denudatis, apice diphyllis rarius monophyllis; foliis satis 
coriaceis, oblongis vel oblanceolatis, apice abrupte acutis, 
inferne longiuscule attenuatis; pedunculo communi erecto- 
patulo vel nutante, satis gracili, foliis aequilongo vel satis 
longiore, inferne vaginis pluribus brevibus acutiusculis remotis- 
que vestito, superne laxiuscule 7—10-floro; bracteis ovato- 
triangularibus, acutis, ovario 2—3-plo brevioribus; floribus 
majusculis, breviter pedicellatis, segmentis carnosulis, patentis- 
simis; sepalis subaequilongis, anguste lineari-ligulatis, longe 
acuminatis; petalis anguste lineari-lanceolatis, longe subulato- 
acuminatis, obscure 3—5-nervulosis, sepalo dorsali dimidio 
brevioribus; labello patentissimo, sepalis lateralibus dimidio 
breviore, ovato-lanceolato, apice acuto vel breviuscule acumi- 
nato, margine satis undulato, basi satis attenuato, utrinque 
laevi, inferne tenuiter pubescente, disco basi breviter bilamel- 
lato, lamellis pilosis, disjunctis, proclivibus, cornubus 2 cum 
dente intermedio antepositis. 
Brassia Lanceana Lindl. ! in Bot. Regist. XXI. tab. 1784 
(1835), Folia Orch., Brass. 2; Hook. in Bot. Mag. tab. 3577, 
Cent. Orch. tab, 83; Drapiez, Encyclogr. Règn. Végét. III. 
Avril 1835 (Bot. Reg.) fig. 6, V. Juin 1837 (Bot. Mag.) fig. 1; 
Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 199; Duchartre, Man. Gén. 
des Pl. IV. 484; Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 215; Hemsl. Biol. 
Centr.-Amer., Bot. III. 288; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. I. 210. 
fig. 275; Watson, Orch. 72. fig. 17; Stein, Orchideenb. 100; 
Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. VIII. 123; Bois, Orch. 183; Williams, 
Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 130; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 603; 
Gard. Mag. 1894. p. 247 cum ic. 
Oncidium suaveolens Reichb. f.! in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 
765 (1863), in Linnaea XLI. 126. 
RADICES numerosae, dense fasciculatae, elongatae, satis graciles, 
leviter flexuosae, simplices vel interdum paulo ramosae, canescentes, 
PsEUDOBULBI erecti vel erecto-patuli, paulo obliqui, apice subrotundati vel 
satis attenuati, primum laeves, demum profundiuscule multisulcati, niti- 
duli, intense virides vel interdum dilute fuscescentes, 7—12 cm. longi, 
2—3"/2 em. lati. Forta patula vel erecto-patula, rigidiuscula, leviter vel 
satis concava, supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 15—80 cm. 
longa, 3—6 cm. lata; nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, 
subtus valde prominente; nervulis lateralibus utrinque 5—6, crassiusculis, 
in sieco utrinque satis prominentibus praecipue subtus, PEDUNCULUS com- 
munis satis flexuosus vel leviter arcuatus, teretiusculus vel leviter com- 
pressus, laevis, pallide viridis, 20—40 cm. longus, 2—4 mm. crassus; 
VAGINAE adpressae, subtiliter multistriatae, pallidae, 1—1!/s cm. longae. 
PEDICELLI patentissimi, graciles, recti vel satis arcuati, cum ovario lineari- 
claviformi obtuse trigono 8—12 mm. longi. BRACTEAE arcte adpressae, 
rigidae, margine scariosae, satis concavae, 3—6 mm. longae. FLORES 
patentes vel nutantes, suaveolentes, sepalis petalisque pallide luteis vel 
luteo-virescentibus, inferne irregulariter fusco-maculatis, Separa leviter 
concava, obscure 5—7-nervulosa, 4—6 cm. longa, 3—5 mm. Jata, lateralia 
leviter flexuosa vel falcata. PETALA subplana, valde arcuato-faleata, 2 ad 
3 em. longa, inferne 3—6 mm. lata, LABELLUM paulo convexum, tenuiter 
T-nervulosum nervulis exterioribus satis ramosis, 2'/2—3'/2 em, longum, 
8—12 mm. latum, albo-flavescens, immaculatum vel basi maculis paucis 
parvis fuscis notatum, lamellis albis et flavo-aurantiaceo maculatis. COLUMNA 
satis gracilis, leviter incurva, subclaviformis, flavo-viridis, 5—6 mm. longa. 
CarsuLA ignota, 
Var. 8. MACROSTACHYA Lindl. Folia Orch., Brass. 2 (1853); 
Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 484 ; Reichb. f. in Walp. 
Ann. Bot. VI. 765; Watson, Orch. 72 ; Stein, Orchideenb. 100; 
Veitch, Man. Orch, Pl. VIII. 124; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 603. 
Brassia macrostachya Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXIV. 
