477 
Huntleya violacea Lindl.! in Bot. Regist. XXV. Misc. 
17 (1839), Sert. Orch. tab. 26, in Lond. Journ. of Bot. II. 
672, in Gard. Chron. 1850. p. 1866; Pact. Mag. of Bot. VIII. 
tab. 1; Harting. Parad. Vindob. I. tab. 13; Planch. in Fl. 
des Serres VII. 97. tab. 678; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 
254, Morph. und Biol. Orch. tab. 4. fig. 25, tab. 5. fig. 10 
et 21; Duchartre, Man. Gén. des Pl. IV. 509. 
? Bollea Guianensis Klotesch, in Schomb. Fauna und 
Fl. Brit. Guian. 1206 (1848, — nomen tantum). 
Huntleya tyrianthina Hort. ex Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. 
I. 187 (1856). 
Zygopetalum violaceum Reichb. f.! in Walp. Ann. Bot. 
VI. 650 (1863), in Linnaea XLI. 128; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. 
IV. 248; Bois, Orch. 133; Autran et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 315. 
RaDICES numerosissimae, dense fasciculatae, elongatae, robustius- 
culae, leviter flexuosae, simplices, canescentes. FoLIA erecta vel erecto- 
patula, rigidiuscula, inferne conduplicata, superne paulo concava, supra 
nitida et intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 50—70 cm. longa, 3 ad 
5 cm. lata; nervis saepius 7, robustis, supra satis impressis, subtus pallidis 
valde prominentibus. PEDUNCULUS saepius valde arcuatus, teretiusculus, 
laevis, laete viridis, 6—16 cm. longus, 2!|:—4 mm. crassus; VAGINAE arcte 
adpressae, tenuiter multistriatae, 8—12 mm. longae. PepIcELLUS leviter 
arcuatus, robustus, cum ovario lineari-subclavato obtuse trigono 1!/1—4 cm. 
longus. BRACTEAE adpressae, cucullatae, submembranaceae, 10—13 mm. 
longae. FLORES nutantes, segmentis extus intense violaceis, intus laete 
violaceis interdum dilute albidis. SEPALA satis convexa, tenuiter 9—11- 
nervulosa nervulis superne leviter ramosis, basi subrotundata, 17—20 mm. 
lata, dorsale 27—30 mm. longum, lateralia satis obliqua, valde divergentia, 
3—3'/2 em. longa. PETALA paulo convexa, satis obliqua, basi breviuscule 
attenuata, 28—30 mm. longa, 14—17 mm. lata. LABELLUM crasse car- 
nosum, rigidum, unguiculo incurvo, 8—10 mm. longo, 9 mm. lato, limbo 
ad medium satis concavo et intense purpureo-violaceo, margine leviter 
recurvo et saepius pallide violaceo, crassiuscule multinervuloso, circiter 
3 cm. longo et 21/2 cm. lato. CoLuMwNA intense purpureo-violacea, dorso 
obtuse costata, 2!/s cm. longa, circiter 2 cm. lata. CarsuLa pendula, 
flavo-viridis vel albo-viridis, anguste obovoidea vel late oblonga, leviter 
‘obliqua, basi acuta, obscure trigona et crassiuscule 6-costata, 5—7 cm. 
longa, 2!/2—3 cm. crassa. 
Habitat in Surinam ad Marawyne: Wullschlaegel n. 1798; in sylvis 
maximis humidis prope Cassepoerekeck : Kegel n. 1080; in Guiana anglica 
ad Cunaca et Silk Cotton Fall secus flum. Essequibo: Schomburgk; secus 
flum. Potaro: Jenman m. 820. In Brasilia septentrionali forsan adhuc 
invenienda. — Floret Septembri— Novembri. 
CXXXV. HUNTLEYA Bartem. 
HunTLEYA Batem. ex Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXIII. sub tab. 1991 
(1837) et XXV. tab. 14; Endlich. Gen. PI., Suppl. I. 1363; 
Meissn. PI. Vasc. 378 (283); Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. X. 665, 
Xenia Orch. I. 183; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 254; 
Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 509; Du Buyss. L Orchid. 
350; Pfitz. in Engl. und Pranil, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. 
p. 205; Stein, Orchideenb. 280; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 272; 
Rolfe in Orch. Rev. VIII. 269. — BATEMANIA (part.) Reichb. f. 
in Bonpland. III. 217 (1855), Xenia I. 185, in Walp. Ann. 
Bot. VI. 554 (non Lindl.). — ZYGOPETALUM sect. HUNTLEYA 
(part.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. XVIII. 320 
(1881), in Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. III. 543; Cogn. in Journ. 
des Orch. II. 338; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. IX. 42. 
Separa subaequalia, patula, libera, lateralia pedi 
columnae affixa. PETALA sepalis subsimilia. LABELLUM 
Orchid. III. 
ORCHIDACEAE: BOLLEA—HUNTLEYA. 
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ad apicem pedis columnae articulatum, cui vix incum- 
| bens mentum paulo distincte format, breviter unguicu- 
| latum; limbus satis dilatatus, plus minusve distincte 
| trilobatus, inferne transverse callosus; callus carnosus, 
antice valde productus, margine longe fimbriatus. 
CoLumna longiuscula, carnosa, semiteres, superne plus 
minusve distincte bialata, basi in pedem brevem pro- 
ducta; clinandrium marginatum, subcrenulatum. AN- 
| 
THERA terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, depressa, 
biloeularis; POLLINIA quaterna, cerea, anguste obovoidea, 
compressa, per paria in loculis segregata, inappendi- 
culata, postica minora, anthera dehiscente glandulae 
majusculae anguste ligulatae absque stipite affixa. 
CAPSULA ignota. 
HERBAE epiphyticae, Americae tropicae a Brasilia 
usque ad Americam centralem incolae, CAULIBUS foliatis 
brevissimis, non pseudobulbosis. FOLIA numerosa, flabel- 
latim disticha, submembranacea, elongata, elevato-venosa, 
supra basin articulata. SCAPI floriferi aphylli, pauci- 
vaginati, uniflori, axillares, foliis multo breviores. FLORES 
carnosi, Speciosi. 
CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM BRASILIENSIUM. 
I, Folia acutissima; sepala ovata, lateralia multo longiora; 
labellum superne duplo latius, lobo terminali late ovato, 
erista supra lae] + 44 i su 1. H. MELEAGRIS Lindl. 
II. Folia obtusiuscula; sepala subaequilonga, petalaque late 
lanceolata ; labellum inferne superneque aequilatum, lobo 
terminali late lanceolato, crista supra multicarinata 
2. H. Luoma Rolfe. 
1. HUNTLEYA MELEAGRIS Lixpr. foliis magnis, 
chartaceis, elongato-ligulatis, apice acutissimis, inferne paulo 
attenuatis longe vaginantibus, supra basin distincte articulatis; 
pedunculo erecto vel ascendente, robustiusculo, foliis multo 
breviore, inferne saepius nudo, apice unibracteato; bractea 
triangulari, acuta, basi vaginante, ovario multo breviore; 
floribus magnis, longissime pedicellatis, segmentis carnosulis, 
patentissimis, apice leviter recurvis; sepalis ovatis, brevius- 
cule acuminatis, lateralibus multo longioribus; petalis anguste 
ovatis, breviter acuminatis, tenuiter 7—11-nervulosis nervulis 
satis clathrato-ramosis, sepalo dorsali subaequilongis; labello 
submembranaceo, patenti-recurvo, sepalis lateralibus multo 
breviore, longiuscule lateque unguiculato, basi obscure trilobato, 
lobis basilaribus brevissimis, lobo terminali magno, ovato- 
rhomboideo, subabrupte et longiuscule acuminato, margine 
integerrimo paulo undulato, crista longiuscule producta, sub- 
semicirculari, supra laevi, margine longissime tenuiterque 
fimbriata; columna claviformi, satis incurva, alis late tri- 
angulari-subrotundatis, margine integerrimis; anthera laevi, 
superne tenuiter sulcata, antice subtruncata et leviter emar- 
ginata. 
Tabula nostra XCIX (habitus cum analysi). 
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