479 ORCHIDACEAE: HUNTLEYA—CHEIRADENIA. 480 
Huntleya Meleagris Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXIII. sub 
tab. 1991 (1837), XXIV. Misc. 20, XXV. tab. 14; Maund, 
The Bot. III. tab. 146; Lemaire, Fl. Serr. Anglet., Mars 1839. 
cum tab. col.; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 509; Du 
Buyss. L'Orchid. 351; Pfitz. in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. 
Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 205. fig. 225; Stein, Orchideenb. 280. 
fig. 95; Rolfe în Orch. Rev. VIII. 270. 
Batemania Meleagris Reichb. f.! in Bonpland. III 217 
(1855), Xenia Orch. 1. 185. tab. 66. fig. I. II et 1—5 (1856), 
în Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 555; Gard. Chron. new ser. XVI. 209 
(1881); Ortgies in Gartenfl. 1883. p. 98. tab. 1114. fig. 2; 
L’Orchidoph. 1889. p. 49. cum tab. col. (sub nom. Huntleya 
Meleagris); Watson, Orch. 63; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man., 
edit. 7. p. 121. cum tab. 
Zygopetalum Meleagris Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., 
Bot. X VIII. 321 (1881), in Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. III. 546 
in adnot.; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. IV. 246; Veitch, Man. Orch. 
Pl. IX. 60; Bois, Orch. 132; Journ. des Orch. V. 196; L. Lind. 
Orch. Exot. 994; Sander, Orch. Guide 253. 
RADICES numerosae, satis graciles, longiusculae, leviter flexuosae, 
simplices. Forra rigidiuscula, inferne subconduplicata, superne leviter 
concava, supra nitida et intense viridia, subtus viridi-coerulea, 25—40 cm. 
longa, 3'/2—5 cm. lata, nervis 9— 11, crassiasculis, supra leviter impressis, 
subtus valde prominentibus.  P&DUNCULUS rectus vel paulo flexuosus, 
teretinsculus, intense viridis, 3—4 mm. crassus. PEDICELLUS robustus, 
saepius leviter arcuatus, cum ovario lineari-clavato obtuse trigono distincte 
6-sulcato 7—9 cm. longus. BRACTEA submembranacea, arcte adpressa, 
cucullata, pallide viridis, 1—2 cm. longa. FLORES subnutantes, sepalis 
petalisque inferne flavo-albidis, superne purpureo-fuscis et flavo-maculatis, 
margine leviter undulatis. Separa basi satis constricta, tenuiter 7—9- 
nervulosa, satis concava, dorsale 32—33 mm, longum et 14—15 mm. latum, 
lateralia valde divergentia, leviter obliqua, circiter 41/2 cm. longa, 17 ad 
18 mm. lata. PETALA paulo concava, satis obliqua, basi valde constricta 
subrotundata, 30—32 mm. longa, 16—17 mm. lata. LABELLUM satis con- 
cavum, crassiuscule 9-nervulosum nervulis satis ramosis, basi albo- 
eburneum, superne flavo-purpureum, crista alba, 27—29 mm. longum, 
superne 18—19 mm. latum. CoLumxa alba alis virescentibus, acute trigona, 
inferne valde attenuata, antice leviter concava, fere 2 cm. longa, basi in 
pedem 3—4 mm. longum producta. CaPsuLA ignota, 
Var. ß. ALBIDO-FULVA Reichb. f. secund. Du Buyss. 
L'Orchid. 351 (1878). 
Huntleya albido-fulva Lemaire in Ill. Hort. X V. tab. 556 
(1868); Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 351; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 
VIII. 272. 
Zygopetalum Meleagris var. albido-fulvum Nichols. Dict. 
of Gard. IV. 246. 
FLORES pallidiores, sepalis petalisque inferne albis, superne flavo- 
cupreis, labello albo, apice tantum purpureo. 
Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Rollisson, Binot; in prov. Minas 
 Geraés: FI. Claes; in sylvis secus flum. Pirapitinga prope Bananal: 
Descourtilz; in prov, Bahia: Morel. — Floret Februario—Junio. 
2. HUNTLEYA LUCIDA Rorrz: foliis mediocribus, 
lineari-oblanceolatis, obtusiusculis; pedunculo erecto, satis 
gracili, apice unibracteato, foliis breviore; bractea ovato- 
lanceolata, acutissima, basi breviter vaginante, ovario satis 
breviore; floribus majusculis, longiuscule pedicellatis, segmentis 
patentissimis; sepalis subaequilongis, late Janceolatis, breviter 
acuminatis, lateralibus vix angustioribus; petalis late lanceo- 
latis, acutissimis, tenuiter 7—9-nervulosis, sepalo dorsali 
leviter brevioribus; labello patenti-recurvo, sepalis lateralibus 
multo breviore, leviter trilobato, lobis basilaribus minutis 
rotundatisque, lobo terminali majusculo, late lanceolato, acuto, 
supra tenuiter tricarinato, crista semicirculari, supra radiatim 
malticarinata, margine antice tenuiter longeque fimbriata; 
columna claviformi, leviter incurva, alis membranaceis, late 
rotundatis. 
Huntleya lucida Rolfe! in Orch. Rev. VIII. 272 (1900). 
Zygopetalum lucidum Rolfe! in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 
798 (1889); Kew Bull., Add. Ser. IV. 409; Nichols. Dict. of 
Gard., Suppl. 746; Sander, Orch. Guide 253. 
ForiA 15 em. longa, 2'/2 cm. lata. BRACTEA subadpressa, valde 
concava, 12 mm. longa. FLORES omnino lucidi. SEPALA tenuiter 9-nervu- 
losa, basi alba, superne purpureo-fusca, ad medium macula lunulata laete 
viridi transverse ornata, 26—27 mm. longa, 8—9 mm. lata. PETALA laete 
purpureo-fusca, ad medium laete viridi transverse zonata, 23—24 mm. 
longa, 7—8 mm. lata. LABELLUM inferne superneque aequilatum, 18 ad 
20 mm. longum, 5—6 mm. latum, lobo terminali lurido-purpureo, basi 
ochraceo, antice dilute luteo, 14 mm. longo, crista laete lutea, antice 
aurantiaca, carinis fusco-lilacino marginatis. CoLUMNA alba, purpureo- 
striata, 13—14 mm. longa. CapsuLa ignota. 
Habitat in Guiana anglica: Hort. Sander. In Brasilia septen- 
trionali forsan adhuc invenienda. 
CXXXVI. CHEIRADENIA LINDL. 
CHEIRADENIA Lindl. Folia Orch., Febr. 21, 1853; Reichb. f. in 
Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 543; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., 
Bot. XVIII. 320, in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. III. 544; Pfitz. 
in Engl. und Pranil, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 204; 
L'Orchidoph. 1892. p. 84; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 272. 
SEPALA subaequilonga, inter se libera, herbacea, 
patentia, lateralia latiora pedi columnae adnata. PETALA 
sepalo postico similia. LABELLUM ad apicem pedis 
eolumnae articulatum, latum, planum, indivisum vel 
leviter trilobatum; discus crista transversa digitata in- 
structus. CoLuMNa brevis, semiteres, crassiuscula, sub- 
clavata, basi in pedem plus minusve distinctum pro- 
ducta; clinandrium truncatum. ANTHERA terminalis, oper- 
cularis, incumbens, verisimiliter unilocularis; POLLINIA 
bina, cerea, ovoidea, sulcata, inappendiculata, anthera 
dehiscente stipiti plano lato affixa. Capsuta elliptico- 
oblonga, erostris, sulcata. 
HERBAE epiphyticae, parvulae, Guyanae et veri- 
similiter Brasiliae septentrionalis incolae, CAULE brevis- 
simo paucifoliato mox in pseudobulbum minutum incras- 
sato. FOLIA membranaceo-coriacea, nervosa. SCAPI 
laterales, tenues vel filiformes, aphylli, simplices. FLORES 
parvuli, pauci, in racemo brevi denso dispositi. BRACTEAE 
angustiae, acuminatae. 
