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Bracteae squamaeformes, brevissimae. —Ovaria pedicellata elongata. Sepala: ligulata- acuta. Ce 
subaequalia. Columna dorso carinata, antice retuso denticulata, utrinque angulata. 
a) Fastuosa: flore magno, tepalis quam sepala latioribus, flore pulchre citrino, labello vw 
utrinque late purpureomaculato, disco aurantiaco, anthera subecarinata. 
b) Lepida: flore minori, tepalis sepalisque aequilatis, flore pallide flavo, striolis vtrinque in 
labello albo purpureis, disco aurantiaco, anthera carinata. 
Ad fluv. Amaz. sup.? (Vid. viv. c. et hab. sp. sice.). 
8) E. Hügelianum Rchb. fil Mss.: tepalis quam sepala duplo latioribus planis; labello lobato 
antice retusiusculo plano. Cattleya Skinneri Bat. Orch. Mex. Gual. tab. 13. B. Reg. XXVI. 1840. 
Misc. 83. B. Reg. XXX. 1844. sub 5. D Mag. 4276. 'Pseudobulbi magni clavali vaginis sub- 
argyraeis. Folia oblonga obtuse acuta.  Spatha abbreviata retusa. Racemus corymbosus. Sepala ligu- 
lata obtuse acuta. Tepala ovalia acuta plana.’ Labellum oblongum acutum retusiusculum. ` Columna 
gracillima parva clavatosemiteres antice tridentata. Perigonium pulchre amethystinum, labio antice 
purpureo praetexto. — Cum jam exstet E. Skinneri speciem magno cum gaudio ill. Baroni de Hügel, 
qui Orchideas adeo dilexit, dico. 
b. parviflorum: sepalis acutioribus, labello acuminato. Cattleya Deckeri Klotzsch in Otto 
und Dietrich Berl. Allgem. Gartenzeitung 1855. XXIII. 81. Cattleya Skinneri var. parviflora Lindl. 
Bot. Mag. 4916: „When Mr. Skinner last returned from Guatemala, he brought with him a small 
packet containing the flowers of three different Orchids, which he found growing from the same 
stock. One was Cattleya Skinneri, another was a dark crimson variety of Epidendrum Skinneri, 
the third, which was smaller than the first, UO Targa tne "Bodo, Lee ee 
between them. — A wild hybrid? We think not.“ — `` 
Planta genuina: Guatemala Skinner! Wendland fil! Pitagaya Costaricae. Ad GC in 
Coslarica Quarca vulgo dicta. Matagalpa in Segovia Oersted! Costa Rica et Veraguas 5 — 6000’ 
v. Warscewicz! Crescit etiam in Caracas, unde vidi flores missos a domino de Lansberg et intro- 
ductam apud dom. L. Reichenheim Berolini a Wagenero missam et inde vidi iconem a dom. de Lansberg 
confectam. Indicatio igitur certa videtur. (Vid. viv. c. et hab. Sioc: spi): 
; 9) E. maximum Rchb. fiL: tepalis quam sepala bene latioribus cuneato oblongis acutis, 
labello oblongotrilobo antice crispo. Cattleya maxima Lindl Gen. et Sp. Orch. 446. — Bot. Reg. 
XXX. 1844. sub 5. PL Hartweg. Decbr. 1844. Bot. Reg. 1846. tab. 4. Journ. Hort. Soc. 1846. 
p. 64. Hook. Bot. Mag. 1856. 4902. Rchb. fil. Xenia I. p. 225. tab. 95. Pseudobulbus clavatus 
anceps alte sulcatus monophyllus. Folium oblongoligulatum vix emarginatum ultra pedale. Spatha 
abbreviata acuta. Peduneulus bi- usque pluriflorus (Hartweg 4 — 5 flores in uno pedunculo observavit; 
in pedunculo ab ill Hooker depicto tres flores, ex horto Schilleriano obtinui peduneulum quadriflorum). 
Sepala ligulata acuta, lateralia subfalcata. ^ Tepala cunéato oblonga acuta, nunc suberispula. Läbellum 
oblongum, medio trilobum, lobi laterales angulati, anticé ‘crispuli, lobus medius produetus semiovatus 
crispulus, erenulatus. - Gynostemium gracile, medio utrinque obscure angulatum, apice. circa ándro- 
o clinium tridentatum; dens medius ligulatus angustus minutus, dentes laterales faleati majores; fovea 
lata, basi in angulum. exiens. Flores pulehre lilacini; labellum venis purpureis, per diseum pulchre - 
aureum. Guayaquil Pavon! | Ruiz. Rio Grande de Malacotos Hartweg! — Tipi Hapa Loxa Bisca 
bamba v. Warscewiez! ` bos sicc. m et c. et obtinui viv. c. tantum ex Wort. Matilin, Borsig, 
uneato oblongis obtusatis, 
ER: oil hag? Qa o aoun curé galt tab de £lüdiey uta’ m 
in dion plures divisa, sed i E adio: cum P didici Se EE videantur. 
Inter tot centurias florum, quos inspexi vidi multa, quae pro bonis notis haberi potuissent. Ita ex- 
stant stigmaticae foveae vario ambitu. Ita antherae nunc vertice calvae, nunc vertice gibbere mediocri, 
