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••Labellura trilobum. 

 a. Labellum laeve. 



15. BLETIA CRISPA. Huc : Bot. Mag. 3910: Catlleya ciispa. 



Caulibus crassis oblongis, clavatis, foliis solitariis, spatlia magna her- 

 bacea , sepalis lineari-obovato-Ianceolatis acutis, pelalis latioribus ob- 

 longo-Ianceoiatis, undulalis crispis, labelli indivisi limbo ovato acumi- 

 nato quam maxime undulato crispato. 



Caltleya crispa. Lindl. B. Reg. t. 1172. Gen. et op. Orch. p. 116. — Brazil Kew 

 1841. — Seems to have been flisi intioduced to our gardens by Sir Henry Cbamber- 

 layne, Bart.. 1826. 



V. Houtt. IX. 162. Laelia crispa Rchb. fil. 



Laelia crispa var. reflexa. Bonplandia p. H. 89. Cattleya reflexa Parmentier : 

 eine sehr stoitliche Abart, welche anstatt des schwefelgelben Lippengrundes schone 

 Orangefarbe daselbst zeigt. Catalogue des Coliections delaissees par M. Parmentier 

 p. 15. Hier wird Caltleya reflexa macrophylla als Art vindicirt. ..Hauptcharacter" 

 ..mais elle s*en dislingue amplement par la dispositjon toute sp^ciale qu^afl^ecte sa 

 hampe florale : ainsi au lieu d'etre dressde , elle s'inHechit fortement et avec beau- 

 coup de grace." — In der Sammlung der Herren Consul Schiller, Kammerrath 

 Frege, Banquier Roihschlld, 



16. BLETIA PURPURATA. Huc: Lindl. in Paxt. FI. G. 96. et xyl. 1843: Laelia purpurata: 



Pseudobulbis oblongis, foliis anguste oblongis 'emarginatis, pedun- 



cuiis bifloris e spatha erumpentibus, sepalis lineari lanceoiatis , petalis 



oblongo lanceolalis obtusis, labello maximo circa columnam convoluto 



rotundato lobis lateralibus o^soletis ab intermedio parum diversis. 



Island of St. Catherines in Brazil. Near L. grandis. that has the leaf broader ai 



the base, ihan ihe point, nankin coloured flowers, white lip washed with rose at 



tbe base. 



Huc: Cattleya Brysiana Ch. Lem. 

 Lem. jard. fl. III. tab. 275—76. 



Pseudobulbis maximis et attenuatis dein ovali-oblongis tereti-com- 

 pressis laevibus aetate sulcalis , folio maximo lato obiongo coriaceo 

 crasso ap. rotundato emarginato, spatha maxima foliacea ovali oblonga 

 complicata ap. solum oblique aperta; scapo bifloro (aut amplius?). 

 floribus maximis odoralis, laciniis 3 exter. anguste oblongo-Ianceolatis 

 acute apiculatis; inter. 2 latissime lanceolatis margine subundulatis 

 omnibus 5 succulentis reflexo-plicatis albis; labello (disco laevissimo) 

 eis aequilongo, lobis lateralibus in tubum supra angustato acutua: extus 

 albidum inlus luteolum purpureo-venatum , ad apicem violaceo-laetis- 

 sime jucundissimeque nriarginatum, conniventibus; lobo terminali patulo 

 etiam violaceo late rotundato crispulo-undulato ap. macula triangulari 

 pallidiore notato interiore venato; gynosteraate vix medium tubi labelli 

 attingente. — 



C. Brysiana Ch. Lem. sub praes. tab. 

 Patria: Insuln St. Calharina. — 



Laclia purpurata. Pescat. lab. 39. — {Laelia purpurata var. praetexta Rchb. fll, — 

 Otto u. Dietr. Allg. Gtz.: labello apice albo praetexto, melius quam in planta genuina 

 crispato.) 



17. BLETIA CASPERIANA. Laelia Casperiana Rchb. lil. in C. Koch u. Fintelmann 

 Wochenschrift fiir Gartnerei und Pflanzenkunde 1859. p. 136. 



