BLETIA. 



ORGHIDES. 435 



Caudiculae 4 elasticae, parallelae , quaevis utrinqne polliniorura minus atque majus 

 gerens. luteae; interdum tuberculis minutis, polliniis similibus, obsessae. Ovarium 

 decimetri fere longitudine , teres , glabrum viride, basi atro-purpurascens, bractea 

 minula suffultuni. Herba epiphyta, caespitosa, pendula in arboribns ad rivum Para. 

 Floret Marlio et Aprili. Flores speciosi odorem gratnm caryophyllatnm exhalant. 

 Tubercula polliniis accessoria, quae memorat cel. Lindley, quippe reddita in icone 

 Hookeriana B. luberculatae, in nostra quoque specie occurrunt. — 

 Dcdi Paramariboae, 28. Juli 1850. 



805. Brassavola sp. pcrhaps B. angustata Lindl. Lond. Journ. H. 1843. p, 672. 

 But the spec. too imperl'. to determine : British Guiana Schomburgk. n. 428. 



bb.' Labellum integerrimum. 



a. Columnae auriculae anticae retusae. 



49. BLETIA TUBERCULATA. Huc: Brassavola tnbercuJata Hook. B. Mag. Vol. IIL N. 

 S. 1829. t. 878. 



Antonio Musa Bras.cavol a Physician of Ferrara, •who published many 

 works in the 16 th. cent on the properties of plants as employed in 

 medicine. 



Caule unifloro, lamina labelli integra, pedunculo petalis exterioribus 

 tuberculatis, labello candido medio basique flave.olo , phyllis reliquis 

 perigonii lufeis, sepalis bruneo maculatis. 



Botafogo Bay found by Henry Harrrisen Esq. sent to Rich. ,Harr. of Aigburgh near 

 [ Liverpool. 

 Huc: B. tuherculata Hook. Rchb. fll. Bpl. III. 221. 



Diese Pflanze, die in Herbarien sehr haufig, in Garten bisweilen vorkommt, haben 

 wir nur einmal mii einigen Warzchen , gewohnlich aber ohne alle dergleichen Rau- 

 higkeiten gesehen. 



Lond. B. Journ. I. p. 188. 1842. Brassavola luberculata. Common on rocky by 

 the sea, near Rios as on ihe Moro do Flamingo, where it grows almost to the water 

 edg^, Jul. Aug. Gardner, Nr, 120, 



50. BLICTIA RETUSA. Huc: Brassavola retu.<!n Lindl, B. Reg, 1847, sub 20. 

 Labello nndulato cuneato truncato margine laevi. 



Lip white with a little grean near the base, Maracaybo. 



51. BLETIA CEBOLETTA. Huc: Brassavola Ceboletta Rchb. fll. Bpl. IIL 221. 



aff. Brassavolae Perrinii gynostemio labelli oblongi acuti basi bicari- 

 na(i dimidium aeqtiante, postice tridenticulato , utrinque obtuse alato 

 labellum usque, — Folinm teres apice subulatum 5— 6pollicare superne 

 sulcatiim. Pedunculus 1— 2florus. Ovarium pedicellatum 2 — 3polIicare. 

 Sepala lanceolata acuta. Tepala paulo angustiora. Labellum ima cum 

 gynostemio connatum. Bluthen so gross, wie bei Brassavola cordata, 

 Hullblatter grijn. Lippe und Saule weiss, am Grunde griin. Von Herrn 

 Consul Schiller eingesendet. 



3. Columnae auriculae antice acutae seu inaequali lacerae. 



§. Uniflorae, raro biflorae. 



52. BLETIA ACAULIS. Huc : Brassavola acaulis Lindl. Paxt. FI. G. IL 152. N. 428, 

 c. xyl. 216. 



Foliis leretibus rectis et flore subsessilibus, sepalis petalisque line- 

 aribus patulis aequalibus, labelli lamina subrotundo ovata ungue cucul- 

 lalo duplo longiore. 



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