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supremo oblongo acuto, internis linearilanceolatis, labello obovato ob- 

 tuso apiculato elastice articulato marginibus reflexis ; capsulis oblongis 

 sulcatis puberulis. 

 Salak. 



1397. l§OPHROmTIS Lindl. 



B. Reg. not. ad 1129. 



Lindl. Paxt. IIL p. 10. 471.: 



Perianthium explanatum subaequale. Sepala et petala imbricata libera. 

 Labellura integrum cucullatum, linguiforme, basi cum columna connatum, 

 saepius crista simplici transversa in medio lamellisque 2 axialibns. Co- 

 lumna libera, apice utrinque alata, alis integris conniventibus super 

 cristam labelli. Stigma concavuic, rostello obtuso. Anthera terminalis, 

 opercularis, Slocularis, cardine crasso inarticuiato. Poll. 8 antice et pos- 

 tice parallela, caudicula duplici, pulverea. Herbae epiphytae (Brasilienses) 

 monophyllae pseudobulbosae, racemis axillaribus effusis paucifloris. 

 Flores coccinei. 



1. SOPHRONITIS COCCINEA Rchb. fil. Huc: Cattleya coccinea Lindl. B. Reg. XXIL 

 1836. 1919. 



Foliis solitariis oblongis 'acutis , caulibus ovalibus teretibns longiori- 

 bus, floribus solitariis , spatha nulla, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtusis 

 rectis, petalis triplo latioribus, labello ovato basi cucullato indiviso apice 

 plano sepalis breviore. 



Brazil. Descourtilz in bibi. Deless. 10. Stems 2 — 3 inches high. Flowers bright 

 acarlet, 3" across. 



Lindl. Paxt, IIL 10. Gl. n. 473. Sophi-onilis grandiflora Lindl. 



Folio oblongo acuto pseudobulbo ovali tereti longiore, floribus soli- 



tariis, spatha nulla, sepalis lineari oblongis obtusis rectis, petalis triplo 



latioribus, labello ovato, basi cucullato indiviso apice plano petalis breviore. 



Descourtilz found it upon the mountains that separate the province of Bananal from 



that of Ilha Grande. Gardner Rio 659. 5878. Lip yellow. 



Lindl. Sert. 5 f 2. Soph. grandiflora. Peduncle simple , cylindrical , twisted, bright 

 green, having at its upper end 2 smaller opposite bracts, which form a bilurcation, 

 from their axil springs a filiform violet ovary , terminated by a broad flatly expanded 

 flower. 



Flower wiih all other parts of a bright vermilion, red, or orange. ihe sepals narrow, 

 ovate, the pet. much broader, forming lateral wings ; all streaked with deep rcd lon- 

 gitudinal lines . and having a satiny violet crest externally. Lip something like the 

 standard of a leguminous plant inverted, clear yellow, wilh a broad nasturtium colour 

 border and diverging veins of the same colour, cucullate at the base, slightly 3 lobed, 

 wilb the middle division ovale. obtuse and much shorter than thc sepals , passing 

 from yellow orange to the deepest cinnabar red , but in all of ihem ihe exterior 

 of the flower is a dead cinnabar red , wilh no visible streaks or veins. Column 

 short, triangular, having two lateral white dilatations or wings bordered by bright 

 crimson. Anthere convex , greenish , dividcd internally inio 4 raembr. cells , which 

 are thickest at their upper half, and cover eight clear-yellow pollen masses . of a 

 triangul. form and arranged into iwo rows. 



2. SOPHRONITIS MILITARIS. Huc: Sophronitis grundiflora „Lindl."B. M. 8709 (XII N. S.) 



Pseudobulbis oblongo cylindraceis . junioribus spathaceis apice mo- 

 nophyllis, folio elliptico, pelalis elliptico-rotundatis, sepalis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis subduplo minoribus, labello (parvo) trilobo, lobis lateralibus 

 incurvis, obtusis intermedio acuminato planiusculo. 

 IV. 59 



