466 ORCHIDES. 



SOPIIBONITIS. 



S. (irandiflora Lindl. Sert. Orchiil. t. 5 f. 2. 



CaUleija coccinea Lindl. B. Reg. 1919 ia text. 



Epidendre ponceau ,,Descoutilz's Drawings, pl. 10 p. 27." 

 Figured by Dr. L. frora a drawing executed, as it would appcar. in ihe naiive country 

 of the specios by Mr. Descourliiz and he has I think righily followed the suggestion 

 of mnking it a Sophronitis. The credit of introducing ihe plant alive to this counlry 

 is due to Mr. Gardner, who found it in the Organ Mountains' of Brazil , and sent it 

 home in 37. The station given by Mr. Descourtilz is upon the high mountains thai 

 separate the district of Bnnanal from thai of Ilha Grande. 



3. SOPHRONITIS PTEROCARPA Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. GL 475 p. 11. 1853; 



Folio coriaceo subrolundo obloniro , racemis brevilpus corymbosis, 

 ovario bexaptero lonpe roslralo, labcllo ovato cristato. Fig. 239. 

 This very rare plant in gardens has rosy purple flowers. 



Gardner : Organ Mountains 665. Martius : on rotting trees near Wamerde in prov. 

 Minas Geraes. 



4. SOPIIRONITIS CERNUA Lindl. B. Reg. 1129. 1147. B. Mag. 3677. 



Sophronitis cernua Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. III. GI. 472. 

 Sophronitis isopetala Hoffg. B. Ztg. 1834. 

 Sophronilis Uomannseggii Rchb. fil. Linn. Litt. Ber. XVI. 236. 

 Sophronitis nutans Id. Ibid. 



Folio ovalo oblongo, racemo coryraboso pancifloro, sepalis petalisque 

 ovatis acutis, labello repando acuto, columnae alis brevibus oblusissi- 

 mis, ovario sexcostalo. Fig. 236. 8. 9. 10 



Brillant scarlet flowers with a yellow lip. Sepals and petals same size. There 

 does not scem to be any essential diCFerence in the plants now referred here. 



Lindl. I. c. 656 : 

 Mr. H, G. Reichenbach has polnted out to us the false name of Sophronitis nutans 

 ascribed to him by an occidental transposition of type at Nr. 472. is really char- 

 gcable upon Hoffmansegg, and that the name of S. Hoffmannseggi , another false 

 name , should I)e placed to his fathers accouni. — Cf. Rchb. fil. in v. Schldl. und 

 V. Mohl B. Z. 1852. «39. 



Rclib. fii: 1. 0. p. 837: 

 Ich kannte diese Pflanze fruher nur in solchen klcinen Exemplaren , wie sie im Bot. 

 Reg. und Bot. Mng. abgebildet wurde. Jetzt fallt mir eine grosse Pflanze in (Hofrath 

 Keifs Garten) auf, welche, in allen Theilen 2— 3mal grosser, sich durch mehr lang- 

 liche Blatter auszeichnet. Die Blulhen sind erst rolh (wie Epidcndrum cinnabarinum), 

 endlich werden sie lila. Einen speciflschen Unterschied kann ich nicht enldecken. 

 Ueppige Form in Folge guter Cullur ? Gardner*s wildgewachsene Exemplare sind 

 viel kleiner. 



5. SOPIIRONITIS VIOLACEA Lindl. B. Reg. XXVL 1840. Misc. 18. 

 Pseudobulbo ovali, folio solifario lineari, scapo terminali basi multi- 



bracteato, 1 floro longiore, labello obovato acuto nudo basi gibboso, 



columnae alis maximis carnosis obtusis falcatis. 



Prctty little epiphyle with solitary violet flowers, for which I am indebted lo Mrs. Can- 

 non of Stralford Grecn. Febr. 



Paxt. Fl. G. IIL p. 1. Gl. 474. F. 238: 

 Common in Brazil on Organ Mouniains. 



Rchb. fll. in v. Schlechiend. Linnaea XXV. p. 245 ; 

 Rhizomate repente funiformi, pseudnbulbis cylindraceis seu pyriformibus , basi 2 

 squamis vestitis, unifoliis. foliis linearibus acutis pergameneis (—3" 4'" long., 2"' 

 lalis), pedimculo in axiila folii, squamis 3 lancoolalis aculis vaginantibus tecto , uni- 

 floro (c. flore 1" 8"), ovario subcylindruceo, post anlhesin valde elongalo. perigoni' 



