142 Fr - Kränzlin. — Orchidaceae-Odontoglosseae II. 



longae, pedicelli cum ovariis ad 2 cm longi. Sepala lateralia libera circ. medium usque 

 connata, omnia e basi angustissima obovato-oblonga, margine reflexa, quo angustiora 

 appareant, 1,5 cm longa, 8 mm lata. Petala paulo majora, brevius unguiculata, aequi- 

 longa, 1 cm lata, omnia aurea. Labelli lobi laterales auriculiformes, parvae, reflexae, 

 ligulatae, obtusae, lobus intermedius maximus, flabelliformi-dilatatus, suborbicularis vel 

 reniformis, antice profunde angusteque sinuatus (fere ad i / 3 longitudinis), fere bilobus 

 dicendus, totum labellum 2 cm longum, 2,5 cm latum, omnino luteum, isthmus utrin- 

 que macula aurantiaca coloratus, crista labelli 5-seriata, lamella mediana major, om- 

 nia verrucosia. Gynostemii alae satis magnae dimidiatae ovataeve, margine croceae, 

 erosulae vel dentatae, tabula infrastigmatica sellaeformis. Totus flos 3 cm. diametro. 

 — Fl. Julio. — Ex vivo! 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz. Peru. (Durch F. Sander & Co. - St. Albans 

 eingeführt. 



Nota. Inveniuntur flores sepalis lateralibus liberis vel plus minus interdum dimidium usque 

 connatis; character in hac specie nunc non ita gravis habendus est, ut solitus est cl. Lindley 

 in Oncidiis in ordinem disponendis. Floribus unicoloribus solummodo cum 0. concolore Hook, 

 convenit. 



78. 0. curtum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XXXIII. (1847) t. 68; in Gard. Chron. (1848) 

 287; Fol. Orch. Oncid. 20; Morren in Ann. de Gand IV. 97; Reichb. f. in Walp. 

 Ann. I. 788 et VI. 730; Rev. Hort. Beige III. 104, fig. 13 et 14; The Garden (l 888) 

 II. 87 c. ic; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. VIII, 33; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 

 607 c. ic; Sander, Orch. Guide 178; Cogn. in Fl. Bras. III. 6, 360. — Pseudobulbi 

 majusculi, oblongi, compressi, foliis utrinque 2 infrabulbosis suffulti, manifeste costati, 

 6 ad 7 cm longi, 5 cm lati. Folia ligulata, acuta, 20 ad 30 cm longa, apice leviter 

 recurva. Inflorescentia racemosa, rarius paniculata, pauciramosa, ramis subdistichis, 

 multiflora, subnutans, 60 ad 90 cm longa, cujus pars tertia superior florifera, bracteae 

 ad 3 mm longae, triangulae, pedicelli ad 2,5 cm longi, crassiusculi. Flores inter majores 

 generis, ad 4 cm diametro. Sepalum dorsale unguiculatum , ellipticum, undulatum, 

 1,5 cm longum, 9 mm latum, concavum, apice rotundatum, lateralia medium fere 

 usque connata et paulum divergentia, deinde oblonga, obtuse acutata, sublongiora 

 (1,7 cm) 4 mm lata. Petala brevi-unguiculata, leviter pandurata, oblonga, apice rotun- 

 data, ad 1,8 cm longa, circ. 1 cm lata, omnia satis tenera, fere cuprea vel intense 

 brunnea, sepala luteo-vittata, petala flavo-marginata. Labelli sessilis lobi laterales bre- 

 vissimi, manubriiformes, reflexi, obtusi, lobus intermedius brevi-lateque unguiculatus, 

 flabellatus, suborbicularis vel reniformis, undulatus, antice leviter emarginatus, sinu 

 amplo a lobis lateralibus sejunctus, crista in basi inter lobos laterales 5-partita, tuber- 

 culata, serie quaque tuberculis composita, additis utrinque tuberculis singulis sine ordine, 

 totum labellum circ. 2 cm longum, 2,5 cm latum, luteum, brunneo- vel castaneo-lim- 

 batum, crista purpureo-adspersa. Gynostemium breve, crassum, glabrum, alae breves, 

 truncatae, margine vix lobulatae, anthera convexa, antice paulum producta. — Fl. in 

 Europa Septembri. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz. Rio de Janeiro, Orgelgebirge. — Von Lobb 1847 

 eingeführt. 



Nota. Differt colore ab O. praetexto Reichb. f. cui ceterum valde affine et interdum solum- 

 modo cristae fabrica et indole peculiari ab illo specie discernendum est. Varietas sie dieta 

 > Qardnerianum* hortul. (Gard. Chron. S. 3. III. [1888] 598) nil est nisi forma labello plus minus 

 maculato diversa. 



79. 0. Forbesii Hook, in Bot. Mag. (1839) t. 3705; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XXV. Mise. 

 149 et Fol. Orch. Oncid. 19; Reichb. f. in Linnaea XXV. 2 49; in Walp. Ann. VI. 728; 

 in Gard. Chron. N. S. XI. (1879) 524, fig. 71 et XXV. 73; Warm. Symb. Fl. Bras. 

 Centr. p. XXIX, 845; Williams, Orch. Alb. III. t. 104 et Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 610; 

 Pfitzer in Engl. - Prantl, Pflzfam. II. 6. 200, fig. 216; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. VIII. 

 38 c. ic. ; Cogn. Dict. Icon. Orch. Oncid. t. 1 et in Fl. Bras. III. 346; Sander, Orch. 

 Guide 180. — Var. atratum L. Linden in Lindenia XVI. (1902) t. 779; Cogn. in Fl. 



