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6. intermedium, Lodd. Lvs. ensitorm, 1^ ft. long, 

 I'-.i in. wide: scape longer than the lvs., bearing 5-0 

 fls'. each nearly 3 in. across: sepals and petals oblong, 

 acute, green with large, confluent blotches of brown; 

 labellura rotund, narrowed at the base, deeply 2-lobed 

 in front, pubescent, bluish white with radiating broken 

 lines of purplish blue; column green and white. Fls. 

 in winter, remaining in perfection about two months. 

 Brazil. R.H. 187:1:190 (as Z. Bivieri). - P\a.nts of Z. 

 Mackaii are often cultiyated under this name. 



7. SSdeni, Reichb. f. Plants strong, with the scape 

 about as long as the lvs. and bearing several fls. : sepals 

 and petals deep purple-brown, bordered with green; 

 labellura pale purple in front, becoming deep purple 

 toward the base. P.M. 1880:417.-A garden hybrid 

 raised by Veitch. 



8. violiceum, Reichb. f. {ffiinfleya viol&cea, Lindl.). 

 Fig. 2800. Lvs. as in Z. Lalindei: fls. on nodding 

 scapes 4-6 in. long, deep violet; sepals and petals ovate 

 revolute, tipped with yellowish green; labellum ovate, 

 cordate, crest of thick ridges covered by the arching 

 column. Guiana. P.S. 7:678. P.M. 8:1. 



9. COBlfiste, Reichb. f. (Bdllea cceUstis, Reichb. f.). 

 Lvs. 6-10 on a shoot, oblong-lanceolate, 6 in. long, 2 in. 

 bruad, with 6 paler sheaths 3-4 in. long: fls. solitary, on 

 stout peduncles 6 in. in length; sepals broad, violet- 

 purple, darker toward the tn|) iiiid ninr^-iiifl with yellnw 

 at the tip, the latcr.-il y.nr l.-,i-rr; |h^|;,1s like- tin- .lor^^il 

 sepal but paler; hitnllum -lini-i-rl:i\\,-(l, n\-;ir,-. >l. ■,■[.!>- 

 cordate, margins r.rur\.-il ;iiHi ii|. rcv.iliiti-. iln p vxil.i 

 with yellowish margins and u tliiok yt-lli.w crt-st. Fls 

 freely in summer. Columbia. B.M. »i4.i8. Gn. .-il. p. 

 121; 49:1072. 



10. Pitini, Reichb. f. (Bdllea Piitini, Reichb. f.). 

 Lvs. linear-oblong: fls. large, rose-colored, paler than 

 those of Z. Lalindei; sepals oblong attenuate, wavy, 

 the lower half of the lateral pair darker; petals trian- 



ZYGOPETALUM 



gular-oblong, undulate; labellum triangular hastate at 

 the base, yellow, tip revolute; column pink, covering 

 the thick yellow crest. Colombia. P.M. 1875:147. G.C. 

 II. 3:9. 



11. Lalindei, Reichb. f. {Bdllea Lalindei, Reichb. f.j. 

 Lvs. elliptic-lanceolate, about 1 ft. long: peduncles 3 

 in. long, with solitary fls. 2%~6 in. broad: sepals ovate- 

 oblong, recurved at the tips, rose-colored, with straw- 

 colored tips; petals undulate-oblong, colored like the 

 sepals or with white margins; labellum ovate-hastate, 

 margins and tip recurved, golden yellow, disc with a 

 semi-circular crest of thick, radiating lamellae: column 

 broader than the disc, arched over it. Aug. Colombia. 

 B.M. 6331. -Color of the flower varies to bright violet. 



12. Burtii, Benth. & Hook. {Batem.hnila P.iulii, 

 Endr. & Keicbb. f.). Lvs. elliptic ■<. I. Inn-, Hi-ll in. 



broailly elliptic ovate, acute, reddish lirnwii, s|i.itted 

 with yellow; labellum trowel-shaped, cordate, white at 

 the base, apex brownish purple; crest pectinate. Costa 

 Rica. B.M. 6003. P.M. 1874:101. Gn. 57, p. 309. 



1.1. discolor, Reichb. f. ( Wdrrea discolor. Lindl. 

 ^yarc^ewil■ziUu discolor, Reichb. f.). Lvs. narrowly 

 lanceolate, jointed, 9 in. long: scapes 1-fld., shorter 

 than the lvs.: sepals spreading, lanceolate, white: 

 petals shorter, ovate, white with a tinge of purple, half 

 spreading; labellum large, broadly obovate, somewhat 

 convolute, white, changing to deep purple toward the 

 disk, and having a whitish or yellowish crest. Central 

 America. B.M. 48.30. 



14. W6ndlandi, Reichb. f. ( Wan-^ewicsdla Wind- 

 huirli. Hort.). Lvs. fufi. ,1. I;,nr, ,,h,t.-: fls. 4-5 in. across, 

 solitarv, on a sea)" :; I in. I.ni.'; sepals and petals 

 lanceolate, somewli;ii twi-ird. .'Tirnish white; labellum 

 ovate, cordate, uiululaic. wliiir. sin-aked and spotteil 

 with violet-purple: apex revolute. crest semi-circular, 

 violet-purple. Heinkich Hasselbring. 



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