SOBRALIA. (2) 
§ A. (BRASOLIA, Rchb.f) 
1. §. dich R. and Pav. syst. 232. LO. 176, 
and 431. Pope ‘aa Endl., n. g. et sp., I. p. 54. 
S. glabra, foliis duris plicatis acuminatis basi angustatis, 
racemo laterali cernuo dichotomo flexuoso multifloro, bracteis 
ovatis cucullatis, floribus carnosis, labello cucullato 3-lobo laciniis 
lateralibus rotundatis integerrimis intermedia emarginatd valde 
undulata crisp lacera venis 3—5 apice cristato-laceris, clinandrii 
dentibus lateralibus abbreviatis truncatis. 
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twelve to even twenty feet nih foeming Saeci ees according to 
Péppig, with stems resembling those of Bamboos. The same author dese ribes 
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the whole deep red. They are fleshy, like those of Cattleya guttata, and not very 
different in mode of expansion. The petals are much narrower than the lower 
, and apparently rather crisp. In my oealing specimen the 
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remarked that this, the original Sobralia, seniltks the ag now 
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ed fleshy fruit se sts in the Fieldingian herbarium, from Pavon, marked 
. “ Bpidend rum aromaticum,” in allusion no doubt to the excessive fragrance 
f the flowers which Péppig compares to Wallflowers. The Peruvians call it 
Flor del Paraiso. 
s. ee ae ge stricto rigido, vaginis costatis angulatis, foliis 
rigidis imbricatis lineari-lanceolatis margine revolutis pungentibus, 
spicd nuda flexuosa pauciflora, bracteis minutis distantibus, — 
petalisque angustissimis. 
Wild in Demerara—Schomburgk, (v. s. sp-) 
Of this species I have seen two specimens, and one withered une 
nay thing else i the si nao erect imbriested leaves ves are quite walk 
any else in wer seems to have been and 
sg 882 genus. e deep 
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3. 8, rosea. Péppig and Endl, n. g. e sp, I. t. 93. 
LO, 431. 
___§. leviter furfuracea, carinatis, foliis phasis ovalibus 
acuminatis, spicd multiflora 1 Hexuo, bates fas distantibus 
