KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 46. N:0 10. 55 



2. Cattleyeae. 



Lanium avicula (Lindl.) Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. XIV (1880—82), t. 1335; Fl. 

 Brasil. Orchid. II. 26, t. 8, fig. 1. — Epidendrum avicula Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 

 III (1841) 85. 



Civit. Parand. Jacarehy, ad truncos arborum (Dusen N. 7883!). 



Hormidium tripterum (Brongn.) Cogn. in Fl. Brasil. Orch. II. 29, t. 8. fig. 2. — 

 Coelogyne triptera Brongn. Coquille. Phan. (1829) 201, t. 42 A. 



Civit. Parand. Jacarehy, in silvula ad terram. (Dusen N. 8600!) 



Epidendrum globosum Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. (1763) 222, t. 133, fig. 1; Fl. 

 Brasil. Orchid. II, t. 9, fig. 1. 



Civit. Parand. Jacarehy, in territorio litorali in truncis arborum (Dusen N. 8702!). 



Epidendrum linearifolioides Kränzl. n. sp. — Taf. 9, Fig. 4. 



[Encyclium.] — Radices pro planta haud magna copiosae, crassiusculae. Pseudo- 

 bulbi parvi ovoidei, cataphyllis griseis omnino tecti, vix 3 cm. longi, basi c. 1,5 cm. 

 diametro, diphylli. Folia crassa, cartilaginea, anguste linearia, brevi-acutata, supra 

 medio sulcata, subtus carinata, margine revoluto convexa, ad 24 cm. longa, 6 — 7 mm. 

 lata. Flores numerosi, in paniculam brevem, foliis breviorem v. vix aequilongam dis- 

 positi; rami inferiores paniculae paulum supra basin pedunculi orientes, rhachis, pedi- 

 celli, ovaria vix v. non tuberculosa dicenda (suspicor, asperitates paucas dissitas exicca- 

 tione ortas esse), bracteae minutae triangulae, pedicelli tenues stricti, in ovarium 

 sensim incrassati, 1,7 cm. cum ovario longi. Flores patentissimi, 3,5 cm. diam. Sepala 

 lanceolata, brevi-acuminata. Petala oblanceolata v. e basi angustiore sensim dilatata, 

 acuta, omnia 1,8 cm. longa, 3 — 3,25 mm. lata, viridi-lutea(?). Labellum basin usque 

 liberum, paulum tantum brevius, lobi laterales ab ipsa basi labelli orientes, trianguli, 

 antrorsi, apice rotundati, margine exteriore manifeste sinuati, lobus intermedius ex 

 isthmo brevi fere orbicularis, apice brevi-apiculatus, margine levissime crispulus, lineae 

 ex ipsa basi elevatae 2, primum rectilineae, deinde valde undulato-crispulae, additis 

 utrinque 2 brevioribus, omnibus 6 apicem lobi intermedii usque decurrentibus, venae 

 omnes labelli incrassatae, totum labellum 1,3 cm. longum, lobi laterales 1 cm. longi, 

 lobus intermedius cum isthmo 1 cm. longus, 6 mm. latus. Gynostemium circ. semi- 

 longum, subtriquetrum, dorso tricarinatum (exsiccatione?) ; stelidia brevia, obtusa; 

 anthera plana, supra bicornuta, cornubus brevibus cartilagineis nitidis. — Fl. Junio. 



Paraguay. Prope Paraguari, in montibus silvaticis (Exped. I, Regnell; Lind- 

 man N. A. 3815!). 



Ich muss wegen des hässlich geprägten Speziesnamens um Entschuldigung bit- 

 ten, aber ich känn die Pflanze nicht besser charakterisieren als durch Hinweis auf 

 die Abbildung von Ep. linearifolium Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4572 (Ep. aciculare Batem.). 

 Es finden sich allerdings, sobald man etwas genaues hinschaut, Abweichungen genug, 



