— 478 — 



V. illo paulnni loiigioribus, foliolo 1 niinuto in scapo, racemo 

 1 — paucifloro, bracteis ovati-lanceolatis acuminatis quam ova- 

 rium multo brevioribus. Sepalo dorsali ovato acuto, lateralibus 

 semi-oblongis latis obtusissimis, petalis sepalo dorsali aequilon- 

 gis e basi ovata acuminata subfalcato, labello medio puberulo 

 quam sep. dorsale ter— quater quam lateralia bis longiore qua- 

 drilobo lobis inter se vix diversis ex basi lineari cuneatis an- 

 tice dilatatis cuneatis oblique rescissis, calcari curvulo tiliformi 

 apice vix incrassato, quam labellum paulum longiore aequante; 

 rostelli lobo medio elongato antice bifido, braehiis et caudi- 

 culis polliniorum paulum long^ioribus, processubus stigmaticis 

 subbrevioribus. — Flores speciosi ut videtur versicolores, sep. 

 dors. 8 mm long, later. 1 cm labell. 2,7 — 3 cm long et iuter 

 lobos lateral. 2 cm lat. calcar 2,5 cm ovarium 3 cm longa. 



Cynoaorchis uniflora Lindl. G. et Sp. Orch. 331; Eidley in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXI {1SS5), 513. — Hiic C. Brauniana Krzl. in Englers 

 Jahrb. XVII (1893), 62. 



Madagascar (Lyall, Hilsenberg etBoyer!) Ankafana (Deans Co- 

 wan!); (Joh. Braun, ohne genauen Standortl). 



5. Cynosorchis speciosa Ridlej^ Foliis 2 lan- 

 ceolatis loratis angustis usque ad 27 cm lougis ad 2 cm latis, 

 scapo ad 35 cm alto validulo, vagiua singula ampliata acu- 

 minata in scapo, racemo multifloi'0 laxifloro, bracteis lanceo- 

 latis acuminatis cii-c. 2 cm longis. Sepalis oblongis ovatis 

 obtusis lateralibus falcatis, petalis multo angustioribus lanceo- 

 latis acutis, labello magno quadrilobo 2,5 cm longo, lobis ob- 

 longis obtusis apice paulisper dilatatis, calcari quam ovarium 

 breviore pendulo apicem versus attenuato, anthera dorso cari- 

 nata, rostelli lobo medio quadrato lato erecto quam bracliia 

 antherae et canales multo breviore, antheiam ipsam fere supe- 

 rante; processubus stigmaticis infia rostelli brachia absconditis. 

 — Flores magni speciosi illis C. uniflorae fere aequimagni, 

 albi s. pallide purpurei macula violaceo in centro. 



Cynosorchis speciosa Bidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXU {1885), 132. 

 Madaga.scar, Ambatovory (Fox N. 18!). 



6. Cynosorchis flexuosa Lindl. Tuberidiis ob- 

 longis pftrvis 2 cm longis vix l cm diam, caule ad 40 cm 



