— 485 — 



rhaclii et ovariis deiise setosis, bracteis lanceolatis aciiiiiinatis 

 pedicellum et basin ovarii vestientibus Sepalo dorsali ovato 

 acuto cucullato parvo, lateralibus multo majoribus, refiexis ob- 

 longis ovatis obtusis, labelli lobi lateralibus minutis ligulatis 

 obtusis, intermedio multo majore oblongi-lanceolato acuto, cal- 

 cari crassiusculo -jz ovarii aequante e fauce infundibulari an- 

 ^ustato curvulo apice clavato; rostelli lobo intermedio elongato 

 bipartito canalibus antherae et brachiis rosfelli pauUim bre- 

 vioribus, processubus stig-maticis iufrapositis fere semilongis 

 stig-matibus autice subg-lobosis. — Flores inter minores g-eneris, 

 sepala 5 mm long-a, hibelhnn 7 mm, calcar 7— -8 mm. 



Cynosorchis Ulacina Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI {1SS5), 515. 

 Madagascar. Ankafana (Deans Cowan! Baron N. 229! Lyall!) 



17. C y n s r c h i s h i s p i d u 1 a Ridley. Tuberidiis 

 satis magnis ovalibus 1,5 cm long-is, foliis basilaribus 3— i 

 h*neari-lanceoLatis acutis ad 6 cm long-is, scapo 10-25 cm 

 alto omnino rhaeliin usque piloso, foliolis .'3— -1 bracteiformibus 

 in scapo, racemo pauci-phnitloro, bracteis minutisoimis acutis 

 quam pedicelli pauhim long-ioribus. Sepalo dorsali minuto or- 

 biculaii, lateralibus falcatis oblongis (si mavis semiUuiatis) 

 antice acutis quam dorsale phis duplo longioribus, petalis 

 minutis ovatis falcatis, labelh lobis laterahbus minutis lig^uhitis 

 obtusis, intermedio majore oblongo obtuso, calcari cylindrico 

 obtuso dimidium ovarii aequante ; rostelli lobo intermedio brevi 

 obtuso, brachiis et canahbus antherae vahie elong'atis, pro- 

 cessubus stigmaticis paulum brevioribus, stig-matibus ipsis in- 

 crassatis. — Flores inter minimos generis, vix o nnn longi. 



Cijnosorchls hispidula Ilidley in Journ. Linp. Soc. XXI (1885), 517. 



Madagascar. Imerina (Deans Cowan!). Ankafana (J. M. Hilde- 

 brandt N. 3981!) 



Die von Herrn Ividlcy iinterHUchlcn Excniplarc warcn augcn- 

 sclicinlich sehr diirfUg, die Masaangaben seincr iJiagnosc zcigcn die 

 Minimalwertlic. Die Pflunzc iat iibrigcns in kciner yanimlung zu- 

 frledenstellend vcrtreten. 



18. Cynosorchis tenella Ridley. Tuberidiis par- 

 vis globosis caule ad 20 cm alto tenui, foliis basilaribus 2 

 oblongis V. oblongi-lanceolatis acutis 3 — 5 cm longis 8 mm — 

 1,3 cm latis, foliolis 2 — 3 in scapo bracteiformibus acumina- 



