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Ff. Kränzlin. — Orchidaceae-Monandrae-Dendrobiinae. Pars 2. 



2. E. braccata Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. III. (1859) 46; Trimen et Hook. f. 

 Handb. Fl. Ceyl. IV. 165; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 787; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 

 267. — E. reticosa Wight Ic. (1852) t. 16 37; Hook. f. I.e. 787. — E. imiflora 

 Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Kew Bot. IV. (l 852) \\\. — E. velifera Wight ex Lindl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. III. (1859) 46. — Dendrobium braccatum Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch, (1830) 

 75. — Pseudobulbi dense aggregati, depresso-sphaerici, retinervii, 1,2 — 1,8 cm diam. 



Folia 2 oblongo-lanceolata , 3 — 

 5 cm longa, 5 — 8 mm lata, acuta, 

 papyracea. Scapi 1 - flori , folia 

 aequantes, bracteae breves, cu- 

 cullatae, acutae. Sepalum dor- 

 sale petalaque lineari-lanceolata, 

 acuta, sepala lateralia falcata, 

 antice triangula, acuta, mentum 

 amplissimum, obtusum formantia. 

 Labellum ligulatum v. oblongum, 

 obtusum , lobi laterales obsoleti 

 V. plica insiliente formati, vix 

 conspicui, lamellulae v. cristae 

 humiles per discum 2 ; gynoste- 

 mium satis longum. — Flores albi, 

 satis magni. Sepala petalaque fere 

 3 cm longa, labellum paulum bre- 

 vius, sepala lateralia basi 1 cm, 

 supra 5 — 6 mm lata, labellum 

 medio 5 mm. — Floret tempore 

 pluviali. — Fig. \A — B. 



Provinz Travancore und 

 Ceylon: Westl. Chats von Con- 

 can bis zu den Nilgherries 

 H (Wight!). — Ceylon (Wight!, 



Fig. 1. A—B Eria braccata Undl. J. Habitus, magn. nat. Thwaites n. 2356!); Central- 

 is Flos expansus (paulum auctus). Icon. orig. provinzen (Walker!, Gardner 



n. 859!). 



Nota. Reichenbachius optimo jure Eriam retieosam cum E. braccata conjunxit, labellum 

 enim quod ex Hookero in E. reticosa trilobum in E. braccata simplex describitur, ro veraformam 

 praebet quae nequc stricto sensu simplex neque triloba judicanda est, subtrilobum s. pseudo- 

 trilobum, margine laterali plica insiliente interrupto. 



3. E. extinctoria (Lindl.) Oliver in Bot. Mag. t. 5910; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 

 788; Grant Orch. Burmah 13 8. — Dendrobium extinctorium Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1835) 

 sub t. 1756 et in Journ. Linn. Soc. HI. (1859) 1 1; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VL 308. — 

 Pseudobulbi aggregati, brevissime cylindracei v. subglobosi, supra obtusissime conici, 

 8 — 10 mm diam., non reticulati. Folia adhuc ignota, verosimiliter onmino nulla. Scapus 

 terminalis in apice pseudobulborum solitarius uniflorus, bractea minutissima. Sepalum 

 dorsale oblongum, lateralia majora antice triangula, acuta, postice longe producta, men- 

 tum conicum v. extinctoriiforme incurvum, apice obtusum, bilobum formantia. Petala 

 minora, oblonga, obtusa. Labellum e basi cuneata sensim dilatatum, antice quadrilobum, 

 lobi laterales parvi, rotundati, lobus intermedius multo major, transverse oblongus, antice 

 bilobus, lamellae per discum 3, hispidulae, pes gynostemii longissimus; pollinia 8. — 

 Flores albi, labelli discus purpureo-maculatus, fundus labelli et pes gynostemii luteus, 

 sepala lateralia 1,2 cm longa, 5 mm lata, mentum ipsum 8 mm longum, labellum antice 

 deflexum, 1,5 cm longum, antice 6 — 7 mm latum, sepalum dorsale et petala 9 mm 

 longa, 4 mm lata. 



