20 Fr- Kränzlin. — Orchidaceae-Monandrae-Dendrobiinae. Pars 2. 



345. — Dendrobium ßliforme Wight Ic. t. 1642 (icon centralis et sinistra). — 

 Pseudobulbi dense aggregati, subglobosi, supra retinervii, 1 — 1,5 cm diam. et plerumque 

 alti, diphylli. Folia oblanceolata, oblongave obtusa v. plus minus acutata, ad 6 cm 

 longa, vix 1 cm lata. Racemi folia plerumque excedentes v. illa aequantes secundiflori, 

 pauciflori, bracteae Ovaria superantes. Sepalum dorsale et petala triangula, lateralia 

 subaequalia basi in mentum breve, curvulum, obtusum coalita. Petala aequilonga. 

 Labellum minutissimum, brevi-unguiculatum, subpanduratum (v. utrinque leviter sinua- 

 tum). — Sepala petalaque 6 mm longa, labellum 2 mm; flores omnino glabri (ut tota 

 planta) albidi. — Fig. ^A — C. 



Var. flmbriata. — Dendrobium fimbriatwn Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. IV. (1852) 

 292. — Petalis et partim sepalis hyalino-fimbriatis a typo diversa. 



Hindostanische Provinz: Dekkan, überall häufig (Hooker et Thompson!, 

 Stocks!); Concan (Hance n. 8053!), Anamally (Beddome n. 8129!). 



6. E. Brandisii King et Pantl. in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LXVI. (1897) 589. — 

 Pseudobulbi turbinati, apiculati, laeves, sub anthesi rugosi, ^ cm crassi. Folia sub 

 anthesi delapsa, adhuc ignota. Scapus ex apice pseudobulbi oriens, erectus, filiformis 

 5 — 7 cm longus, basi vaginula scariosa, minuta vestitus, ceterum nudus; racemus 

 1,5 cm longus, pauciflorus (6 — 8), bracteae ovatae, acutae, scariosae, pedicellum tenuem 

 superantes. Sepala inter se subaequalia, pingentia, lateralia subfalcata, mentum sub- 

 nuUum. Petala breviora, oblonga, subfalcata, apice obtusa. Labellum lanceolatum, 

 integrum, unguis latus brevisque, lamiiia e basi lata angustata, apice obtusa, callus 

 ovalis oblongusve in basi, addita linea mediana a callo apicem usque. Gynostemium 

 breve, apice alatum, anthera lata, poUinia elliptica. — Flores 5 mm longi et diam. — Martio. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Burmah. Pym Kyom (Sir D. Brandis). 

 Nota. Affinis esse dicitur Eriae nanae A. Rieh, et E. muscieolae Lindl. 



7. E. perpusilla Par. et Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXX. (1874) 148; 

 Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 788. — Pseudobulbi depressi, sicci rugosissimi, circiter 1 cm 

 diametro. Folia ädhuc ignota. Scapus filiformis, basi vaginis paucis vestitus, additis 

 2 ad 3 in scapo ipso, ad 8 cm altus, pauciflorus, rarius pluriflorus, bracteae ovatae, 

 acutae, hyalinae, Ovaria semiaequantes, 2 mm longae. Sepalum dorsale triangulum, 

 lateralia lanceolata, mentum breve, rotundatum formantia. Petala linearia, acuta. 

 Labellum lanceolatum, acutum, nervis 3 paullulum elevatulis (cristis v. lamellulis quasi 

 evanidis) praeditum, deflexum, margine leviter crispulum. — Flores tenerrimi, hyalini 

 »ut crystalla sacchari« 3,5 mm longi. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malayische Halbinsel. Burmah, Pym Kyom 

 (Parish n. 97!, Lobb!). 



8. E. muscicola LindL in Journ. Linn. Soc. IIL (1859) 47; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. 789; King et Pantl. in Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. VIIL 117 t. 159. — Huc Den- 

 drobium muscicola Lindl. in Wall. Cat. (1828) n. 2017; Gen. et Sp. Orch. 75. — 

 Pseudobulbi acervati, subglobosi, pulchre reticulati, 6 — 10 mm diametro, 2 — 3-phylli. 

 Foliis brevi-petiolata, lanceolata v. lineari-oblonga, acuta, v. ligulata obtusiora, 1 — 3 cm 

 longa, 5 — 7 mm lata. Racemi filiformes, folia aequantes v. paulum superantes, ple- 

 rumque pauciflori, 5 — 6 cm alti, bracteae lanceolatae, acuminatae, ovarium superantes. 

 Sepala petalaque subaequalia, ovata, acuminata, sepala lateralia mentum minutum, ob- 

 tusum formantia. Labellum inter formam anguste ovatam et rhombeam intermedium, 

 apice erosulum, tridenticulatum, lineae in disci basi 2 elevatulae, rima (nectarifera?) 

 interposita, gynostemii pes longe protractus, incurvus. — Flores 5 — 6 mm diam. virides. 



— Augusto. — Fig. %D — F. 



Provinz des tropischen Himalaya: Sikkim. Namtoe in 1300 — 1700 m 

 Höhe (Pantling n. 1631); Nepal (Wallich!); Khasiya-Hügel in 1000 — 1300 m Höhe 

 (Griffith!, Clarke n. 45059 u. 45111!, 45832!), Tenasserim, Mouhnein (Parish!). 



— Provinz Ceylon (Gardner n. 883!), Assam (Prains Collector n. 145!). 



Nota. Persuasissimura habeo, specimina a Gardnero v. cl. in Ceylonia lecta eandeni 

 praestare speciem, quam illa a Parish in Moulmein collecta et specimina montium Himalayae. 



