Eria. 41 



Sect. 5. Mycaranthes. 



Mycaranthes Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 352 [genus] ; Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. (1830) 

 62 et Veget. Kingd. (1847) 181 [genus]; Lindl. in Journ Linn. Soc. III. (1859) 51. 

 Sect. Eriae et ex illo tempore omnium autorum sequentium. 



Pseudobulbi rhizomati longe repenti insidentes, pauciarticulati, saepe caulini, cylin- 

 dracei, 1 — 2-phylli. Flores minuti, rarissime speciosi, plerumque dense lanati, in race- 

 mos subapicales dispositi. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Lobus labelli intermedius productus. 



a. Lobus intermedius oblongus, obtuse aculatus. Flores ex- 



pansi 2 mm diametro 37. E. merguensis. 



b. l.obus intermedius oblongus, obtusus, laterales aequales. 



Flores 3 mm longi 38. £*. parviflora. 



c. Lobus intermedius lanceolatus, acutus, biapiculatus, apici- 



bus superpositis. Flores 3 mm longi 39. ^. javensis. 



B. Lobus labelli intermedius abbreviatus, transverse oblongus 

 V. brevi-triangulus. 



a. Lobus intermedius unguiculatus, laterales oblique trape- 



zoidei. Flores 2 mm longi, labellum 3 mm longum . . 40. E. lohata. 



b. Lobus intermedius non unguiculatus, lobi laterales ovati, 



acuti, recurvi. Flores 1,5 mm longi k\. E. stricta. 



c. Lobus intermedius suborbicularis, multo major quam late- 

 rales, calli 2 in labello postpositi kt. E. siamensis. 



d. Lobus intermedius subquadratus, retusus, calli 2 post- 

 positi, abbreviati in medio disco. Flores 4 — 5 mm longi 43. E. moiwphylla. 



e. Lobus intermedius late triangulus, recurvus. Folia pro 

 pseudobulbis ovatis, brevibus longissima. Flores 7,5 mm 



diam iL E. punctata. 



37. E. merguensis Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. IIL (1859) 52; Reichb. f. in Card. 

 Chron. (1880) 616; Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. V. 791; Grant Orch. Burmah 142. — Gaules 

 aggregati, e basi attenuata clavati, rugosi, 6 cm alti, basi cataphyllis 2 vaginantibus 

 vestiti, apice foliosi. Folia 2 — 3 lineari-lanceolata, obtuse acutata, bilobula, ad 8 cm 

 longa, 1 cm lata. Racemi folia bene excedentes, 5 — 10 cm longi, simplices, basi nudi, 

 rhachis albido-tomentosa necnon Ovaria et flores, bracteae fere omnino in villis occultae. 

 Sepalum dorsale late oblongum, lateralia paulo majora, ovato-triangula, mentulum vix 

 prominens formantia, postice longe connata. Petala multo minora, oblonga, obtusa. 

 Labelli lobi laterales parvi, antice rotundati, intermedius oblongus, obtuse aeutatus, callus 

 minutus utrinque in disco, lamellulae per discum vix conspicuae. — Flores 1 mm longi, 

 vi expansi 2 mm lati. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Moulmein (Parish n. 52!); Tenasserim (Helfer 

 n. 5881!; Herb. Griffith n. 5120!). 



38. E. parviflora Bailey in Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensl. XIV. (Octob. 1896) 15. — E. 

 torrieellensis Schlechter in K. Schum. et Lauterb. Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee 

 (1905) 1 83. — Rhizoma breve. Gaules cylindracei, teretes, vetustiores rugosi, glabri, 3,5 — 

 5 cm alti, medio fere 4 mm crassi, diphylli. Folia anguste lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 

 basi sensim in petiolum angustata, subcoriacea, glabra; petiolus 4 — 5 cm longus, lamina 

 10 — lo cm longa, medio fere 1,2 — 2 cm lata. Racemus lateralis, erectus, laxiflorus, 

 pauciflorus ( — 7), quam petiolus brevior, bracteae ovatae, obtusae, glabrescentes, ovario 

 subaequilongae. Sepalum dorsale oblongum, obtusiusculum, lateralia aequilonga, basi 

 margine anteriore dilatata, obtusiuscula, omnia 3 stellato-tomentosa , (mentum non 

 descriptum). Petala oblique oblonga, obtusa, glabra. Labellum e basi cuneata tri- 

 lobum, lobi laterales obtuse trianguli, intermedius aequimagnus, obtusiusculus, lamellae 



