Ena. 55 



68. E. flava Lindl. in Wall. Cat. ^I82S) 1973 e. p.; Gen. et Sp. Orch. G5; in Journ. 

 IJnn. Soc. IIL 40 excl. var, ,1; Hook. f. Fl. Bi-it. Ind. V. 801; King et Panll. in Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. VI». 126 t. «75; Duthie 1. c. IX. Pt. 2. H J. — E. puhescens Lindl. in Bot. 

 Reg. (1825) sub t. 90 i. — E. laniceps Reichb. f. in Hamb. Gart. Ztg. XI.X. (1863) et 

 Xen. Orchid. II 162 t. «68 II, fig. 4 et 5 (advena). — E. lanata GrifT. Notul. III. (1851) 

 301; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. III. 49. — E. littoralis Tejsm. et Rinnend. Nalurk. 

 Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. XXIV. (1862) 312. — Demhohium pubescens? Hook. Exot. Fl. II. 

 (1825) t. 124. — Octomeria flava Wall. Ms. — Odomeria puhescens Spreng. Syst. IV. 

 (1827) 310. — Rhizoma longe repens, calaphyllis imbricantibus dense teolum, pseudobulbi 

 fusiformes, compressi, sulcati, pluriarticulati, basin versus catapliyllis albidis tecti, supra 

 2 — 5-phylli, 6 — 1 cm alti, 2,5 — 4 cm crassi. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, rarius ob- 

 longa, acuta, subcoriacea, 15 — 25 cm longa, ad 4 cm lata, saepius lepidota. Racemi ex 

 axillis inferioribus pseudobulborum Orientes, 25 cm longi, basi vaginis brevibus dislichis, im- 

 bricantibus muniti, ad 20 cm longi, omnino albido-tomentosi, pauci- multiüori, laxiflori, 

 bracteae oblongae, acutae, calvae, Ovaria albido-tomentosa vix semiaequantes. Sepalum 

 dorsale lanceolatum, acutum, laleralia late triangula, acuta, mentum rolundatum, vix in- 

 curvum formantia. l'etala late linearia ligulatave, apice et basi brevi-acutata, quam sepa- 

 lum dorsale paulo breviora. I.abellum toto anibilu obovato-oblongum, a niedio trilobum, 

 lobi laterales breves, ovato-trianguli, aculi, lobus intermedius polymorpbus, unguiculatus, 

 plerumque subquadratus v. late oblongus, apiculatus, apice reflexus, callus carnosus, 

 lineai'is, totum discum occupans excepto apice ipso ibique apiculatus, in ipsa bati sul- 

 catus, tota superficie mellifer, a lobis lateralibus bene sejunctus; pes gynoslemii sub- 

 longior quam gvnoslemium, rectangulus, fovea stigmatica magna oblonga, i'ostellum 

 quadratum, poliinis massulae membrana basilari magna conjunctac. — Flores extus 

 toinentosi, intus calvi, flavi, suaveolentes, labellum et pes gvnostemii leviter purpureo- 

 signata. Sepalum dorsale 9 — 10 mm, petala 7 — 8 mm, sepala lateralia 1,2 cm longa 

 et basi 5 mm lata, labellum 9 mm longum et 5 mm latum. — Aprili (cliam in Europa). — 

 Exam, pl. viv. ! — Fig. 12^ — D. 



Var. lanata. — E. lanata Griff. Not. IIL (1851) 301; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 III. 49. — Non differt nisi floribus minoribus intensius coloratis et vix pro varietale 

 existimanda. 



Var. elongata. — E. elongata Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. III. (1859) 49; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 801. — E'. flava Griff. Notul. III. (1851) 301; Wall. Cat. n. 1973/3 

 e. p. — Differt species longioribus, floribus minoribus, petalis obianccolatis. 



Provinz des tropischen Himalaja: Von Garwhal ostwärts bis Bhotan, Sikkim, 

 in feuchten Thälern häufig (Cathcart!, King u. Pantling n. 130!). — Malayisclie 

 Halbinsel. Tenasserim und Ava (Wallich!, Griffith!, Lobb, Parish!). — Molukken 

 (Tejsmann). 



59. E. ZoUingeri Reichb. f. in Ronplandia V. (1857) 55. — Pseudobulbi anguste 

 ovali V. pyriformes, subcompressi, basi cataphyllis plus minus evanidis vestiti, ad 1 2 cm 

 alti, 2 — 3 cm crassi, folia in apice 3, lanceolata, acuta, basi in petiolum brevem con- 

 tracta. Racemi 2( — 3?) curvuli, quam folia bene breviores, pauciflori, rhachis pube- 

 rula, bracteae pro flore magnae, glabrae, oblongae, acutae, ovaria pedicellata densius et 

 flores extus sparsius ferrugineo-pilosa. Sepalum dorsale oblongum, lateralia ovata, men- 

 tum satis prominens, rotundatum formantia. Petala rhombea, antice obtusa. Labellum 

 e basi cuneata dilatatum, flabellatum, lobi laterales oblique rhombei, extus obtusanguli, 

 lobus intermedius multo minor, quadratus, emarginatus, lineae per discum 3, laterales 

 curvatae, incrassatae, scabrae, mediana recta, omnes in pulvinar quoddam in disco lobi 

 intermedii confluentes. Gynostemium satis gracile. — Perigonium purpurascenti-flavum, 

 sepala lateralia 1,5 — 1,7 cm longa. — Septembri. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java. Rerg Ardjuno in 1300 — 2000 m ü. d. M, 

 (Zollinger n. 616!); Tjipannas (Zollinger n. 245!). — Im herb. Drake del Castillo Paris. 



Nota. Quat' dielt J. J. Smith de hac specie, quam cum E. flarescente Lindl. conjungen- 

 dam esse censet, non omnino probo, quadrant enim spocimina authcntica Ri'irlionbaciiii cum 



