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singuli Ovaria 4,2—1,5 cm longa, scabra, ubique papillis minutis obsita. Sepalum dorsale 

 oblongum, acutum. Petala obovato-oblonga, obtusa. Sepala lateralia e basi latissima 

 ovata, mentum vix pi'ominulum, rotundatum, saccatum formantia, falcata, deflexa, brevi- 

 acutata, haec omnia vario modo torta involutaque. Labellum lalissimum, lobi laterales 

 magni, rotundati, inlermedius multo minor, abbreviatus, sub discum reflexus, obtusus, 

 lamella undulata a basi medium fere usque, lamellula minuta utrinque in sinu, tuber- 

 cula dense papulosa satis elevata, supra emarginata in pede gynostemii ante basin labelli. 

 Gynostemium pro flore satis altum, curvulum, anthera distincte 8-locularis. — Flores 

 albi, purpureo-signati, sepala petalaque 1 cm longa, sepala lateralia 5 — 6 mm, sepala 

 lateralia i cm lata, labellum 6 mm latum, vix 4 mm longum. — Martio. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neu-Guinea. D'Entrecasteaux-Inseln , Normanby- Insel 

 (W. Micholitz!). 



53. T. quadricolor (J. J. Smith) Kränzl. — Eria qicadrieolor J. J. Smith in Icon. 

 Bogor. III. (1906) 31 t. 213. — Gaules aggregati, subpenduli, multiarticulati foliosique, 

 teretes, ad 60 cm longi, ad 6 mm crassi, internodia (s. foliorum vaginae) 1,5 cm longa. 

 Folia (ex icone) singulari modo deflexa laxave (an recte depicta?), lanceolata, semi- 

 amplexicaulia, acuminata, crasse carnosa, apice valde inaequalia, nitida, viridia, glabra. 

 Racemi uniflori, 9 mm longi, basi foliolis quibusdam ( — 5) inanibus, ovatis, obtusis 

 vestiti, obscure rubiginosi, bracteae ochraceae. Sepalum dorsale oblongum, obtusum, 

 concavum, .album, basi luteo-rubro-tinctum ; sepala lateralia brevi-falcata, late ovata, 

 obtusa, mentum vix prominulum formantia. Petala erecta, oblique oblongo-obovata, 

 obtusa, subundulata. Labellum mobile, trilobum, lobi laterales erecti, oblongi, apice 

 obtusi rotundatique, leviter reflexi, margine subcx'enulati, lobus intermedius multo brevior, 

 rotundatus, carinulae in disco 3, quarum intermedia latior, basi in lamellulam transversam 

 margine laciniatam aucta. Gynostemium fere rectum, latum, stelidia magna, rotundata, 

 rostellum breve, reflexum, pes gynostemii lamellula transversa in margine verrucosa 

 instructus, pollinia 8, anthera brevi-cordata. — Flores circ. 2 cm lati, sepalum dorsale 

 album, 1,9 cm longum, 7 mm latum, lateralia pallide flava, margine obscuriora, petala 

 basi rubrostriata, aequilonga et basi latiora, labellum album, 7 mm longum, 1,7 cm latum. 



Zentromalayische Provinz: Celebes, Minahassa (Koordersj. 



Nota. Planta satis peculiaris. Gl. J. J. Smith raonet, specimen liujus special in horlo 

 botanico Buitenzorgensi flores albos protulisse, qua ratione colores 4, quibus gavisum est specimen 

 originarium exeunte anthesi, ex albo in illos varios transiisse puto. 



54. T. compressa (Blume) Kränzl. — Eria eompressa Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 

 11. (1850) 182; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 657; Reichb. f. in Bonplandia V. (1857) 55 

 (nomen!); J. J. Smith, Fl. de Buitenz. VI. 389. — E. longicaulis Teijsm. et Binnend. 

 Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. XXIV. (1862) 313. — Geratium compressum Blume, Bjdr. 

 (1825) 342, Tab. Fig. 46; Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. (1830) 130. — Gaules validiores, 

 in genere partes, quae adsunt 30 — 40 cm longae, basi fere 1 cm crassae, subcompressae, 

 foliosae. Folia lanceolata, acuta v. acuminata, plus minus obliqua, ad 1 cm longa, 

 ad 1 cm lata, rarius basi latiora. Racemi pauciflori, quam folia vix semilongi, oppositi- 

 folii. Sepalum dorsale petalaque subsimiüa, oblonga, v. oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, erecto- 

 patentia, sepala lateralia ovata, falcata, incurva, antice acutata, mentum amplum, 

 rotundatum formantia. Labellum arcte complicatum, toto ambitu latissime oblongum, 

 suborbiculare (vi expansum seil.) antice trilobum, lobi laterales forcipati, incurvi, obtusi, 

 lobus intermedius concavus, margine incurvus, plus minus erosulus, lamellulae per 

 discum 2, minus evolutae, discus ceterum puberulus. Gynostemii pars libera pro flore 

 longa, stelidia magna, obtusa, pes gynostemii elongatus, apice (ante insertionem labelli) 

 paululum incrassatus. — Flores lutescentes? flavi?, sepala 8 — 9 mm longa 2,5 mm 

 lata, petala paulum minora, labellum 4 — 5 mm longum, 3 — 4 mm latum, capsulae 

 immaturae tenues, 4 — 5 cm longae. Tota planta excepto ovario scabriusculo glabra. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java, Westlicher Teil. Berge von Gede und 

 Salak (Blume n. 525!). — Exam. spec. herb. Leiden (Teijsmann et Binnendijk). — 

 Tjibodas (Hallier), Tjibeureum (Blume), Monteng (Scheffer). — Nach J. J. Smith. 



