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C. Sepala exceptis apiclbus omnino in tubum connala. 



a. Labellum obscure trilobum. 



a. Labellum oblongum, basi utrinque auriculatum, lobus 



intermedius lateralibus bene longior i. P. Elwesii. 



ß. Labellum basi non auriculatum, lobus intermedius 



apice erosulus 5. P. meirax. 



b. Labellum omnino simplex. 



a. Labellum vi explanatum rhombeum, inappendiculatum. 



Flos bilabiatus 6. P. fihuliformis. 



ß. Labellum explanatum ovatum, unguiciilalum, dente v. 



calcari retrorso praeditum. Flos campanulatus . . , 7. P. reticulata. 



1 . P. Jerdoniana (Wight) Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VL ( 1 8 6 1 ) 2 G 7. — Eria Lichcnora 

 Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. IIL (1859) 46; Hook. f. Fl, Brit. Ind. V, 787. — E. Jerdoniana 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann, VL 267. — Lichenora Jerdoniana Wight Ic. V. (1852) 

 t. 1738. — Pseudobulbi depressi, suborbiculares, superficie reticulati, 1,2 — 2 cm diametro. 

 Folia late oblonga v, suborbicularia, obtusa, v. acuta, 3 — 4 cm longa, 2,5 — 3 cm lata, 

 margine ciliata, atro-viridia, saepius praesertim infra pui'purascentia. Scapus subnuUus. 

 Flores 2 — 3 brevi-pedicellati, bracteae late ovatae, ciliatae, 1 cm longae et latae, ovarium 

 cum pedicello non aequantes. Sepalum dorsale late-oblongum, obtusum, cucullatum, 

 lateralia a basi saccata supra dimidium connata, acuta, omnia extus pilosa. Petala 

 lineari-lanceolata, acuta. Labellum simplex, brevi-unguiculatum, ovato-cordatum, acutum, 

 apiculatum. Gynostemium breve, supra retusum, — Flores quasi bilabiati, 1,8 cm longi, 

 subclausi colore coriaceo, 



Provinz Ceylon, Travancore und Malediven: Malabar, Baboboodan -Hügel 

 (Jerdon!, Wight!); Travancore (Stocks!). 



2. P. ustulata (Par, et Reichb. f.) Kränzl. — Eria ustulata Par. et Reichb. f. in 

 Trans. Linn, Soc. (1874) 147; Hook. f. Fl Brit. Ind. V. 787; Grant, Orch. Burmah 150, 

 — Pseudobulbi depresso-sphaerici, vaginae in rete fasciculorum v. fibrillorum demum 

 soluti. Folia in pseudobulbis juvenilibus 2 ovala, acuta, abbreviata, ciliata et hinc asperulo- 

 papulosa. Racemus sessilis, nunc biflorus. Perigonium exlus hispidum. Sepalum dorsale 

 triangulum, acuminatum, sepala lateralia basi saccata, connata, apice libera, dentibus 

 uncinatis deorsum versis. Petala lanceolato-falcata, trinervia. Labellum oblongum, acu- 

 tum, undulatum, umbone in ipsa basi. — Flores ex icone Parishiana atro-brunnei. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Tenasserim, Moulmein (Parish!). 



Nota. Cum spccimina typica in herb. Kewensi satis parca sint et diagnosis Reichenbachiana 

 Omnibus, quos examinaro licuit, characleribus cum illis spoeiminibus optime quadrare videatur, 

 hanc diagnosin paucis tanlum mutatis verbis hie rctuii. 



3. P. Parishii (Lindl. et Reichb. f.) Kränzl. — E7-ia ParisJdi Lindl. et Reichb. f. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc, XXX, (1873) 147; Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. V. 787; Grant, Orch. 

 Burmah 145. — Pseudobulbi dense aggregati, magnitudine pisi, rudimentis cataphyllorum, 

 eleganter reticulatis vestiti, 8 — 12 mm diam, Folia 2, oblonga, obtusa, 6 — 7 cm longa, 

 3 mm lata, minutissime ciliata. Flores plerumque 2, rarius 1. Sepalum dorsale ovato- 

 oblongum, obtusum, sepala lateralia ovata, acuta, falcata, apice deflexa, omnia basi 

 tantum connata, ceterum libera, lateralia mentum amplum, rotundatum formanlia. Petala 

 lineari-lanceolata, falcata. Labellum oblongum, obtusum, multo minus, basi et apice 

 acutatum. — Flores minulissimi, glabri, 3 mm diametro. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Tenasserim, Moulmein (Parish n. 61 ! und 228!). 



4. P. Elwesii (Reichb. f.) Kränzl. — Eria Elwesii Reichb, f. in Gard. Chi-on. 1883, 

 L 402, — E. Meirax Hook, f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 786 (non N. E. Brown). — Pseudo- 

 bulbi lenticulares, depressi, vagina in nervös radiantes dissoluta vestiti. Folia peliolata, 

 oblongo-lanceolata, membranacea, acuta, 2,5 cm longa. Scapus brevis (?), bractea floris 

 cucullata, acuta, ovarium pedicellatum longe excedens. Sepala in tubum basi gibbosum, 

 apice tridentatum connata. Pelala rhombea, acuta, utrinque obtusangula, apicem versus 

 minutissime denticulata. Labellum oblongum, retusum, lobi laterales obtusanguli, lobus 



