34 ^'^- Kränzlin. — Orchidacoae-Monandrae-Thelasinae. 



67. P. nebularum Schlechter in Fedde, Repert. IX. (19H) 216. — Rhizoma 

 breve. Radices elongatae. Pseudobulbi parvi, depresso-globosi, 8 mm diam., bifolii, 

 cataphylla basilaria pauca, interdum subfoliacea. Folia erecta, ligulata, apice inaequaliter 

 et obtuse biloba, basi paulum anguslata, subcoriacea, 10 — 14 cm longa, medio 1,3 — 

 1,5 cm lata. Inflorescentiae folia paulum superantes, pedunculus teres, vaginis circ. 5 

 laxis, distantibus obsessus, circ. 12 cm longus; racemus densi- et multiflorus, sub- 

 secundus, bracteae ovatae, acuminatae, quam flores breviores. Sepala ovata, glabra, 

 3 mm longa, intermedium obtusum, lateralia apiculala, obliqua, basi bene dilatata, 

 mentum obtusum, circ. 2 mm longum formanlia. Petala oblique ovata, oblusiuscule 

 apiculata, margine antico subdecurrentia, vix 2 mm excedentia. Labellum ex ungue 

 brevi-canaliculato in laminam suborbicularem, apiculatam, intus basin versus niinute 

 papilloso-puberulam expansum, unguis 1,5 mm, lamina 2,5 mm longa et lata, sacculo 

 in basi unguis suberecto, oblongo, obtuso, circ. 1 mm longo. Gynostemium breve, gla- 

 brum, rostellum alte bifidum, stigma subquadratum, anthear rotundata, dorso gibbere 

 donata, pollinia oblique obovoidea, stipes brevis, glandula minuta, rotundata; ovarium 

 glabrum, 3 mm longum. — Flores nivei, illis P. sacciferae Schlechter subaequimagni. 



Papuanische Provinz: Britisch Neu-Guinea, Cloudy Mountains (Cpt. Bridge; 

 ohne Nummer). 



68. P. formosana Rolfe ex Hemsl. in Ann. Bot. IX, (1895) 156. — Radices 

 crassiusculae. Pseudobulbi aggregati, compressi, oblongi. Folia infrabulbosa utrinque 2, 

 folia in bulbo 2, omnia linearia, obtusa, apice subbilobula, ad 12 cm longa, vix 5 mm 

 lata. Racemi ex axilla cataphylli cujusdam Orientes, folia multum superantes, ad 1 8 cm 

 alti, cataphyllis ochraceis magnis in scapo vesüti; spica satis congesta multiflora, bracteae 

 hyalinae, triangulae ovai'ia subaequantes. Sepala petalaque plus duplo minora ovata, 

 acuta, lateralia magis triangula latissima mentum ventricosum formantia. Labellum ex 

 unguiculo brevi subilo dilatatum, triangulum. — Flores vix 1 mm diam. 



Provinz der Philippinen und Süd-Formosa: Formosa (Henry n. 1349!). 

 Nota. Mirandum est quod haec spccies a cl. 0. Arnes non sit commemorata. 



69. P. saccifera Schlechter in K. Schum. et Lauterb. Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. 

 Südsee (1905) 191. — Rhizoma breve. Pseudobulbi subglobosi, depressi, 1,2 cm alti, basi 

 1,5 cm diam. plerumque diphylli, interdum cataphyllo obtecti. Folia anguste lorata v. 

 oblongo-ligulata, apice oblique bilobula, basi angustata, 10 — 30 cm longa, 1,5 — 2,5 cm 

 lata, vaginae foliorum 3,5 — 4,5 cm longae. Pedunculi erecti, stricti v. leviter flexuosi, 

 teretes, vaginis 4 — 6 oblongis bractescentibus vestiti, bracteae ovatae, flores aequantes, 

 acuminatae, spicae densiflorae, multiflorae. Sepalum dorsale ovatum, obtusiusculum, 

 lateralia obliqua, basi valde dilatata. Petala oblique ovato-lanceolata, acuta. Labellum 

 unguiculatum et e basi cuneata rhomboideum, ovatum, acuminatum, minute puberulum, 

 basi leviter excavatum v. imo saccatum. Gynostemium breve, pes longus, clinandrium 

 dorso lobatum, rostellum bifidum, clinandrium haud excedens, anthera cordata. — Flores 

 nivei, omnia phylla 3 mm longa. — Julio. 



Papuanische Provinz: In den Bergwäldern bei Punam in c. 600 m ü. d. M. 

 (Schlechter n. 14640!). 



70. P. elegans Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. (1830) 63 et in Journ. Linn. Soc. III. 61; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 810; Thwaites Enum. 299; Trimen et Hook. Handb. Fl. 

 Ceyl. 207; King et Pantl. Ann. Bot. Card. Calcutta VIII. 250 t. 333. — Thelasis 

 elegans Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. II. (1856) 187. — Eria elegans Reichb. f. in 

 Seem. Fl. Vit. (1868) 301. — Pseudobulbi parvi, ovoideo-conici, ad 2 cm alti, 1 cm 

 crassi, diphylli. Folia infrabulbosa plerumque 2 — 3, vaginis longis praedita, pseudo- 

 bulbum obcelanlia; lamina foliormn plerumque lanceolata, rarius oblonga, acuta, apice 

 ipso bilobula, maxima ad 1 6 cm longa, 8 — 12 mm lata. Scapus cum inflorescentia 

 folia plus minus, interdum duplo, superans, vaginulis 3 — 4 distantibus instructus, 20 — 

 25 cm longus; spica saepius dimidium totius longitudinis occupans, multiflora, satis 

 densiflora, bracteae triangulae, acuminatae, Ovaria sub lente valido scabriuscula semi- 

 aequantes. Sepalum dorsale minutum, lateralia triangula, mentum vix prominulum 



