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Pfitzer-Kränzlin. — Orchidaceae-Monandrae-Coelogyninae. 



rostellum maximum. — Flores 2,5 cm diam. sepala 5 — 7-nervia; petala uninervia. — 

 Fig. \%A—E. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Ober-Assam, Gipfel des Patkoye-Berges (Grif- 

 fith!), Munnipore in 1300 — 1600 m ü. d. M. (Watt!). 



Sect. V. Fuscescentes Pfitz. 



Habitu et loco natali omnino ut praecedentes sed floribus majoribus. 

 Filiferae Lindl. p.p. Fol. Orchid. Coelogyne (1852) 26; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 

 (1861)239. 



A. Scapus proteranthus, bracteae deciduae 39. C. fuscescens. 



B. Scapus foliis juvenilibus synanthus, bracteae persistentes . 40. C. cyenoches. 



39. C. fuscescens Lindl. in Wall. Catal. (1828) n. 1962; Gen. spec. Orch. (1830) 

 41; Fol. Orchid. Coelogyne (1852) n. 26; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. (1861) 231; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1890) 833; King et Panti. in Ann. bot. Gard. Calcutta VIH. (1898) 

 132, t. 181. — Pseudobulbi fusiformes, brunneo-glaucescentes, basi squamis obtusis, 

 appressis, membranaceis, brunneis, dilaceratis inclusi, 8 cm longi, 2 cm crassi, in rhizo- 

 mate repente satis distantes, diphylli. Folia in petiolum brevem angustata cuneato-elliptica, 



Fig. 13. A, B C. fuscescens Lindl. A Flos. B Labellum. — CG. fuscescens Lindl. var. — 

 D C. cyenoches Parish et Reichb. f. Omnia aueta. (Origin.) 



acuta, papyracea, nervis 5 subtus prominentibus praedita, vernatione plicato-convolutiva, 

 ad 25 cm longa, 6 cm lata. Scapus proteranthus, foliis adultis brevior, basi squamis 

 clausis, cylindricis, viridibus fere usque ad racemum arete vestitus, suberectus vel nutans, 

 usque 1 0-florus, 10 — 20 cm altus; bracteae late ovatae, acutae, Ovaria pedicellata supe- 

 rantes, deciduae. Sepala coneava, oblonga, acuta, dorsale cymbiforme, lateralibus latius, 

 dorso carinatum, gynostemio ineumbens. Petala sepalis aequilonga, linearia, acuta, sub- 

 reflexa. Labellum cum pede paullo dilatato gynostemii articulatum pedisque marginibus 

 adnatum, sepalis subaequilongum, coneavum, trilobum; lobi laterales dimidium labelli 

 aequantes vel paullo superantes, lati, rotundati, erecti, apice obtusi reflexi; lobus medius 

 late ovato-ellipticus vel suborbicularis apicem reflexum versus sulcis 2 convergentibus 

 praeditus, margine integer undulatus, inter lobos laterales carinis 3 latis crassis humi- 

 libus, laevibus, antice angustatis ornatus. Gynostemium sepalis tertia parte brevius, 

 lobos laterales labelli superans, robustum, curvatum, apice alatum erosum. Pollinia 

 dimidiato-obovata. Ovarium breve turbinatum 6-alatum. Capsula in scapo folia supe- 

 rante, pyriformis, alis 6 argutis praedita. — Flos pallide brunneus, rarius brunneo-viridis 

 vel lutescens, carinis maculisque apices loborum lateralium et basin lobi medii labelli 

 ornantibus saturate brunneis; sepala 3,5 — 5 cm longa et diametro. 



Provinz des tropischen Himalaya: Nepal. Auf Bäumen (Wallich, Maries); 

 Sikkim 1000—1700 m (Hook, f., Pantling n. 22); Bhutan (Griffith n. 5198); 



