Pleione. 121 



coronati; vaginae granulosae vel saltem pro parte inflatae, 



demum in fibras reticulatas solutae. Scapus proteranthus . Sectio II. Diclyopleione. 



a. Vaginae omnes cylindraceae extus granulosae ; labelli lobus 



medius trapeziformis, paullo latior quam longus ... 9. P. praecox. 



b. Vaginae infimae inflatae, superiores cylindraceae, labelli 



lobus medius bilobus, multo latior quam longus . . . 10. P. Reichenbachiana. 



c. Vaginae omnes valde inflatae. 



a. Petala sepalis subsimilia, lobus medius labelli fere ejus 



dimidium aequans, lobis lateralibus rotundatis . . . \ \. P. maculata. 

 ß. Petala sepalis dimidio angustiora, lobus medius labelli 

 ejus partem tertiam non aequans, lobis lateralibus an- 



gulatis 12. P. lagenaria. 



C. Pseudobulbi tenui-cylindracei curvati ; folia brevia subcoriacea, 



scapus synanthus uniflorus 1 3 . P. mandarinorum. 



Sectio I. Eupleione Pfitz. 



1. P. humilis D. Don, Prodr. fl. nepal. (1802) 37; Lindl. in Paxton, Flow. Gard. 

 II. (1851) 65 t. 51 (N. Abdr. II. (1883) 121 t. 61); Lam. Jard. fleur. II. (1852) t. 158; 

 Orch. Album III. t. 102; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. XI. (190 3) 291. — Coelogyne humilis Lindl. 

 Collect, botan. (1821) 37; in Wall. Catal. n. 1963 p. p.; Gen. spec. Orchid. (1830) 43; Fol. 

 Orchid. (1854) 41 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5674; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. (1861) 235; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1886) 840; King et Pantl. in Ann. bot. Gard. Galcutta VIII. (1898) 

 139 t. 19 4. — Epidendrum humile J. E. Smith, Exot. Bot. II. (180 4) t. 98. — 

 Gymbidium humile Smith in Rees, Cyclopaedia ex Lindl. Collect, bot. (1821) 37. — 

 Pseudobulbi ovato-conici, annulo membranaceo satis alto albido coronati, monophylli, 

 4 cm longi, 1,5 — 2 cm crassi. Folium in petiolum pseudobulbo subaequilongum sensim 

 angustatum, oblongo-obovatum, acuminatum, 5-nervium, membranaceum, nervis subtus 

 aequo modo prominentibus percursum, ad 20 cm longum, 4 cm latum v. interdum 

 bene majus. Scapus proteranthus, folii apice sub anthesi vix protruso , erectus, uni- 

 florus vel raro biflorus, usque ad bracteae insertionem mensus pseudobulbum utpluri- 

 mum duplo superans, vaginis basalibus cylindraceis , oblique truncatis, obtusis, mox 

 laceratis et in fibras subparallelas solutis, saepe bracteam fere attingentibus ; bractea 

 convoluta, obovata, obtusa, emarginata, ovarium pedicellatum bene aequans, sub anthesi 

 persistens, postea dejecta. Flos speciosus nutans. Sepala lanceolata, subacuta. Petala 

 aequilonga, subaequilata, e basi caneata anguste obovata, obtusiuscula. Labellum aequi- 

 longum e basi cuneata convoluta late ellipticum, emarginatum, margine antico lacero, 

 nervis 5 mediis longe fimbriatis; carina media breviore, lateralibus longioribus, inter- 

 mediis fere ad labelli apicem extensis. Gynostemium labello tertia parte brevius, gracile, 

 rectum, apicem versus late alatum, arcuatum, ala apicalis manifeste tricuspidata, lobo 

 medio retuso emarginato, lobis lateralibus acutis; anthera ovata, obtusa, apice emargi- 

 nata, pollinia subellipsoidea compressa, appendiculis subaequilongis, rostellum trilobum. 

 Capsula nutans, obovata, obtuse triquetra, jugis sepalinis applanatis. — Flos albus, disco 

 labelli luteo brunneo-maculato, lamellis brunneis, margine antico explanato labelli 

 amethystino-maculato ; bracteae pallide purpureae : sepala petalaque 3,5 — 5 cm longa, 

 1 — 1,3 cm lata, labellum 3 — 3,5 cm longum, 2 cm latum. — Fig. 41 B. 



Monsungebiet, Provinz des tropischen Himalaya: zwischen Moos an 

 Baumstämmen, Nepal (Buchanan-Hamilton!), Munnipore (Wallich!), Sikkim 1300 — 

 2800 m (Hooker f.!, Pantling n. 64!), Bootan, Santagong 2700 m (Griffith!); 

 Khasia, Sanada 2300 m (T. Lobb!). Von F. Buchanan 1803 in Nepal entdeckt, von 

 Lobb 18 49 eingeführt. — v. fl. v. 



Var. adnata Pfitz. — Labelli basis quartae parti gynostemii adnata. 



Sikkim: Pantling 1. c. 140; cf. Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 235. 



