Pleione. 123 



obtusa, erecta, circa floris suberecti ovarium convoluta, bracteam paullo superans, 2 — 

 2,5 cm longa. Sepala oblongo-obovata, obtusiuscula. Petala similia subacuta. Labellum 

 e basi late cuneata trilobum, lobis lateralibus rotundatis , medio subobtrapeziformi vix 

 emarginato, truncato, margine dentato-lacero, nervis 5 mediis fere ad apicem labelli 

 carinis acutis subintegris ornatis. Gynostemium gracile, anguste obtriangulum, alatum. 

 Capsula ignota. — Flos roseus vel purpureus. Sepala petalaque subsimilia 4 cm longa, 

 7 — 8 mm lata, labellum fere 3 cm longum et latum. — Fig. 39-4. 



Centralasiatisches Gebiet: Yunnan, Mengtze 1800 m auf grasigen Bergen 

 3000 m auf Felsen (Henry n. HU 3!), Bergweiden (Hancock n. 173). — v. fl. s. 



4. P. Hookeriana (Lindl.) T. Moore in Williams Orch. Grow. Man. Ed. 5. (1880) 

 548; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. XI. (1903) 291. — Coelogyne Hookeriana Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 

 (1854) 34; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. (1861) 234; Bot. Mag. t. 6388; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. V. (1886) 842; King et Pantl. in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calcutta VIII. (1898) 

 139 t. 193. — Pseudobulbi ovati apice annulo humili erecto coronati monophylli, 1 cm 

 longi, 5 mm crassi v. vix majores. Folium in petiolum tenuem angustatum, elliptico- 

 lanceolatum, acuminatum, 5-nervium, membranaceum, nervis subtus satis prominentibus 

 percursum, 8 — 9 cm longum, 2,5 cm latum. Scapus foiio fere explanato arcuato 

 recurvo synanthus, idemque sub anthesi vix superans, erectus. uniflorus, ad 8 cm 

 altus, basi vaginis tubulosis, inferioribus oblique truncatis, subdiaphanis, serius in fibras 

 parallelas solutis inclusus, vagina summa cylindrica, subacuta; bractea obovata, obtusa, 

 floris nutantis ovarium breviter pedunculatum aequans. Sepala anguste ovata, acuta. 

 Petala aequilonga, oblonga, subacuta angustiora. Labellum e basi latissime truncata 

 obscure trilobum, lobi laterales rotundati, medius trapeziformis, truncatus vel emarginatus, 

 margine antico labelli minute eroso-denticulato vel subintegro, nervis mediis 7 fimbriis 

 longis subparallelis ornatis. Gynostemium gracile, apice late triangulum, alatum, retusum. 

 Capsula .... Flos amethystinus, labellum album luteo-maculatum ; sepala petalaque 

 2,8 cm longa, 1 cm lata, labellum aequilongum 1,5 cm latum. — Fig. 40i?. 



Monsungebiet, Provinz des tropischen Himalaya: Sikkim 2300 — 3700 m 

 in feuchtem Moos, im Mai und Juni in Blüte (Thomson!, Watt!, Gammin!, Gamble!, 

 Anderson n. 1218!, Schlagintweit n. 1 4749, Pantling n. 3 I 3!), Kumaon (Collett 

 n. 842), West-Himalaya (Jacquemont n. 208). Von Elwes 1878 eingeführt. — v. fl. s. 



Var. braehyglossa Rolfe in Orch. Rev. XI. (1903) 291. — Labellum brevius 

 minus trilobum: in montibus magis elevatis. 



5. P. Schilleriana (Reichb. f.) Pfitz. et Kränzl. — G. Schilleriana Reichb. f. in Allg. 

 Gart. Zeit. (1858) 189; Xen. Orch. II. (1865) 110 t. 134; Bot. Mag. t. 5072; Fl. d. serr. 

 t. 2302; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1886) 83 4; Grant, Orch. Burmah 182. — Pseudo- 

 bulbi parvi, late lageniformes, in rhizomate repente in linea fractillexa seriati, diphylli, 

 1,5 cm longi, 1,3 cm crassi, irregulariter impressi. Folia in petiolum brevem angustata, 

 lanceolata, acuta, subcoriacea, obscure 7-nervia, subcarinata, subtus rubella, albo-punc- 

 tata, ad 1 cm longa, 2 cm lata. Scapus foliis fere adultis synanthus eisque brevior, 

 basi squamis pseudobulbo aequilongis acutis vestitus, erectus, uniflorus, 5 — 8 cm 

 longus; bractea singula aequilonga, late ovata, acuta, persistens. Sepalum dorsale erectum, 

 anguste ovatum, acutum, lateralia deflexa, approximata, paullo angustiora subfalcata, 

 omnia dorso carinata. Petala linearia, acuta, deflexa sepalis paullo breviora. Labellum 

 sepalis aequilongum, concavum, trilobum, 3-nervium, lobis lateralibus tertiam partem 

 labelli aequantibus, erectis, oblongis, antice rotundatis, lobo medio parte basali labelli 

 multo latiore, ex isthmo brevi angusto dilatato, quadrato-suborbiculari, margine deflexo, 

 denticulato, undulato, carinis 3 integris a basi labelli usque ad isthmum extensis, ubi 

 laterales in callos integros mutantur. Gynostemium lobos laterales labelli paullo supe- 

 rans, ubique alatum, ala apicalis integra. Pollinia excavata. — Flos luteus, atropurpureo- 

 guttatus et pictus. Sepala petalaque 4 cm longa, sepalum dorsale basi 1 ,2 cm, late- 

 ralia 2 cm lata, petala 3 — 4 mm lata, labellum 3,5 cm longum basi 1,5 cm antice 2 cm 

 latum. — Fig. 4 1 D. 



