Chelonanthera. 141 



maculae 3 parvae transverse uniseriatae in basi labelli, sepala 1,3 cm longa, 5 mm lata, 

 labellum 2 cm longum, 8 — 9 mm latum. 



Monsungebiet, Provinz des trop. Himalaya und Nordwestmalayische 

 Provinz; Nepal (Wallich!); Sikkim 290 — «300 m, Blütezeit April, Mai (Pantling 

 n. 71'.); Khasia (Griffith!); Tenasserim (Parish!). 



2. P. demissa (D. Don) Pfitz. — P. parviflora Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Coelogyne (4 854) 1 ; 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Annal. VI. (1862); Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1890) 783; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. V. (1895) 19, t. 29; King et Pantl. 1. c. VIII. 142, t. 197. — Coelogyne 

 parviflora Lindl. Gen. sp. Orch. (1830) 44. — Dendrobium demissum D. Don, Prodr. fl. 

 nepal. (1825) 34. — Androgyne Griff. Notul. III. (1851) 279. — Pseudobulbi anguste 

 conici, ampullacei vel ovati, pulchre venosi v. reticulati, apice annulo cartilagineo, hori- 

 zontali, parum conspicuo coronati, 3 cm longi, 5 mm crassi; juniores vaginis raera- 

 branaceis, ovatis, acutis, mox evanidis, summa pseudobulbum aequante, laxe inclusi, 

 diphylli, dense congesti. Folia in petiolum pseudobulbo breviorem angustata, lanceolata 

 vel elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, membranacea, trinervia, nervis subtus parum prominenti- 

 bus instructa, 6,5 cm longa, 1,5 cm lata. Scapus heteranthus, 6 cm altus, gracilis, 

 folio adulto fere aequilongus, nutans vel suberectus, multiflorus, basi vaginis parvis, 

 acutis, membranaceis, convolutis vestitus; bracteae Ovaria longe pedicellata subaequantes, 

 late oblongae, apice triangulae, membranaceae, patentes, deciduae. Sepala oblongo- 

 lanceolata, subacuta, lateralia latiora, subfalcata. Petala oblonga, obtusiuscula. Labellum 

 sepalis aequilongum, basi bituberculatum, acutum. Gynostemium subfoliaceum, ala api- 

 calis integra vel denticulata. Capsula obovata, turgida, jugis 3 angustissimis. — Flores 

 albi, brunneo-striati, gynostemium pallide brunneum; sepala 1,2 cm longa. — Octobri. — 

 Fig. 49 A—F. 



Monsungebiet, Provinz des trop. Himalaya und Nordwestmalayische 

 Provinz: Nepal (Wallich!); Sikkim 1300 — 3000 m (Clarke!, King, Pantling 

 n. 301!), Khasia (Griffith!). 



Var. reflexa Lindl. — Panisea reflexa Lindl. Fol. Orchid. (1854). — Folia majora, 

 bracteae Ovaria pedicellata parum superantes, manifeste setaceo-acuminatae, labelli 

 margo basin versus crispulus. 



Assam: auf Eichen; Khasia: Myrung in Wäldern (Griffith!). 



153. Chelonanthera Blume. 



Chelonanthera*) Blume e. p. Bijdr. (1825) 382; Lindl. Gen. sp. Orch. (1830) 178; 

 Endl. Gen. (1837) 200 n. 1436. 



Flores monoklini. Perigonium marcescens, ad medianam manifeste zygomorphum. 

 Sepala 3 libera, reflexo-patentia, membranacea, ecarinata. Petala libera, multo an- 

 gustiora, reflexa. Labellum cum basi gynostemii continuum, in hypochilium deorsum 

 genuflexum, a latere valde compressum (fortasse pedi gynostemii aequivalens) et in epi- 

 chilium quadrilobum (fortasse labellum proprium), sursum convexum, medio profunde 

 sulcatum subtusque carinatum, basi bicallosum divisum. Gynostemium erectum, epi- 

 chilio parallelum, e basi brevi angustiore suborbiculare , latissime petaloideo-dilatatum, 

 labellum versus concavum, sepalis labelloque subaequilongum. Anthera sub apice 

 gynostemii affixa, incumbens, quadriloba, loculis 2 distincte bilocellatis, bivalvis; pollinia 

 4 subglobosa, basi oblique excavato-truncata, vix appendiculata ; rostellum anguste tri- 

 angulum; stigma oblongum marginatum. Capsula adhuc ignota. — Herba pseudobulbis 

 in rhizomate repente satis distantibus diphyllis; racemis multifloris, floribus satis parvis. 



Species 2 vel 3 in Java et Borneo vigentes. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Hypochilium labelli gynostemio aequilongum 1. Ch. gibbosa. 



B. Hypochilium labelli gynostemio dimidio brevius 2. Ch. clypeata. 



*) xeXojvr} = testudo, propter similitudinem antherae cum testudine. 



