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Schlechter, Orchidaceae Perrierianae. 
etwas verdickt. Die im Umfange fast kreisrunden von oben 
zusammengedrückten Blüten stehen daher fast frei. 
B. masoalanum Schltr. n. sp. 
Epiphyticum, decumbens; rhizomate elongato, crassiusculo; 
radicibus filiformibus elongatis, flexuosis, glabris; pseudobulbis 
2,5—3 cm distantibus, ovoideis, acute 4-angulatis, bifoliatis, 
c. 3 cm altis, infra medium c. 1,3 cm latis; foliis erecto-patentibus, 
oblongo-ligulatis, obtusis cum apiculo minuto, basin versus paulo 
angustatis, coriaceis, 8—11 cm longis, 1,3—1,6 cm latis; scapo 
erecto, folia bene superante, cum racemo c. 30 cm longo, tereti, 
glabro, vaginulis c. 5 cucucullatis, distantibus donato; racemo 
dense multifloro, c. 7 cm longo, cylindrico, 6—7 mm diametro, 
rhachi incrassata; bracteis late ovali-cucullatis, quam flores fere 
duplo brevioribus; floribus sessilibus, parvulis, inversis; extus 
reticulato-rugulosis; sepalo intermedio oblongo, obtuso, glabro, 
4,25 mm longo, lateralibus 3,5 mm longis, in laminam cymbi- 
formem, late ellipticam, obtusam, extus acute bicarinatam, usque 
ad apicem cohaerentibus, glabris; petalis anguste et oblique ligu- 
latis, obtusiusculis, puberulis, 3,5 mm longis, recurvis; labello 
curvato, circuitu suborbiculari, dimidio anteriore pulvino velutino 
ornato, dimidio posteriore breviter bicarinato, petalis aequilongo; 
columna perbrevi, stelidiis triangulis, margine superiore obtuse 
bidentatis; ovario sessili, obconico, glabro, c. 1,5 mm longo. 
Madagaskar: Masoala, vers 300 m. — Perrier de la 
Bathie No. 148. 
,,Fleures verte, lavees et veinees de rougeatre.“ 
Es unterliegt keinem Zweifel, daß diese Art mit dem unten 
beschriebenen B. mangoroanum Schltr. verwandt ist; beide stehen 
dem B. crenulatum Rolfe nahe. 
B, mangoroanum Schltr. n. sp. 
Epiphyticum, decumbens; rhizomate elongato; radicibus fili¬ 
formibus, elongatis, flexuosis, glabris, pseudobulbis anguste ovoi¬ 
deis, acute 4-angulatis, bifoliatis, 3—4 cm altis, infra medium 
0,8—1 cm latis; foliis erecto-patentibus, anguste ligulatis, obtusis, 
basin versus paulo angustatis, coriaceis, 9—12 cm longis, medio 
fere 0,8—1,2 cm latis; scapo gracili cum racemo usque ad 35 cm 
alto, tereti, glabro, vaginulis c. 5—7 cucullatis, dissitis obsesso; 
racemo ipso cylindraceo, dense multifloro, usque supra 8 cm longo, 
c. 7—8 mm diametro; bracteis late ovalibus, apiculatis, quam 
flores paulo brevioribus; floribus inversis, carnosulis, sessilibus; 
sepalo intermedio obovato-oblongo, obtuso, carnosulo, glabro, 
c. 5 mm longo, lateralibus in laminam late naviculari-ellipsoideam, 
obtusam usque infra apicem cohaerentibus, c. 3,5 mm longis; 
petalis oblique ligulatis, obtusis, puberulis, quam sepala lateralia 
paulo brevioribus; labello circuitu curvato-suborbiculari, dimidio 
anteriore papilloso, distincte marginato, petalorum longitudine; 
columna perbrevi, stelidiis triangulis, obtuse acuminatis, pede 
incurvulo, basi incrassato; ovario obconico, glabro, c. 1,5 mm longo. 
