6 | F. Fedde. 
of fine white curly hairs at the top of the inflated part, which is light 
green lined and dotted. with dark purple-brown the middle part is 
blackish-purple, shading above into whitish or pale greenish, dusted and 
veined with purple; lobes 31/ to Di lin. long, erect, with connate tips; 
closely replicate and 11/, lin. broad at the base; viewed sideways, ovate 
when spread out, white or pale greenish at the basal half, very dark 
or dull green on the apical part, with a narrow blackish or dark purple- 
brown band separating the two colours, fringed on the margins with 
long, jointed, purple hairs. Outer corona divided into 10 equidistant 
subulate teeth ?/, lin. long, jellow, edged with purple, and entirely yellow 
on the basal united part, sparsely ciliate. Inner coronal-lobes about 
1 lin. long, connivent-erect, blackish-purple at the basal part, yellowish 
or buff-tinted above. 
Native country unknown. yl 
58. X Ceropegia hybrida N. E. Brow, (C. Sandersonii X similis), 1. c., 
p. 384, fig. 145, 148. 
A new hybrid, as detailed above, from C. Sandersonii, fertilised by 
C. similis. Stems fleshy, 2 to 21}, lin. thick, glabrous. Leaves "very 
small, 2 to 4 lin. long, 1!/, to 2!/, lin. broad, thick and fleshy, ovate, 
acuminate, glabrous, green. Corolla curved and not following the curve 
21/, inches long; tube inflated, oblong at the base, narrowed and cylin- 
dric above, broadly funnel-shaped and 9 to 10 lin. in diameter at the 
mouth, outside glabrous, green at the base, light olive-green above, and 
the funnel-shaped part white, marked with five broad, dull green stripes, 
alternating with five series of connected purple-brown spots; inside with 
a pubescent band at the base and one above the inflated part, the 
narrow part glabrous, and the funnel-shaped part and basal half of the 
lobes pubescent; the very base is creamy, the rest of the inflated part 
is dull green, above which it is light purple shading upwards into pale 
. greenish-white, with the outside markings showing through; lobes ?/, 
inch long, erect, cohering at the tips, closely replicate, !/ inch broad 
viewed sideways, somewhat spatulate-obovate and emarginate at the apex 
when spread out, glabrous and dull green, spotted with darker green or 
brownish on the back, the inner face pubescent and pale greenish-white 
on the basal half, the upper half being glabrous and rich purple-black, 
with a velvety sheen, the margins are thinly ciliate with light purple 
hairs. ‘Outer corona */, lin. long, cup-shaped, with five obscure, minutely 
bifid lobes, paie yellowish margined with dark purple-brown; inner 
coronal-lobes 1%/, lin. long, connivent-erect, with recurved tips, pale 
yellow, with the basal part dark purple-brown and dorsally connected to 
the outer corona. l 
59. Dendrobium Brandtiae Fr. Kränzlin, l. c., p. 404. 
Planta habitu et inflorescentia D. Phalaenopsidis sed minor, Racemi 
elongati laxiflori. Flores ad 12 plus minus secundi, pedicelli cum ovariis 
curvatis ad 3 cm longi albidi. Sepalum dorsale oblungum acutum 
reflexum, sepala lateralia falcata recurva oblonga acuta mentum simplex 
