Te et 
Tas. 7745. 
DENDROBIUM inaaquate. 
Native of New Guinea. 
Nat. Ord. Oncu1pe#.—Tribe EprpEnpReEa. 
Genus Denprosium, Sw.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. iii. p. 498). 
DENDROBIUM (Breviflore ?) insequale; pseudobulbis erectis quasi dimorphis, 
aliis foliiferis e basi gracili in laminam oblongam tetragonam valde com- 
pressam apice 2-3-foliatam dilatatis, internodiis vaginis ovatis acuminatis 
albis indutis, aliis longioribus aphyllis e basi gracili in rhachin floriferam ~ 
3-4 poll. longam 3 poll. latam ensiformem subfalcatam tetragonam valde 
compressam productis, foliis 3-pollicaribus oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 
coriaceis, floribus 1} poll. expans. secundis faciebns alternis internodioram 
rhachidis solitariis nutantibus (alabastris foveolis internodiorum immersis), 
pedicellis 3-2 poll. longis decurvis bracteis parvis orbicularibus imbricatis 
tectis, sepalis petalisque conformibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis recurvis 
albis, mento 0, labelli basi intus bicornuti lobis lateralibus in tubum extus 
flavescentem intus purpureo striatum convolutis, tubi ore obliq e trun- 
cato in apicem (lobum terminale) late triangularem acutam sensim 
angustate, columna brevi apice bicornuta. 
D. inwquale, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1900, ined. 
A very singular Dendrobe, regarded by Mr. Rolfe as 
an anomalous species, apparently most allied to D. eu- 
phlebium, Reichb. f., of Java, though much larger flowered, 
and very different in the shape of the lip. Anomalous as 
the inflorescence certainly is, it would not be difficult 
to reduce it to the type of other species of the genus 
with compressed pseudobulbs ; as for example, D. anceps, 
Sw. (Aporum anceps, Lindl., see tab. 3608), were the 
flowering pseudobulbs of that plant leafless, and tetrago- 
nous as well as compressed. On the other hand, the 
cavities in which the flower buds of D. ineguale are im- 
mersed, and the position of these on the faces, instead of 
the angles of the pseudobulb, are peculiar features. _ 
The plant of D. inzguale here figured was presented to 
the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Messrs. Sander & Co., of St. 
bans. It flowered in a tropical house in May of this 
year. 
Deser.—Leafing pseudobulbs six to ten inches high, 
erect, very slender and terete below, dilated upwards, 
Noveuner Isr, 1900, 
