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2) D. bifalcis (Dendrobium bifalce Lindl. Beech. Voy. of the Sulph. 181. t. 59. ipso serius 
monente, disticham esse Orchidem): labelli lamina trifida, laciniis lateralibus linearibus, lacinia media 
cuneato ovata, carina apice didyma per unguem. — Haec sunt Lindleyana: in Veget. of the Feejee 
Islands by Bentham in Hook. Lond. Bot. Journ. 1843. IL. 237: „caule tereti laevigato, folio (solitario?) 
coriaceo obovato acuto oblique emarginato, peduneulis longissimis rigidis nudis apice paucifloris, 
pedicellis racemosis erectis floribus triplo longioribus, petalis lanceolatis trinerviis membranaceis, labello 
unguiculato tripartito supra unguem crista duplici carnosa, biloba, undulata aucto, carinis" lateralibus 
linearibus obtusis faleatis, intermedia subrotunda, cornu obtuso incurvo. — This very singular 
plant exists in an imperfect state in the collection. Its habit is quite different from that of any 
Dendrobium, I am acquainted with; but since this genus presents great diversity of habits, I cannot 
attach importance to that circumstance in the absence of a more complete knowledge of the struc- 
ture of the fructification In my solitary specimen the main stem is gone, and I have only a couple 
of rigid’ peduncles proceeding from a small bamboo, and 11" long. With them, but separate from 
them, is a remarkably coriaceous leaf, 6" long and 2" broad in the widest part; but how it fits on 
‘the stem there is no evidence to show. The flowers are inserted in a fewflowered raceme at the 
end of the branches, they appear to have been purple, and some pale colour, and are about so 
large as these of Aporum anceps. At the base of the middle lobe of the lip are two parallel 
- sharpridged fleshy tubercles, which occupy the middle of a short unguis. belonging to the middle lobe. 
New Guinea. — Lindl. in Beech. Voy. of the Sulph. 181. t. 59: „Foliis lanceolatis carnosis oblique 
emarginatis, racemo oppositifolio brevioribus, sepalis acuminatis, petalis linearibus duplo longioribus 
reflexis, labello trilobo, venis 5 elevatis rectis per axin, lobo medio ovato acuto plano tricostato." 
Stauropsis Rchb. fil. 
(in Otto Hamb. Gartenzeitung 1860. p. 111). 
Sepala oblonga acutiuscula, lateralia a sepalis libera. —Tepala subaequalia, nunc paulo latiora. 
Labellun a columna abruptum, columna sessili nec immediatim in pedem transeunte. Labellum 
tripartitum subsessile seu breviter unguiculatum; partitiones laterales divaricatae extus retusae, partitio 
media ligulata; apice dilatata carnosula; calli deinceps duo inter partitiones et calli in partitionibus 
lateralibus. Columna semitereti pandurata. — Pollinia oblonga, linea ipsa media postice fissa rima 
angusta, sessilia in caudiculae apice reflexo. | AAA 
— 4) St. pallens Rchb. fil 1. c.: labelli lacinia media lineari apice dilatato dentata, laciniis ante 
basin divaricatis lineari-falcatis retusis, cellis ovatis apice bidentatis uno ante alterum in labelli basi. 
Trichoglottis pallens Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. G. L p. 45. N. 27, in Journ. Hort. soc. V. 34: „Dwarf erect 
plant, with oblong, distichous leaves and a lateral flower or two, not quite 2 inches in diameter, 
pale delicate green, with delicate brovnish spots and a "white lip. The latter organs were oblong, 
with a white, shaggy crest on the upper side, and a pair of short, yellowish scimitar shaped 
segments standing erect near the base, within these were a pair of forked callosities, one placed 
— before the other in the centre, but no sac or pouch was found between them. Little beauty, con- 
siderable botanical interest. Manilla. (Vid. fl. sicc: in herb. Lindl. ). dalak c 
2) St. violacea Rehb. fil in Otto Hamb.. Gartenzeitung 1862. p. 31: labelli lacinia media 
cuneato oblonga apice dilatato’ semiovato papuloso  erentlato, lacinüs ante basin divaricatis oblongis 
retusis aristula in angulo superiori retrorsa, denticulo in angulo antico; callo: öblongo conico papuloso 
superiori, callo inferiori ligulato bidentato. — (Calami lapsu |. c. scripsi: „Stauritis“ pro „Stauropsis“). 
„Folia Phalaenopsidis grandiflorae, pallidiora. Flos per tres menses durans.“ Willink in litt. Sepala 
oblonga acuta extus carinata, apice apiculata. . Tepala  rhombeo-ovata obtusa. — Labellum trifidum. 
Partitiones laterales ligulato oblongae apice retusae cum arista, medio et infra intus incrassato callosae, 
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