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$. 4. Labellum per lineam mediam tumore velutino onustum. 
A. G. altissima: labello flabellato obtriangulo, antice lobulato, lateribus integerrimo, linea 
media lata tumida velutina, anteposito corpore aequali bicalloso, sepalis extus calvis, columna ima 
basi antica velutina. Cyrtosia altissima BL Bijdr, 396.  Erythrorchis altissima BL Rumphia L 200. 
t. 70. Haematorchis altissima BL L c. IV. 200/B. Caules ex Blumeo 50— 120 pedes longi, longe 
per arbores scandentes, pallide rubri.  Paniculae brachycladae fere pedales ex axillis vaginarum 
radicibus aereis nunc appositis. Ramuli subdensiflori racemis elongatis. Bracteae squamaeformes trian- 
gulae parvae. Flores extus calvi. Sepalum dorsale trianguioligulatum obtuse acutum. - Sepala late- 
ralia subaequalia, saepe curvula. Tepala lineariligulata obtuse acuta, a basi angusta aliquid dilatata, 
nunc subcurvula.  Labellum obtriangulo flabellatum, apice subretusiusculo lobulatum. Linea lata 
velutina a basi usqu> ante apicem, anteposito tumore bilobulo subsphaerico velutino. Lineae obscurae 
transversae numerosae ex nervulis lateralibus papulis elevatulis tectae. Velur labelli ex pilis articulatis, 
cellularum membrana subtilissime lineolata. Columna semiteres. Androclinium subintegrum postice 
apiculatum. Fovea parva. Bucca basilaris columnae velutina. Seminum alae latae sinuato dentatae. — 
In Javae occidentalis sylvis praesertim solo calcareo Blume! Zollinger 1406! (loco nullo). Borneo 
Low! (Hab. sp. sice.). 
2. G. cassythoides: labello rotundo, integerrimo, antice tamen serrulato, linea media late velu- 
tina, anteposito callo velutino simplici ovato antrorsum acuto, sepalis extus calvis (7), columna ima 
basi antica nuda (?). Dendrobium cassythoides Rich. Cunn. in Lindl Bot. Reg. 1846. sub 4828: 
„aphyllum, caule glabro stolonifero, floribus racemosis, racemis (stolonibus appositis) subtribrachia- 
tis, bracteis lanceolato ovatis appressis, labello convoluto indiviso, apice incurvo crispato (callo lineari 
in medio et altero ovato acuminato sub apice) — A leafless stoloniferous plant, with tribrachiate 
racemes of flowers, of which the perianths are of a brownish golden ION colour, and the labellum 
white, and elegantly pencilled within, as in Dendrobium Pierardi." ‘ 
Found growing from the crevice of sandstone rocks, on the eastern side of Sidney Cove, Port 
Jackson, where it was observed in flower Oct. 1834. (Hab. iconen Rich. Cunningham ex herbario 
Lindleyano mutuatam. ) 
§. 2 Labellum per lineam mediam a tumore velutino liberum. 
a. Scansores: radicibus in caule florido NN, 
3. G. Hydra: labello subquadrato, lateribus mediis utrinque dilerom; antice retuso emar- 
ginato cum apiculo seu apiculis duobus interjectis, toto limbo minute denticulato, muriculis supra venas 
densissimis; sepalis extus velutino muriculatis. — Caulis crasso funiformis longissime scandens, 
vaginis amplis vaginatus; radicibus aëreis nitidis perforatus. Rami ramulosi hinc univaginati, uti in 
Galeola altissima subvelutini, indumento serius detrito. Bracteae squamaeformes triangulae parvae. 
Ovaria anthesi tenuia velutina. Sepala oblonga acuta extus velutina. Tepala oblonga acuta. Labellum 
subquadratum apice retuso bilobum: denticulis duobus in sinu interjectis, angulo obtuso exsiliente 
utrinque in limbo externo, toto margine denticulis parvis serrulato; papillis creberrimis supra venas 
murieuliformibus. Columna clavata, androclinio elevato triangulo, acuto, apice exciso; rostello rotundo 
foveam tegente, basi seu sinu acuto deorsum spectante bilobo, seu denticulis duobus insilientibus. 
Dentes laterales androclinii solitari seu gemini (semper?). Tumores in basi columnae duo. Anthera 
tumore elongato laminaeformi papuloso in vertice. Malacca. W. Griffith! (Hab. sicc. sp.) 
Obs. In ill. Lindleyi herbario vidi iconem Galeolae a b. Griffith confectam. „Zimjaik , March. 
1834." Monstrat florem clausum maculis pantherinis supra sepala. Labellum explanatum desideratur. 
Adsunt pollinia quaterna ac unum par, quod lamella postica transversa medio sustentari videtur. 
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