COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. LIL 
DENDROBIUM ($ PEDILONTM) SCABRIFOLIUM, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis 2 mm. crassus, fibrillis vaginarum tectus, ramosus. Folia coriacea, lineari- 
lanceolata, acuta, ad marginem flava, crenato-serrulata, 8 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 
vaginis 7 mm. longis costatis. Racemus terminalis, 1:5 cm. longus. Bractee 
ovatee, abrupte cuspidafze, pallidze, 2 mm. longsz. Pedicelli cum ovario rubro 
25 em. longi. Sepalum posticum ellipticum, obtusum, 1 cm. longum, 6 mm. 
latum; lateralia zequilonga et æquilata; mentum crassum, fere rectum, cylin- 
drieum, obtusum, 1 cm. longum, 5 mm. latum. Petala oblanceolata, obtusa, 
trinervia, sepalo postico paulo breviora, æquilata, omnia rosea. Ladellum ungue 
angustissimo canaliculato gradatim in laminam obovatam planam margine minute 
denticulatam 1:7 cm. longam 0:5 mm. latam dilatato. Columna angusta, stelidiis 
rotundatis oblongis filamentum superantibus. 
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 
Perhaps nearest to D. Kuhlii, Lindl., but with much smaller flowers. The stiff 
leaves have a cartilaginous yellow margin notched or almost denticulate from tip 
io base. 
DENDROBIUM ($ CUTHBERTSONIA) SUBACAULE, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. (1859) 11. 
Camps IIT to IX, 2500 to 5500 ft. 
Distrib. Island of Tidore near Ternate, and according to Kránzlin British New Guinea. 
Kranzlin in the * Pflanzenreich ’ confuses this species and the very distinct D. puniceum, 
Ridley, of British New Guinea, a very much larger-flowered plant, and gives as locality 
«Java, Gipfel des Berges Tidore (Blume! Herb. Reinwardt).” The locality is based on 
Lindley's description, “Java on the top of Mt. Tidore, Reinwardt.” On the specimen 
in Herb. Lindley, the locality is given “in summo montis Tidore," Reinwardt. I can 
find no record of any mountain Tidore in Java; Reinwardt, however, did collect plants 
in the Island of Tidore, near Ternate, and not far from New Guinea, which he refers to 
as Mons Tidore. There can be little doubt that this was the locality referred to, and 
the locality Java is an error. 
- Except for this outlier, the whole of this section of Dendrobium, of which a number 
of species have been described, so far as is at present known, is confined to New Guinea. 
They are charming little dwarf plants with flowers very large for the size of the stems 
and leaves, and usually brilliant red, orange, or carmine, and would be a great addition 
to our plant-houses. 
DENDROBIUM (o CUTHBERTSONIA) CHSPITIFICUM, Ridl., sp. nov. sa 
Herba ceespitosa, 6 cm. alta. Caules gracilis, 1-1:5 em. alti, diphylli, rhizomati tenui 
brevi insidentes. Folia angustissima, linearia, coriacea, carinata, in apice caulis 
articulata, 2 cm. longa, vix 1 mm. lata. Flores solitarii, terminales. Bractea 
tenuis, ovata, lanceolata, cuspidata, convoluta, 3 mm. longa. Pedicellus cum 
ovario 1 em. longus. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum, lateralia 
latiora, triangulari-lanceolata, acuminata, 5-nervia, 7 mm. longa. ue breviora 
= » n Z 7 
