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Herba pumila. Caules proeumbentes ramosi tenues vix 1^ 
crassi breviter articulati, squamis minutis ovatis acutis dissite 
bracteati et vaginis in fila brevia solutis ochreati. Folia breviter 
petiolata ovato-lanceolata sensim longe acuminata pungentia, basi 
obtusa, supra planiuseula vel leniter convexa, subtus evidenter 
convexa, igitur carnosa, medium versus fere 2" crassa, pollicem 
longa aut paulo longiora, 4-6" lata. Pedunculi axillares solitarii 
in unico specimine florente visi uniflori perbreves, membrana tenui 
lacera hyalina arcte inclusi. Pedicellus solitarius brevis in germen 
exangulatum sensim inerassatus. Flores resupinati. Sepala 3 e 
lata basi angusto-lanceolata, sensim aeutata, circiter semuncialia, 
13" lata, arcuato-recurva, viridula, basin versus rubro-striata ; duo 
lateralia unilateraliter eum columns basi producía, in conum fere 
itrilinearem unilateraliter coalita. Petala sive sepala interiora 
recta, dilute viridula, lanceoláto-linearia, basi rubro-striata, sepalis 
equilonga, acuta, cum sepalis labelloque fere membranea, saltem 
non carnosa. Labellum inferne viridulum, columns parallelum, 
quam duplo superat, petalis vix brevius, ungue inferne cuneato 
margine membraneo, lamina fere 3" longa, breviter et acute acu- 
minata sive cuspidata, margine alba et eleganter crispata, przeterea 
maeulis saturate roseis ornata; carine 3 supra unguem recte 
extendentes, supra labellum autem lineas quidem continuas sed 
perflexuosas et quasi glandulosas viridulas ad apicem labelli eva- 
nidas przebent. Columna alba carnosa, apice breviter tridentata, 
semicylindrica, a medio ad basin cum sepalis lateralibus connata, 
dente medio apicis antheram 1" metientem albam mobilem gerente. 
Stigma ovale. Anthera flavida ceracea, cujus paria ellipsoidea 
cohzrentia. - : 
Plerisque florum notis eum D. Milligani congruit, foliis magis 
in D. rigidum quadrat. 
Dendrobium Shepherdit. 
Caulibus repentibus dense squamato-vaginatis, ramulis minutis 
bulbiformibus uniarticulatis monophyllis, foliis canaliculato-tere- 
tiusculis v. semiteretibus acutis enerviis carnosis, pedunculis uni- 
Jforis perbrevibus lateralibus, sepalis parvis albidis ovato-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis petala membranea hyalina ovata ter superantibus, 
labello sepalis quater breviore aurantiaco ovato oblongove ecari- 
nato eglanduloso integerrimo basi truncato. 
In silvis ad lllawarra, ubi Dendrobio teretifolio, D. pungenti- 
folio, D. linguiformi, euidam Bolbophyllo, Cymbidio suavi, Sarco- 
She ut alisque Orchideis epiphytis adsociatum. T. W. 
, Caulis sive rhizoma flexuosum, fibris filiformibus tortulis solita- 
riis radicans, undique squamis arctis membraneis nervosis demum 
laceris vestitum. 'Ramuli cerebri, sic dictos pseudobulbos solitarios 
