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nequilongis cyliudricis ore truncatis nervosis. Folia ad ramos superiores 

 alternatim sita linearia 5 cm. louga 3 mm. lata apics obtusissima ad centrum 

 breve mucronata, in exsiccato membrauacea, basi subito contracta cum vaginis 

 articulata. Racemi laterales 2-3 cm. lougi pauci-florati srepe 1-florati basi 

 1-2-vagiuati, vagiuis cylindraceis 5 mm. lougis, bracteis liyaliuis ovatis 

 pedicellum amplectantibus, pedicellis cum ovariis 1^ cm. lougis. Flores rubes- 

 rentes 34 cm. in diametro. Sepalum 

 posticum ovato-lanceolatum 33 mm. longum 

 Smm.latum apice acuminatum basi leviter 

 contractum margine deorsum exteriore 

 recurvum convexum 7-nervium, lateralia 

 lineari-lauceolata basi obliqua latere iu- 

 feriore 33 mm. louga latere superiore 

 28 mm. louga apice acuminata basi latis- 

 sima 8 mm. lata medio 5 mm. lata basi 

 <?um pede columnar couuata mentum 

 <3 mm. lougum formantia. Petala ovato- 

 r h o m b o i d e a 3 3 mm. longa cum sepalo 

 ^quilouga 15 mm. lata apice triaugulari- 

 jicuminata basi cuneata 5-uervia margine 



integra ad basin 3 mm. lata. Labellum 



ill -i oo Kid. 13, <i, a lip of Dendrobium 



sepalo petaloque a3< imlongum do mm. 



erythroglossum HAYATA ; b, a lip of 



Dendrob. fimbriatolabellum HAYATA ; c, 

 a lip of Dendrolnum helshanense HAYATA ; 

 d-g, Dendrobium kwashotense HAYATA ; 

 d, a flower, lip taken down to show a 

 gland at the base of the kin ; e, a 

 lip ; f , an operculum ; g, the same, 

 lifted up ; a, c, natural size , otln-rs 



longum ISmrn.latum ovato-rliomboideum 



apice cuspidato-acutum basi cuneatum 



margine (exceptis partibus basilaribus) 



serrulato-deuticulatum a medio usque ad 



basin crassiusculum cseterum teuue facie 



ubique breve hirsutum 3-lobum, lobis more or less 



lateralibus (basilaribus) semirotundatis suberectis brevibus, lobo terminal! 



majusculo triangulari-ovato 17 mm. lougo 16 mm. lato apice breve cuspidato- 



acuto basi vix vel baud contracto. Columua 2 mm. louga totiusque lata Imsi 



iu pedem 6 mm. lougum 3 mm. latum producta. Antliera oblouga 3 mm. longa 



breve Lirsuta, filamentis filiformibus 2 mm. longis. 



