166 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



Dendrobium {^ Aporum) atropurpureum, Miq. PL lad. Bot. iii. 644. 

 Launch Camp, at sea-level. 

 Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands. 



Dendrobium (§ Grastidium) Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caules elongati, ad 20 cm. lougi, 5-8 mm. crassi, paullisper complanati, vaginis 

 tonuiter costatis tecti. Folia (sicca) papyracea, tenuia, elongata, lanceolata, com- 

 jjlanata, attenuata, carina inconspicua, 15 cm. longa, 2"2 cm. lata, vaginis 3 cm. 

 longis arete caulibus adpressis. Flores bini. Bractece exteriores hemispliaericoe, 

 rotundatae, 1 mm. longfe, interiores oblongse, ovatse, apice rotundati3e, 7 mm. longse, 

 7 mm. latiB. Ovarium cum pedicello 3 cm. longo. Sepalum 2:)osticum lineare, 

 obtusum, cucullatum, curvum, carnosum, papillosum, 1'6 cm. longum, 2 mm. 

 latum, lateralia latiora 4 mm. lata, oblonga, obtusa, falcata ; mentum breve. 

 Fetala oblanceolata, obtusa, 1 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata. Labellnm ungue brevi 

 curvo canaliculato, lamina subquadrato-oblonga obscure triloba, lobis lateralibus 

 brevibus curvis obtusis, medio lato carnoso truncato apice lato ad margiue undu- 

 lato glabro ecalloso, venis 3 in medio prominulis papillosis. Columna brevissima, 

 clinandrii lobis prominulis tenuibus. Anthem, alta, conico-oblonga, apice rotun- 

 dato retuso. 

 Camp I, at 500 ft. 

 Allied to D. imbricatum, J. J. Sm., but the plant is much larger, and the middle lobe 



of the lip broad and truncate, not abruptly acuminate. 



Dendrobium (§ Grastidium) Vanderwateui, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Caulis bambusiformis, gracilis, 2 mm. crassus. Folia lanceolata, longe acuminata 

 basi angustata, 11-12 cm. longa, 8-9 mm. lata, vaginis costatis cancellatis ore 

 rotundis, cuspide brevi lanceolato, lamina opposita. Flores bini. Bractece pri 

 marise setniovatae, secundariiB oblongoe, lanceolatse, castanesae, 1"5 cm. longse, 3 cm 

 latse. Pedunculns 1 cm. longus, pedicelli 5 mm. longi. Sepala lanceolata, ovata 

 caudata, cauda filiformi, 25 cm. longa, basi 5 mm. lata ; mentum brevissimum 

 rotundatum. Petala angustiora, basi lanceolato-linearia, apice flliformi-caudata, 

 2 cm. longa. Labellum 5 mm. longum, citrinum, obcuneatum, trilobum, lobis 

 lateralibus brevis obtusis, lobo medio oblongo obtuso sequilongo, ad basin labelli 

 callo elongate lineari-oblongo pilis citrinis dense tecto. Colimina brevis, cylindrica 

 alls brevibus clinandrii margine elevato. Authera magna, depressa, conica, rostro 

 oblongo obtuso. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Near _D. bijlorum, Sw., which it resembles much in halnt. 



Dendrobium (§ Grastidium) donacoides, PJdl., sp. nov. 



Caulis bambusinus, elongatus, 4 mm. crassus, vaginis tectus. Folia tenuiter coriacea, 

 lanceolata, acuminata vel elliptico-lanceolata et acuta, ecarinata, 11 cm. longa. 



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