COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 167 



2 cm. lata, tenuiter costata, basi angustata, vaginis 5-5*5 cm. longis, ore integro ; 

 in margiae folio opposite vix producta. Mores bini. Bractece exteriores breves, 

 hemisphaericse, 1 mm. longse et latiores, interiores ovatoe, rotundatae, 4 mm. longse, 

 fequilatse. Sepalum posticum lineari-obtusum, 1-8 cm. longum, 2 mm. latum ; 

 lateralia latiora 3 mm. lata, aequilonga ; mentum breve, curvum, obtusum. Fetala 

 linearia, obtusa, fere aequilonga, 1-7 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Labellmn 1 cm. 

 longum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus brevibus latis obtusis, lobo medio ovato cuspi- 

 dato uiulto longiore cum disco omniuo pilis flavis dense tecto, linea mediana disci 

 ad basin elevata. Columna brevis, lata, pede sequilongo ; cliuandrii margines 

 elevati, tenues, obtusi. Anthera obtuse conica, alta. Follinia anguste elliptica. 



Camp I, at 700 ft. 



Perhaps nearest to D. multistrialum, J. J. Sm., but the lip has shorter lateral lobes, 

 and the disc and middle lobe are all covered with yellow hairs. 



Dendrobitjm (§ Grastidium) ctjrvisepaltjm, P^idL, sp. nov. 



CanUs crassus, complanatus, vaginis omnino tectus, 5 mm. crassus. Folia ovata, 

 lanceolata, obtusa, coriacea, apice biloba, 5-5 cm. longa, basi 1-7 cm. lata, petiolis 

 brevibus 5 mm. longis, vaginis 1-7 cm. longis costatis, ore rotundato dente obscuro 

 lamina opposito. Flores bini, pauUo infra os extrusi. Bractece primaria? hemi- 

 sphericse, rotundatae, 3 mm. longte, mox in fibrillas pectinatim fisste ; secundarise 

 lanceolatse, subacutse, carinatae, 7 mm. longae. Fedimcidus brevis. Ovarium cum 

 pedicello crassiusculo 12 mm. longum. Sepala lateralia pallida, carnosula, oblongo- 

 lanceolata, obtusa, falcata, 3 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata, mento rotundato 5 mm. longo, 

 posticum lanceolatum, latum, subacutum, 3-2 cm. longum, 1-2 cm. latum. Petala 

 aequilonga, linearia, lanceolata, obtusa, 6 mm. lata. Lahellitm obovatum, apice 

 rotundatum, carnosum, omnino pilis tectum, disco carina media carnosa percurso. 

 Columna crassa, ventre excavata, marginibus crassis ; rostellum integrum rotun- 

 datum. Anthera rostro longo oblongo obtuso conico, in apice verruca x^ustulosa. 



Camp VI «, 3100 ft. 



Most resembling D. eriopexis, Schlechter, in the (for this section) great size of the 

 llowers ; they are Heshy and apparently white. 



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



Caides elongati, ultra 30 cm. longi, 3 mm. lati, complanati, multifoliati. Folia lanceo- 

 lata, acuminata, inaequaiiter biloba, basi lata, 4 cm. longa, 8-11 mm. lata, vaginis 

 5 mm. longis costatis. Bacemi bitiori, laterales. Bractete exteriores semiovataj, 

 interiores ovatae, subacutae, castaneae, 1 mm. longae. Pediceltus gracilis, 1 cm. 

 longus. Sepalum posticum oblongum, subacutum, 7 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum, 

 lateralia latiora, ovata ; mentum conicum, obtusum, 2 mm. longum. Petala 

 oblonga, lanceolata, sepalo postico aequalia. Lubellum trilobum, 5 mm. longum, 

 basi pauUo angustatum, lobis lanceolatis obtusis foliatis 2 mm. longis fusco-striatis, 

 lobo medio (aurantiaco ?) cuneato profunde emargiuato apicibus elongatis acutis, 

 carina elevata apice incrassata e basin ad apicem undulata. Columna brevior quam 



