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5 ram. lata, vaginis 2 cm. longis purpureo-brunneis minute verrucosis. Hacemi 

 laterales foliis oppositi, 1'3 cm. lougi, 5-6-flori. Bractece ovatte vel lanceolatse, 

 cuspidatiB, 5 mm. longge, 1 mm. latae, pallidse, bruunescentes, minute pustulosse. 

 Tedicelli 5 mm. longi. Flores 1 cm. lati, aurantiaci. Sepalum posticum ovatum, 

 obtusum, 5 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum, lateralia latiora ; mentum conicum, curvum, 

 basi latum, 9 mm. longum. Petala ovata, obtusa, sepalo postico similia. Lahellum 

 13 mm. longum, ungue lineari, lamina rotundata cocbleata 5 mm. lata, margine 

 in angulo ad junctionem cum ungue paucidenticulato abhinc integro apice magis 

 carnoso denticulatoque, nervis 5 radiantibus incrassatis, tribus basi purpureo- 

 brunneis. Colwmna stelidiis erectis magnis oblongis latis, filamento vix fequali. 

 Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft. 



A tine plant with remarkably narrow willow-like erect leaves and a good number of 

 fair-sized orange flowers. The affinity is with I), subclausiwi, Holfe, from which it 

 ditFers in the spoon-shaped lip and very large hatchet-shaped stelidia. 



Dkndeobium (§ Pediloxum) BEAcnYCE>fTRrM, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Cuulis gracilis, 23 cm. longus, 2 mm. crassus, quadrangulus. Folia lanceolata, acuta, 

 subtenuia (probabiliter juvenilia), carinata, mucronulata, apice et margine denti- 

 culata, 2 cm. longa, 7-10 mm. lata. Racemus brevis, in caule defoliate terminalis, 

 circiter 12-florus. Bractete ovatae, cuspidatse, 2 mm. longge. Pedicelli graciles, 

 1'4 cm. longi. Flores aurantiaci. Sepala 6 mm. longa, posticum anguste ellipticum, 

 obtusum, 3 mm. latum, lateralia latiora, oblonga, 4 mm. lata; mentum breve, 

 sacciforme, 4 mm. longum, obtusum. Petala linearia, oblonga, sepalo postico 

 vix angustiora. Lahellum spathulatum, cucuUatum, ajiice rotuudatum, denticu- 

 latum, 1 cm. longum, apice 4 mm. latum. Columna pede recto, stelidiis oblongis 

 obtusis erectis. Anthera calvariformis, laevis. 

 Camps II to III, 500 to 2500 ft. " Flowers orange-red." 



A small-sized plant, with for this section a very short rounded mentum, the lip 

 resembling that of D. vileUinum, Kranzl. 



Dendrobium (§ Pedilonum) deflexum, Ptidl., sp. nov. 



Caiilis sinuosus, 2 mm. crassus. Folia coriacea, eJliptica, ovata, acuminata, obtusa, 

 striata, 15 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata, basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, deflexa, 

 vaginis 5 cm. longis striatis. Racemus brevis, terminalis, pauciflorus. Bractece 

 ovatse, cuspidatse, pallidse, 6 mm. longse, 4 mm. latse. Pedicellus gracilis, 2 mm. 

 longus. Seiialmn posticum ellipticum, 1"2 cm. longum, obtusum, lateralia oblonga, 

 ovata, obtusa, apice rotundata, 1 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata; mentum cylindricum, 

 crassum, curvum, 1 cm. longum. Petala ovata, lanceolata, 6 mm. lata, apice 

 rotundata. Lahellum ungue curvo, lamina cucullata sepalis breviore 1"6 cm. lata, 

 margine ad basin laciniato. Columna crassa, stelidiis oblongis ovatis acutis, 

 filamento subsequilongo lineari. 

 Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. " Flowers deep orange." 



Very distinct in the small, ovate, thick deflexed leaves and large flowers, with a thick 

 strongly-curved blunt mentum. The lip is ladle-shaped, with a few rather long teeth at 

 the angles of the blade. It is allied to D. trichostomum, Reichb. fil. 



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