COLLECTED IX DUTCH NEW GUIXEA. 171 



DENPEOBirM (^ PEDILONrM) SCABRIFOLIUM, Eicll., Sp. nOV. 



Caiilis 2 mm. crassus, fibrillis vaginaruiu tectus, ramosus. Folia coriacoa, liiieari- 

 lanceolata, acuta, ad marginem flava, crenato-serrulata, 3 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 

 vaginis 7 mm. longis costatis. Racemus terminalis, 1-5 cin. longus. Bractece 

 ovatse, abruptae cuspidatse, pallidte, 2 mm. longae. Pedicelli cum ovario rubro 

 2'5 cm. longi. Sepulum posticam ellipticum, obtusum, 1 cm. longum, 6 m.m. 

 latum ; lateralia sequiJonga et sequilata ; mentum crassum, fere rectum, cylin- 

 dricum, obtusum, 1 cm. longum, 5 m.m. latum.. Fetala oblanceolata, obtusa, 

 trinervia, sepalo postico paulo brevioi'a, aequilata, omnia rosea. Lahelhim ungue 

 angustissimo canaliculate gradatim in laminam obovatam planam margine minute 

 denticulatam 1'7 cm. longam 05 mm. latam dilatato. Columiia angusta, stelidiis 

 rotundatis oblongis filamentum superantibus. 

 Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 

 Perhaps nearest to J). Kuhlii, Lindl., but -R-ith mucli smaller flowers. Tlie stiff 



leaves have a cartilaginous yellow margin notched or almost denticulate from tip 



to base. 



Dendkobitjm (§ CrTHBERTSONiA) suBACAULE, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. (1859) 11. 



Camps III to IX, 2"iOO to 5500 ft. 



Disirib. Island of Tidore near Ternate, and according to Kranzlin British New Guinea. 



Ki'anzlin in the ' Pflanzenreich ' confuses this species and the very distinct D.mmiceum, 

 Ridley, of British New Guinea, a very much larger-flowered plant, and gives as locality 

 " Java, Gipfel des Berges Tidore (Blume ! Herb. Reinwardt)." The locality is based on 

 Lindley's description, "Java on the top of Mt. Tidore, Reinwardt." On the specimen 

 in Herb. Lindley, the locality is given "in suramo mentis Tidore," Reinwardt. I can 

 find no record of any mountain Tidore in Java ; Reinwardt, however, did collect plants 

 in the Island of Tidore, near Ternate, and not far from New Guinea, which he refers to 

 as lions Tidore. There can be little doubt that this was the locality referred to, and 

 the locality Java is an error. 



Except for this outlier, the whole of this section of Dendrohium, of which a number 

 of species have been described, so far as is at present known, is confined to New Guinea. 

 They are charming little dwarf plants with flowers very large for the size of the stems 

 and leaves, and usually brilliant red, orange, or carmine, and would be a great addition 

 to our plant-houses. 



Dendeobium (§ Cuthbeetsonia) cjcspitificum, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Merba csespitosa, 6 cm. alta. Caules gracilis, 1-1"5 cm. alti, diphylli, rhizomati tenui 

 brevi insidentes. Folia angustissima, linearia, coriacea, carinata, in apice caulis 

 articulata, 2 cm. longa, vix 1 mm. lata. Flores solitarii, terminales. Bractea 

 tenuis, ovata, lanceolata, cuspidata, convoluta, 3 mm. longa. Pedicellus cum 

 ovario 1 cm. longus. Sepalmn posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum, lateralia 

 latiora, triangulari-lanceolata, acuminata, 5-nervia, 7 mm. longa. Fetala breviora 



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