176 MB. H. N. RIDLEY OX PLANTS 



angusta triloba 5 mm. longa, lobis lateralibus oblongis ovatis obtusis, lobo medio 

 longiore obcuneato cuspidato, carina mediana aurantiaca crassa carnosa tristriata. 

 Colmnna longiuscula, superne dilatata, alis majusculis rbombodeis-triangularibus. 

 Anthera parva, ovata, rostro bifido. Pollinia bemispba^rica. Ovarium tri- 

 carinatum. 

 Camp Vie, 5500 ft. 



Allied to _D. macrolohmn, J. J. Sm., but witb mucli sborter stems and a narrow 3-lobed 

 lip and a mucb longer column. The claw of the lip seems to be tubular, the margins 

 being joined above, Tbe flowers seem to have been yellowish-white wltb an orange keel. 



J Dendrobium (§ Spectosa) amphigenytjm, E-idl., sp. nov. 



Caules superne pauUisper dilatati, flavi, canaliculati, 12 cm. longi, 3 mm. crassi, 

 dipbylli. Folia ad apicem caulis 2, coriacea, elliptica, lanceolata, apice paullo 

 angustata, obtusa, basi angustata, 6 cm. longa, 1'5 cm. lata, petiolis canaliculatis 

 5 mm. longis. Pedunculus terminalis, erectus, gracilis, 2'5 cm. longus, pedicellis 

 2 cm. longis. Bractea ad basin pedunculi ovata, lanceolata, 3 mm. longa; bractea 

 interior tubulosa, 2 mm. longa ; bractese florales lanceolatse, acuminates, 2 mm. 

 longse. Flores 2, in caule quoque mediocres. Sepala late ovata, obtusa, 5 mm. 

 longa et lata ; mentum bigibbum, apice latum, saccatum, subglobosum, 4 mm. 

 longum, roseum, superne prope labellum cum gibbo minore. Fetcda tenuiora, 

 angustiora et breviora, spatbulata, venis roseis. Labellum ambitu late obhastatum, 

 5 mm. longum, 7 mm. latum, ungue brevi, lobis lateralibus elongatis patentibus 

 lanceolatis obtusis, lobo medio breviore bilobo lobis 2 brevihus oblongis cum 

 mucronulo minuto roseo in sinu orto, ciim carinis 2 e basi ad discum iucrassatis 

 subpyriformibus roseis et pulviuo oblongo albo versus apicem lobi sito. Columna 

 lata, subquadrata, alis brevibus crassis rotundatis, fovea stigmatica lata quadrata, 

 marginibus rectis, filamento liueari, pede longo, admodum curvo. Eostellum 

 latum, rectum. 



Camp VI «, 3100 ft. 



Allied to D. Kingianmn, Bidw., of Australia, but with a very different four-lobed 

 lip. Tbe flowers apjiear to bave been mainly rose-colour with a yellow lip. 



^ Diplocatjlobium GUANDiFLORUM, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Pseudohnlbus ad basin conicus, gradatim in caulem validum 40 cm. longum basi 



1 cm. superne 3 mm. crassum angulatum purpureo-brunneum politum apice 

 dilatatum attenuatus. Bvactece ochrea?, lanceolatse, acuminatre, acutae, 1"5 longfc. 

 Fedicellus cum ovario 0'5 cm. longus. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum, 

 2'5 cm. longum, 7 mm. latum, lateralia lanceolata, acuminata, 2"5 cm. longa, 4 mm. 

 lata ; mentum ovatum, obtusum, curvum, 5 mm. longum ; omnia I'osea. Fetala 

 elliptica, obtusa, alba, 2 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata. Labellum breve, 8 mm. longum, 

 ungue superne dilatato, lobis lateralibus oblongis truncatis 2 mm. longis, lobo medio 

 oblongo obtuso 2 mm. longo, carina in disco inter lobos laterales elevata. Columna 



2 mm. alta, basi dilatata, pede 5 mm. lougo. 



