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dobulbs are even more compressée! than in C. peltastes and the leaves are 

 remarkably small for the pseiidobulbs. 

 Description from living spécimens. 



Dendrochilum (sect. Eudendrochilum) Taeniophyllum J. J. 

 S. in Bull. Jard. Bot Buit. 2e série, No. XXV (1917), 6. 



From a plant, which flowered in the Buitenzorg Gardens, I note that 

 the sepals and petals are white, tipped orange, the lip pale greenish with a 

 whitish tip, the column pale greenish. 



Dendrochilum (sect. Eudendrochilum) G ravenhorsti i J.J.S. n. sp. 



Rhizoma elongatum, ramosum, teres, ad nodos radicans, nitidum, c. 0.25 



cm. diam., initio vaginis tectum, internodiis c. 1,3 cm. longis et breviori- 



bus. Pseudobulbi c. 1.3 — 7 cm. dissiti, cum rhizomate angulum acutum 



faciens, oblique obloiigo-ovodei, deinde mul.tisulcati, nitidi, dilute virideset 



ochrascenles, c. 1.3 — 2 cm. longi, 0.55—0.75 cm. diam., Ifolii. Folium linea- 



re, obtusum, basi paululum angustatum. rigidule coriaceum, costa média 



supra subtusque canaliculata, nitide viride, c. 6.5— 8.4cm. longum, 0.7— 0.8cm. 



latum. Inflorescentiae heteranthae, e basi pseudobulborum, muliiflorae, 



pedunculo pallide viridi, c. 1.2—2 cm. longo, vaginulis alternatim bifariis 



imbricantibus supra accrescentibus dilute fuscis tecto, rachide arcuata. 



acute quadrangula, sparse minute patentissime puberula, pallide viridi, c. 



5-8 cm longa, internodiis c. 0.2— 0.25 cm. longis. Bracteae ovario pedicella- 



to breviores, ovato-orbiculares, obtusae, c. 0.175—0.18 cm. latae. Flores 



alternatim bifarii, parvi, suaveolentes, dilute virides, c. 0.4 — 0.55 cm. 



lati. Sepalum dorsale lineari-oblongum, apicem versus paululum angustatum, 



obtusum, dorso brevissime obtuse apiculatum, c. 0.45 cm. longum, 0.13 cm. 



latum. Sepala lateralia divergentia, oblique oblongo-ovata, vix falcatula, 



apicem versus angustata, acute apiculata, costa média dorso incrassata, 



c. 0.4 cm. longa, 0.16 cm. lata. Petala oblique lanceolata, falcatula, acu- 



ta, quam sepala pallidiora, c. 0.37 cm. longa, 0.08 cm. lata. Labellum 



elastice affixum, in sectione longum et tenue, curvulum, apice recurvum, 



lanceolatum, acutum, basi utrinque paulum dilatatum et '/sParte inferiore auguste 



denticulatum, costis 2 parallelis supra basin altissimis basin non attingentibus 



apicem versus evanescentibus, costa tertia humili interne interposita, costa 



brevi alta rotundata carnosa utrinque in parte basilari dilatata, dilute flavo- 



viride,' albido-marginatum, explanatum c. 027 cm. longum, basi 0.125 cm., 



medio 0.08 cm. latum. Gynostemium curvatum, dorso convexum, pallide 



viride, alis albis, c. 0.2 cm. longum, alis lateralibus e dimidio inferiore, 



porrectis, oblique lanceolato-linearibus, leviter sigmoideis, alam apicalem 



superantibus, ala apicali porrecta, ambitu quadrangula, 2— 4dentata, dentibus 



medianis maximis, sinu separatis, pede distincto, brevi, truncato. Anthera 



cucuUata, triangula, acuminata, acuta, basi bilobulata, connectivo basi 



transverse gibboso, pallide viridis, 0.05 cm. lata. Pollinia 4, clavata, flava, 



Rostellum magnum, patenlissimum, transverse suborbiculare, apice breviter 



productum. Stigma longitudinale, ovale, margine inferiore elevatum reflexum 



