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purp.ureo-punctatus, apice excavatione alta viridi-flava instructus, c. 0,65 

 cm. longiis. Ovarium pedicellatum rectum, 6sulcatum, nitide pallide flave- 

 scens. c. 0.75 cm. longum. 



Hab. ? (Cuit, iii Hort. Bog. II M, î'194). 



This plant, the origin of which is uiiknovvn, is since a long time in 

 cultivation in the Buitenzorg Gardens. 



It is allied to D. Macraei Lndl., but bas broader leaves, differently 

 coloured îlowers, broader sepals and petals. 



C D e n d r o b i u m (sect. Desmotrichum) f o r c i p a t u m J. J. S. n. sp. 



Rhizoïna validum, elongatum, repens, ramosum, teres, brevinode, nitidum, 

 olivaceum, fusco-suffusum, c. 0.5—0.75 cm. diam., internodiis c. 0.75—1 

 cm. longis, radicibus tenuibus. Gaules c. 4—6 cm. distantes, adscendentes, 

 ramosi, rigidi, nitidi, olivacei, deinde valde sordide atrofusco-suffusi, toti 

 c. 45 cm. iongi; caulis primarius sectione transversa ellipticus, apicem 

 versus paulo dilatatus, c. 0.45—0.5 cm., apice ad c. 0.7 cm. latus, internodiis 

 c. 2—2.5 cm. longis, internodio ultimo in pseudobulbum bene compressum 

 oblique ellipticum apice angustatum truncatumque basi angustatum sectione 

 transversa auguste ellipticum deinde sulcatum c. 3.5—5 cm. longum 1.9— 

 2.3 cm. latum Ifolium incrassato, ramis cauli primario similibus, decrescen- 

 tibus. Folium ovale ad oblongum, apice rotundatum vel obtusum, brevissime 

 2dentatum. vix apiculatum, basi abrupte et brevissime contractum condu- 

 plicatumque, laxe undulatum, costa média supra sulcata subtus auguste 

 carinatum, firmiter coriaceum, nitide viride, subtus opacum et dilute viride, 

 c. 10—13 cm. longum. 4.3—6.75 cm. latum. Intlorescentiae ante et pone 

 folium, fasciculatae, brevissimae, squamis -siccis cinctae, pedunculis Ifloris, 

 albis. minutissime furfuraceo-punctatis, c. 0.75 cm. longis, basi nonnullis 

 vaginulis membranaceis mox exarescentibus donatis. Bractea minuta, ad- 

 pressa, triangula, acuta. Flos mediocris, ephemerus, sepalis petalisque apice 

 recurvis, flavescentibus, apicem versus albidis, basi dense et minute medio 

 et apice laxius et grossius rufo-purpureo-maculatis. Sepalum'dorsale oblon- 

 gum, superne contractum, obtusum. convexum, c. 1.35 — 1.65 cm. longum, 

 5-0.65 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia cum pede gynostemii mentum brève 

 cum ovario angulum obtusum fere rectum faciens rectum truncato-obtusum 

 dorso sulcis 2 longitudinalibus convexo-tricostatum nitidum c. 0.45—0.55 

 cm. longum formantia, oblique trianguio-oblonga, apice breviter subacuta, 

 basi antice dilatata, c. 1.35—1.75 cm. longa, basi 0.65—0.8 cm. lata. 

 Petala oblique ovato-lanceolata, breviter acuta, intus extusque longitudina- 

 liter sulcata, c. 1.35-1.6 cm. longa, 0.4—0.5 cm. lata. Labellum parallelum 

 pedi gynostemii erectum, supra basin recurvum, 31obum, 3costatum, carinis 

 exterioribus altis, tenuibus, usque ad médium hypochylii rectis dorso nec 

 dilatatis nec canaliculatis, e medio hypochylii usque in basin lobi intermedii 



