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ovario angulum aciitiim faciens, apicem versus sensim angiistatiis, dimidio 

 siiperiore lahello adnatiis, concaviis, c. 1.35 cm. loiigiis. Ovariiim ôsulcatiim, 

 virescenti-albimi, c. 0.7—0.75 cm. lougum ; pedicelliis teres, albiis vel virescen- 

 ti-albiis, basin apicemque versus dilutc viridis, c. 1.7 — 2.4 cm. lons;us. 



Soela Islauds. (Cuit, in iiort J. Df.mmkni aud J. VAN Bki-ko, Batavia). 



Differiiig from D. Rumphianum T, et B. especially in tlie colour oî the 

 flowers and the very différent keels of the lip. 



A form with the petals tinged with violet and a broader anther I recei- 

 ved from Mr J. Oostenbroek, Makasar. It is perhaps another species. 



A few nearly allied species bave been described imperfectiy by Reichen- 



BACH. 



Description from a cultivated plant. 



D e n d rob i u m (sect. Calcarifera) c r o c e o c e n t r u m J. J. S. n. sp. 



Cailles approximati, penduli, elongati, tenues, teretes, basin et apicem 

 versus attenuati, praesertim supenie flexuosi, nitidi, initio dilute virides, 

 deinde sordide purpureo-fusci, c. 53 cm. longi. medio ad c. 0.4 cm. diam., 

 internodiis ad c. 2. 75 cm. longis, superioribus brevioribus. Folia patentia 

 vel subpatentissima, lanceolato-linearia, apicem versus sensim angustala, 

 oblique acutissima, non 2dentata, costa média supra sulcata subtus vix 

 prominente, nervo 1 supra subtusque sulcato utrinque, tenuia. utrinque 

 nitidule viridia, novella vix purpuieo-suffusa, 7 — 10 cm. longa, 0.675 -0.72 

 cm. lata, superiora decrescentia; vaginae tubulosae, internodia aequantes, 

 pallide virides vel pallide flavo-virides, viohiceo-suffusae. Inflorescentiae 

 e nodis caulium defoliatorum, abbreviatae, Iflorae, pedunculo brevissimo, 

 pallide viridi et purpureo. Bractea adpressa, tiiangula, acuta, costa média 

 dorso prominente. colore ovarii, ferè 0.3 cm. longa. Flores médiocres, valde 

 aperti, nivei, sepalis dorso vix purpureo-suffusis, c 2.6 cm. lati, 2.1 cm. 

 longi. Sepalum dorsale cum ovario angulum obtusum faciens, ovatum, apice 

 vix erosulum, obtusum et dorso minute obtuse apiculatum, convexum, c. 1.2 

 cm. longum, 0.64 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia lacinia elongata oblique lineari 

 concava ad pedem gynostemii decurrentia, mentum reversum cum ovario 

 angulum auguste acutUm formans anguste calcariforme dorso leviter signoi- 

 deum antice subrectum obtusum album ochraceo-suffusum c. 1 cm. longum 

 fere 0.3 cm. latum formantia, marginibus anticis longitudine c. 0.38 cm. 

 connata, parte antica divaricata, oblique subovata, apice vix conduplicata, 

 acuta, convexa cum canalicula longitudinal!, costa média dorso prominente, 

 fere' 1.2 cm., usque ad apicem menti 2.1 cm. longa, parte antica 0.6 cm. 

 lata. Petala patentissima, recurva, oblique subobovato-oblonga, basi leviter 

 angustata, obtusa, apiculata, erosa, convexa, vix undulata, c. 1.275 cm. 

 longa, 0.6 cm. lata. Lahellum simplex, spathulatum, basi longitudine c. 0.3 

 cm. pedi gynostemii adnatum, costis 2 longitudinalibus, approximatis, 

 parallelis, latis, convexis, apicem attingentibus, ad basin laminae dilatatis, 

 acute angulatis erosisque, unguem omnino occupantibus, basin versus 



