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-membranaceo-producta et medio tantiim puberula, alba, c. 0.24—0.26 cm. 

 lata. Polliiiia 4, oblonga, nitida, flava, c. 01 8—0.2 cm. longa. Stigma 

 quadrangulum, angulis basilaribus subrotiindatiim, auguste pallide purpureo- 

 marginatum. Pes gyiiosteiiiii ciim ovario angulum rectum faciens, liuearis, 

 subrectus, obtusus, costa longitudinali leviter convexa, apice excavatione 

 parva iiectariflua, basi albidiis vix purpureo-suffusus, apicem versus flavus 

 et in Costa viridis, c. 1 — 1.2 cm. longus. Ovarium teres, ôsulcatum, nitidum, 

 pallide virescens, c. 0.4—0.5 cm. loiigum; pedicellus cum ovario aiigulum 

 •obtusum faciens, tenuior, pallide virescens, c. 0.7—1 cm. longus, cum 

 •ovario interdum leviter purpureo-suffusus. 



Ambon. (J. G. Dammerboer, liv. pi.). Kampong Koeda Mati. (Exp. 

 P. VAN HULSTIJN, liv. pi. cult. in Hort. Bog. sub n. 35). 



As far as 1 know the species, tliis has the shortest claw of the lip in 

 the section. The midlobe too is very short, but more distinct than in 

 D. lamellatum Lndl. 



Description from living spécimens. 



D e n d r o b i u m (sect. Eugenanthe) t e t r o d o n Rchb. f. ex Lndl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. 111 (1859), 10, etc. 



var. V a n V u u r e n i i J. J. S. n. var. 



Caules approxim.ati, penduli, teretes, flexuosi, c. 20—40 cm., longi, 

 0.375— 0.45 cm. diam., internodiis c. 1.1—2.5 cm. longis, basi paulum atte- 

 nuatis. Folia decidua, ianceolata, praesertim inferiora plus minusve ovata, 

 breviter acute acuminata, costa média supra sulcata, carnosula, nitide viridia, 

 >c. 3.75—5.2 cm. longa, 1.1 — 1.6 cm. lata; vaginae plus minusve vio- 

 laceo-suffusae. Inflorescentiae e nodis caulium defoliatorum, patentissimae, 

 brevissimae, plerumque 2florae, pedunculo atropurpureo, c. 0.25 cm. longo, 

 nonnuUis vaginulis tubulosis acutis purpureis mox exarescentibus donato, 

 rachide flexuosa, atropurpurea, c. 0.4 cm. longa. Bracteae adpressae, trian- 

 gulae, c. 0.33 cm. longae. Flores c. 1.5 cm. diam., sepalis petalisque 

 patentibus, divergentibus, pallide viridi-flavescentibus. Sepalum dorsale 

 lanceolatum, obtusum, vix apiculatum, obtusangule concavum, c. 1.25 cm. 

 longum, 0.4 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia lacinia oblique triangula ad pedem 

 gynostemii decurrentia, mentum reversum cum ovario angulum acutum faciens 

 •oblongum truncatum c. 0.55 cm. longum formantia, oblique Ianceolata, 

 subulato-apiculata, obtusangule concava, usque ad apicem ovarii c. 1.25 

 cm. longa, medio 0.35 cm. lata. Petala superne recurva, Ianceolata, acuta, 

 •convexa, dorso longitudinaliter sulcata, c. 1.275 cm. longa, 0.375 cm. lata. 

 Labellum unguiculatum, totum c. 1.75 cm. longum, upgue lineari, concavo, 

 raarginibus exceptis incrassato, c. 0.5 cm. longo, lamina concava, vix 31oba, 

 ambitu subelliptica, medio leviter constricta subpaiidurata, apice subrotundata 

 et brevissime acute acuminata, basi late cuneata, eroso-fimbriat'ula, intus 

 puberula, 3costata, costis parallelis, superne evanescentibus, in ungue con- 

 fluentibus, exterioribus in basi laminae obtusangule dentatis, omnibus pallide 



