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Dendrobium verruciferum J. J. S. n. sp. 



Rhizoma elongatum, repens, teres, internodiis brevibus, initie* 

 vaginis aecrescentibus, tubulosis, imbricatis, fuscis tectum, vagina 

 superiore pseudobulbum cingente. Pseudobulbi c. 4 cm. dissiti, 

 oblique erecti, monomeri, quadrangulo-ovoidei, lateribus concavis r " 

 aitide flavovirides, c. 3.2 cm. longi, 2.1 cm. diam., bifolii. Folia 

 divergentia, lanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, biloba, basi angustata et 

 eanalieulata, nervo medio supra leviter sulcato, subtus praesertim 

 in folio superiore tenuiter prominente, firmiter coriacea, vix niti- 

 dula, viridia, subtus opaca, c. 8 — 9 cm. longa, 2.3 — 2.7 cm.. 

 Ma. Racemus pseudpterminalis, solitarius, elongatus, erectus r 

 arcuatus, gracilis. laxe c. llflorus, basi vagina tubulosa, mox 

 exarescente, c. 2 cm. longa, pedunculo tenui, tereti, dilute sordide- 

 viridi, c. 15 cm. longo, 0.15 cm. crasso, vaginis c. 4 magnis r 

 partim tubulosis, ad c. 3.5 cm. longis tecto, rachide flexuosa, 

 dilute viridi, c, 7 cm. longa. Bracteae adpressae, triangulae, 

 acutae, nervosae, c. 0.3—0.4 cm. longae. Flores patentissimi, 

 médiocres, ochracei, c. 2.1 cm. diam. Sepalum dorsale ovali- 

 oblongum, obtusum, basi convexum, superne concavum, nervis 

 c. 9 dorso prominentibus, c. 1.1 cm. longum, 0.6 cm. latum. 

 Sepala lateralia divaricata, oblongo-ovato-triangula, convexa, basi 

 concava, nervis c. 10 dorso prominentibus, c. 1.1 cm. longa r 

 basi 0.75 cm. lata. Petala oblonga, leviter obliqua, basi angustata r 

 apice obtusa emarginata, convexa, c. 7nervia, c. 1.1 cm. longa r 

 0.37 cm. lata. Labellum submobile, 31obum, expansum c. 1.1 

 cm. longum, 1.3 cm. latum, intus costis 3 longitudinalibus, albis, 

 ante basin lobi medii incrassato-terminantibus, lateralibus medio- 

 interruptis; lobi latérales erecti, gynostemio aequilongi, trianguli, 

 obtusi, albi, apice excepto irregulariter rubro-striati; lobus médius 

 porrectus, semiorbicularis, concavus, margine recurvus, minute 

 crenulatus, intus verrucoso-rugosus, costis 3 longitudinalibus ver- 

 rucosis, citrinus, margine albus, basi rubro-puncticulatus, expansus 

 c. 0.27 cm. longus, 0.5 cm. latus. Gynostemium subgracile, 

 trigonum, apieem versus attenuatum, subtus concavum, flavescenti- 

 album, subtus rubro-puncticulatum, c. c. 0.77 cm. longum, apice 

 longe producto, triangulo, subtus concavo costula longitudinali 

 instructo, auriculis obtusis, incurvis. Anthera conico-cucullata r 

 apice dilatata, incrassata, truncata, utrinque in dentem abiens r 

 pallide virescens, fere 0.2 cm. lata. Pollinia 4, geminata, oblonga, 



