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Rhizoms wegen in die Nâhe des B. vaginatum J. J. S. imd 

 B. acuminatum J. J. S. unterzubringen. Das sehr einfache Label- 

 lum ist dem des B. aurantiacum Bl. u.s.w. ziemlich ahnlich. 



Dendrochilum Hewittii J. J. S. n. sp. 



Pseudobulbi approximati, elongati. in sicco tenues, subteretes, 

 c. 7.5 cm. longi, 0.45 — 0.55 cm. crassi, lfolii, initio vaginis 

 magnis, bifariis, acuminatis, acutis, levibus, ad c. 10 cm. longis 

 tecti. Folium petiolatum, auguste lanceolatum, obtusum, basi 

 sensim angustatum, nervis c. 7 in sicco supra subtusque (praeser- 

 tim costa média subtus) prominentibus, supra nitidum, subtus 

 opacum, c. 20 cm. longum, 3 cm. latum ; petiolus conduplicatus, 

 c. 3.5 — 4 cm. longus. Inflorescentia synantha, multiflora, pedun- 

 culo c. 20 — 23 cm. longo, rachide quadrangula, c. 11 — 14 cm. 

 longa, internodiis c. 0.2 — 0.25 cm. longis. Bracteae patentissimas, 

 alternatim bifariae, involutae, ovatae, acutae, nervosae, dorso 

 punctatae, c. 0.7 cm. longae, 0.4 cm. latae. Flores in génère médiocres. 

 Sepalum dorsale anguste lanceolatum, apicem versus angustatum, 

 conico-acutum, 3nervium, c. 0.73 cm. longum, 0.175 cm. latum. 

 Sepala lateralia oblique anguste lanceolata, superne angustata, incur- 

 vo-conico-apiculata, supra in utraque parte costae mediae convexa, 

 3nervia, c, 0.7 cm. longa, 0.17 cm. lata. Petala lanceolata, le- 

 viter acuminata, acuta, concava, apice recurva, 3nervia, c, 0.6 

 cm. longa, 0.14 cm. lata. Labellum basi sigmoideum, 31obum, 

 3nervium, costis 2 parallelis, brevibus, erectis, rotundatis inter 

 Lobos lateralales supra unguem, expansum ambitu oblongum, c. 0.4 

 cm. longum, a basi usque ad apicem loborum lateralium c. 0.15 cm. 

 longum, ungue brevi concavo : lobi latérales minimi, apice subulato 

 c. 0.04 cm. longo: lobus intermedius oblongo-rhombeo-obovatus 

 vel oblongo-rhombeus, obtusus, concavus, c. 0.20 cm. longus, 0.15 cm. 

 latus. Gynostemium curvatum, ad basin alae apicalis leviter constric- 

 tum, totum c. 0.25 cm. longum, basi distincte prominens, ala apicali 

 porrecta, concava, obtusa, -angustata vel subtruncata, apice irregu- 

 lariter denticulata, c. 0.125 cm. longa, alis lateralibus infra médium 

 gynostemii ortis, alam apicalem subaequantibus, anguste lance- 

 olatis, acuminatis, acutis, edentatis. Anthera cucullata, conica, apice 

 obtusa. Pollinia 4, pyriformia. Rostellum triangulum. Stigma semio- 

 vale, apice truncatum, profunde excavatum. Ovarium breviter obco- 

 nicum, Osulcatum, c. 0.07 cm. longum; pedicellus c. 0.14 cm. longus. 



