56 Bulletin Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, S érie III, Vol. V. Livr. i. 



Sumatra: Agam, Brani, 900 m., in tiie forest. (H. A. B. BiiNNEMEljER 

 n. 3333, June 1918). 



A near ally of D. longifoliiim RCHB. F., but with shorter pseudobulbs, 

 tlie sheaths deiisely dotted blackish, muriculate inflorescences and flowers, 

 the lip with shorter side lobes. 



"Flowers green". (BiiNNEMEljER). 



Description from very few dried spécimens and flowers preserved in 

 alcohol. 



Tiie material of n. 3438 is very poor. Hère the hp is more oval and 

 blunt. 



^ Dendrochilum (sect. Platyclinis) basale J. J. S. n. sp. 



Pseudobuibi ovoidei ad subglobosi, apice leviter contracti, cl — 2cm. 

 longi, 0.95—0.8 cm. diam., initio vaginis imbricantibus tubulosis acutis dense 

 prominenter nervosis atrofusce punctatis sursum accrescentibus ad c. 4.5 

 cm. longis tecti. Folium lanceolatum, apice contractum, acutum, basi acuta 

 abrupte in petiolùm contractum, supra in utraque parte costae mediae 

 canaliculatae leviter convexum, coriaceum, c. 4.6 — 6.6 cm. longum, 0.95 — 1.8 

 cm. latum ; petiolus canaliculatus, c. 1.2—1.9 cm. longus. Inflorescentia 

 folio haud bene evoluto synantha, erecta, pedunculo filiformi, c. 9—9.5 cm. 

 longo, raciiide nutante, lateraliter compresso-quadrangula, funfuraceo-punc- 

 tata, c. 7 cm. longa, internodiis c. 0.4—0.45 cm. longis. Bracteae patentis- 

 simae, marginibus involutae, late eliipticae, apice serrulatae, subobtusae, 

 basi truncatae, furfuraceo-punctatae, 3nerviae, c. 0.47 cm. longae, 0.35 cm. 

 latae, bractea infima sterilis. Flores c. 17, majusculi. Sepalum dorsale ovato- 

 lanceolatum, apicem versus sensim angustatum et recurvulum, acutum, obtus- 

 angule concavum cum lateribus convexis, 3nervium, c. 1 cm. longum, 

 0.275 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia oblique ovato-lanceolata, apicem recurvulum 

 versus sensim angiistata, acuta vel subacuta, obtusangule canaliculata cum 

 lateribus convexis, dorso carinata, 3nervia, c. 1 cm. longa, 0.3 cm. lata. 

 Petala e basi unguiculato-contracta oblique ovata, leviter acuminata, acuta, 

 basi apiceque excepto erosa, concava, 3nervia, c. 0.875 cm. longa, 0.34 cm. 

 lata. Labellum. elastice insertum, 31obum, undatum. supra basin obtusangule 

 recurvum, apice recurvum, 3nervium, costis 2 parallelis, supra basin costula 

 transversa conjunctis, superne sensim evanescentibus, canaliculo usque ad 

 apicem labelli producto separatis, explanatum c. 0.625 cm., usque apicem 

 loborum lateralium c. 0.2 cm. longum, hypochylio ambitu subsemiorbiculari, 

 antice in lobos latérales erecto-patentes oblique triangulos acutos convexos 

 serrulatos producto; lobus intermedius e basi aequilateraliter trapeziformi 

 c. 0.08 cm. longa basi 0.25 cm. lata ovatus, subacuminatus, subacutus vel 

 subobtusus, eroso-repandulus, totus c. 0.47 cm. longus, 0.32 cm. latus. 

 Gynostemium gracile, curvatum, sectione transversa triangulum, c. 0.375 cm, 

 longum, alis lateralibus basilaribus, longis, gynostemio conspicue brevioribus, 



