878 ORCIIIDES. 



RENANTllERA. 



vcry rarc in Gardens, bcaring iJiis nainc. (,,Varul.i Suliiigi") and niuch rescmbling a 

 Renanlhera , is what Dliime iniemls ; l>ul l |trc.>ume nol" Limll. Fol. IV. Vanda p. 7. 

 sub V. Sulingi Bl. 



C. Araclinaiilhe : labellum minulc angulalo calcaralum seu angulalum ; 

 lobus medius ancipili carinalus. (Dasis labelli lincis gyrosis percursa.) 



A. Ovaria et sepala exlus glabra; calcar manifeslum. 



6. RENANTIIERA FLOS AERIS Rclib. fll. I. c. p. 8S : 



Sepalo dorsali lineari ligulalo obluse aculo reclo, lepalis sepalisque 

 lateralibus descendenli arciiaUs subacqnalibus nunc opice oblique re- 

 lusis, labelli lobis laleralibus oblongo quadralis ercclis lineis gyrosis 

 inter ulrumquc lobum supra lundum calcaris relrorso conici minuLis, 

 lobo medio carnoso ancipili supcrposilequc bidentalo. 



Angvrck Kalontfing Kacmpf Amoen j^. c. ic. 



Epidendrum flos aeris L. Sp. 1348. 



Limodorum flos acris S\v. Schrnd. Journ. 1799. 233. 



Arachnis moschifera Dl. Dijdr. 365. Tabcllen 26. 



Arachnanthe moschifcru Dl. lUimphia IV. 196. 199 



Renanlhera Arachnitcs Lindl. Orch. 217. 

 ,,Caulis radicans, ramosus aliissime scandens." Dl. Folia oblonga angustala apice 

 niinule biloba. ,,Panicula" DI. R.icemosam habemus. „Flores sordide llavi brunneo 

 fasciaii ac gullati.'' Zollinger. Flores oranium maximi. Crescil in Java, unde in Ja- 

 poniae hnnos allala. Locis culiis circa Dataviam, Duilciizorg clc. Dlume ! Kalkfclscn 

 am Kuripan 18. Dtc. 1842. Zollinger 945. 



D. Ovaria ac sepala cxlus his^da; calcar evanidum. 



8. RE.NANTIIERA LOWEI Rchb. 01. 1. c. 89: 



Sepalis tepalisque oblongo lanceolatis margine undulalis, labclli lo- 

 bis lalcralibus Iriangulis, lineis gyrosis inlerjeclis inlcr ulrumiiue supra 

 angulum obtusum (calcar evanidum) in basi lobi medii, lobi medii carina iu- 

 flexa ancipili duplici, superiori ligulala retusa, ancipiti, inleriori aculan- 

 gula minula, ipso lobo biparlito, parlilione superiori crecla Iriangula in 

 arislam reclam exeunte, inferiori acuta triangula antrorsa. 



Vanda Lowei Lindl. Gard. Chron. 1847. 239. 

 „Folia coriacca rigida dislicha." Lindl. Pedunculus flaccidus . pcndulus ,.usque 

 duodecim pedes longus" papillis muriculalis scaber di.stanli raccmosus. Dracleae 

 scujiovalae acuiae ovaria hispida aoquantes, exius minule scabrae . maiginc densc 

 scabro velulinae. Perigonium illi Rcnanihcrae coccineac amplius ct sepala ac tepala 

 subaeoualia laiioia. Tcpala cl sepala iiitus puiicuilaio vclutina. ,,Floics ciirini, lin- 

 nainomeo gullaii ct fasciali.'' — Gynosicmii dorsum bcne vclulinum. — Crcscit in ar- 

 boribus exaltatis locis humidis insulac Dornco. Low ! 



Huc: Vanda Lowei Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1847. p. 239. Fol. V;inda Nr. 3.: 

 V. (foliis coriaceis rigidis dislicliis) , racemo longissimo pendulo 

 flexuoso scabro-piloso, floribus maximis distanlibus coriaceis, scpalis pc- 

 lalisque lanceolalis acuminatis valde uiidiilalis cxtus scabris, labello 

 jiarvo unguiculalo iriangulari glabro sub apice saccalo acutissimo supra 

 iucdium cornu lefracto selaque sub apicc aucto. 



Wild in ihc foresis of Dorneo on high liccs in very damp placcs— i^ow. 

 Flowers lemon-ycllow. barred and blotched wiih bands anil spois of ihe richot 

 «iQoamon, thrcc inchcs in diamelcr, disposcd in pcndulous ratcracs tcn to iwelvc 



