RENANTHERA. 



ORCIIIDES. 679 



fcet long. In somo respects , cspecinlly in ihe minule simple unguiculate lip snccnte 

 near llic point, and two-horned tliere, tliis resembies the genus Arachnanthe. Tlie 

 column is tomentose : ihe scpals an.l peials downy. All the plants whioh wliere im- 

 ported are supposed to have perished: so ihnt iliis noble spccies has slill to he ob- 

 tained for cultivatws. 



9. RENANTIIERA ROIIANIANA Rchb. Gl. 1. c. : 



Sepolis lepalisque lanceolatis radrgine untlulalis,- kibelii lobis lale- 

 ralibns semiqnadralis luimillimis, lineis gyrosis interjectis inter ulrnin- 

 qne supra anguhim (calcar •^vanidum) in basi lobi niedii carma inflexa 

 simplici ligulata lelusa ancipili, ipso lobo bipartito, parlitione superiori 

 liiangula aristata relrorsa, inferiori acuta triangnla ascenJente. 



Pcdunculus elongnuis nigro hispidus (in praecedenli cinnaniomeo hispidus) ; 

 flexuosus. graciiis, Brnclene ovatae acuminaiae nigro veluiinne limbosae, extus his- 

 pidae, ovaria atrobrunneo hispida paulo superantes. Sepala ochracea purpureo gut- 

 lata fuisse visa, quara in praeccdcnte bene minora. Anihera transversa veriice nii- 

 nute cristata, vertice medio acuie triangula . prope endem, quae in R. bilingui. Cau- 

 dicula apice latior, quam basi, obcuneata. Pollinia sphaerica exius fissa. Glandula 

 peltaia. Dorneo Hupe. 



En perpulchra species . quam nobilissimo principi Camillo Rohan, Bolanices ac 

 norliculiurJie fautori egrcgio et expertissimo grati animi signo annuente ipso obe- 

 dienler dicavimus. 



1474. DlPL.O€C:]!I^TRU]II Uucll. 



Bot. Rcg. 1522. 



1. DIPLOCENTRUM RECURVUM Lindl. Orchid. p. 218: VVight Ic. VI. (1851.) 1680: 



Leaves folded, fleshy, recurved : racemes panicled, recnrved, flowers 

 small : spurs obconical, incurved, npper sepal and pelals nearly equal, 

 anterior sepals larger, nnequal sided: lip ovate, entire, acnte, much 

 larger than the sepals; flowers deep pink , fining of on the margins lo 

 \vhile, lip crimson. 



Jyainally Ilills. Moy— Sepl. 



2. DIPLOCENTRUM LONGIFOLIUM R. Wight Ic. V. I. (1851.) 1681; 



Leaves hnear, strapshaped, chanelied, obtuse, oblique, the apex 

 emarginate, racemes axillary, erect, sparingly brancbed, longer than 

 tbe leaves ; scpals and pctals ovatc, nearly all equal, obtuse; hp enlire, 

 nndulaled, obluse or emarginalc. capsules obovatc, pendulous, connecli- 

 vum prolonged inlo a flat very obluse appendage ^vith Ihe cells at llie 

 basc. Sepal? and pelals dull bro^vnish, tinged uith pink, lip dull 

 pinkish-lilac. 



On trces: Orange Vallcy , Ncilghcrries, also Jyamally Ilills. H. Junc. July. 



3. DIPLOCENTRUM CONGESTUM R. Wighl Ic. V.I. (1851.) 1682: 



Leaves shorl, snb-clliplic, oblong, deeply emarginale or 2 lobed al 

 the apex, raccmes longer Ihan leaves, axillaiy, sparingly branchcd, 

 crect, nianynoAvered; flowers congesled. small, sepals and petals ovalc: 

 laleral sepa'ls oblique, largcr Ihan petals; lip /)vatc, lapering, Iruncated 

 at thc poinl; conncclivum of anthor prolongcd, Iruncaled al the apcx ; 

 candicula long subulalc ; gland very largc, somewhat Iwolobed. Co- 

 lour not preserved, but like preceding. 



Jynmally , ireos, rniny monllics. R.nre. 



