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Dendrobium subfalcatum J. J. S. im FecUle Rep. Xll (19131, .50. 



Tab. Cil, 178. 



Cailles approximati, apicem versus sensiiii Icviter iiicrassati, acutc iiuaciriquctri, scctionc 

 transversa rhombei, opaco-viridcs, c. 4.25 cm. longi, apice ad 0.26 — ^0.425 cm. liiani., apicc 

 aiitice dente brevi lateraliter comprcsso instructi. Folium subfalcato-ovato-lanccolatum ad 

 -oblongum, apicem versus sensim angustatum, obtusum, inacqualiter 2-dcntatum, costa média 

 supra sulcata subtus promineiite, cariiosulum, opaco-viritle, c. 5 — 6 cm. longum, 1.3 — 1.55 cm. 

 latum, vcl 5 cm. loiigum, 1.9 cm. iatuni. Inllorcscentiae tasciculatae, spatha conduplicata, oblonga, 

 semirotundata, acuta, interdum apicc falcatulo-recurva, carinata, nervosa, c. 0.7 — i cm. lonjj'a, 

 pedunculis brevissimis, i-floris, vaginatis. Flos parvus, pallidc flavcscens, c. 0.7- — 0.85 cm. 

 latus, 0.67 cm. longus. Sepalum dorsale erectum, apicc incurvum. marginibus recurvis valde 

 conve.xum. oblongum, brevissimc acumiuatum, basi 3-nervium, c. 0.4 cm. Unigum, 0.2 cm. 

 latum. Sepala lateralia a sepalo intermedio remote inscrta, basi cum pede gynostemii et ungue 

 labclli mentum calcariforme reversum ovario parallclum subovale vol suborbiculare a dorso 

 compressum rectum obtusissimum pallide viride nitidum c. 0.2 cm. longum 0.15 cm. latum 

 formantia. patentissima. suhtorta, unduiata, oblique- subobovata vel suborbicularia, iibtusissima, 

 margine antico anguste incurva, basi 3-nervia, dimidia parte interiore albitla, c. 0.37 cm. longa, 

 0.27 cm. lata. Petala patentia, falcato-incurva, basi excepta valde concava, e basi valde oblique 

 dilatata margine antico in dentem aucta sublinearia, -'- partibus superioribus plus minusve 

 spathulato-dilatata erosaquc, acuta, i-nervia, c. 0.36 cm. longa, supernc c. o. i cm., basi 0.15 

 cm. lata. Labclium (pars liber) erectum, leviter rccur\um, 3-lobum, concavum, supra inter 

 lobos latérales fascia longitudinali puberula, subtus sulco longitudinali, lobo intermedio exccpto 

 vi.\ roseo-album, e.xpansum late cuneatum, c. 0.36 cm. longum, ad lobos latérales 0.24 cm. latum ; 

 lobi latérales erecti, margine antico inter lobum intermedium siti, valde oblique ovati, 

 oblique rotundati, basi valde obliqui, concavi ; lobus intcrmcdius multo major, leviter recurvus, 

 marginibus incurvis concavus, latissimus, apicem versus dilatatus, basi late rotundatus, apice 

 truncatus, retusus cum lobulo rotundato aequilongo, intus costis 5 longitudinalibus brevibus 

 crassis apicem haud attingentibus ornatus, crasse carnosus, flavesccnti-albus, c. 0.17 cm. longus, 

 0.36 cm. latus. Gynostemium rectum, a dorso compressum, album, subtus minutissime purpureo- 

 punctatum, c. 0.17 cm. longum, filamcnto triangulo, auricuiis triangulis, sensim acuminatis, 

 integerrimis, filamcntum superantibus, antheram aequantibus. Anthera cucuUata, quadrangula, 

 apice angustata truncata, dorso truncata subretusa, anticc plana, alba, purpurco-marginata et 

 antice macula triangula purpurea notata, c. o.i cm. lata. l'ollinia 4, curvata, lincaria. .Stigma 

 quadrangulum, margine infcriore rotundatum. Pes gynostemii antice pubescens. Uvarium acute 

 triquetrum, costa multo minore in lateribus, minutissime furfuraceo-[)unctatum, ililute viride, 

 c. 0.175 — 0.2 cm. longum; pedicellus trigonus, parcissime punctatus, ddute viridis, c. 0.9 cm. 

 longus. 



Niederl.-Xeu-Ciuinea: Hinlerland von Hollandia, ciiiyhytisch ini W'alile auf eiiicni llnycl in 

 c. 50 ni. il. d. M. (In.. (ijKLi.F.uup 11. 941, 1)1. un Septeniber 191 1). 



Die Pflanze ist offenbar nahe verwandt mit /A luculum (Schltr.) J. J. S. ; nach SciILKCHTERs 

 Skizze sind die Lippen der beiden Pflanzen einander sogar sehr àhnlich. lis gibt aber der 

 Heschreibung nach so viele Unterschiede, dass sie zvveifelsoline spezifisch verschieden sein mi.issen. 



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