[. I. SMITH. ORCHIDACEAE. 2S7 



lata. Pollinia 4, lateraliter compressa, semiobovata, flava. Pes gynostcmii cuni ovario anLiuluni 



acutum faciens, icversus, Icviter cui\atus, linearis, flavescens, medio longitudinalitcr atropur- 



purco-punctatus, apice citrinus, c. 0.5 cm. longiis. Ovarium undulato-subaIato-se.\angulatum, 



flavescens, c. 0.2 cm. longum; pedicellus cum ovario angulum obtusum feciens, albidiis, c. 1.5 



cm. longus. 



Niederl.-N'eu-Guinea : lui siidlichen Telle. (2e Expédition Ldreniz 1909, Djr-.dja, leb. Ptî. kult. 

 in Hort. Bog.). 



Durch die fliigelartig erhabenen Rippcn des Fruchtknotens erinnert dièse Art an 



D. chrysotropis Schltr., von der sic u. a. durch das 3-lappige Labeilum sofort zu unter- 



sclieiden ist. 



^l Dendrobium platyclinoides J. J. S. in Fedde Rep. XII (1913), 32. 



Tab. CV, 184. 

 Rhizoma patens, ramosum, initio vaginis longis obtectum. Pseudobuibi approximati, ad 

 c. 0.8 cm. distantes, rhizoma continui, plerumque curvuli, teretes, c. 1.25 — 4 cm. longa. 

 0.3 — 0.35 cm. diam., initio nonnullis vaginis accrescentibus ad c. 3 cm. longis inclusi, i-folii. 

 F'olium fere lineare, acqualiter vel inaequaliter acute bidentatum, basi conduplicatum, costa 

 média supra sulcata, coriaceum, c. 4 — 7 cm. longum, 0.8 — 0.575 cm. latum. Inflorescentiae 

 fasciculatae, succedaneae, peduncuHs i-floris, c. i — 1.4 cm. longis, spatha anguste lanceolata, 

 c. I — 1.4 cm. longa. Bractea minima, triangula. Flos mcdiocris, sepalis dorso parce puncti- 

 culatis. Sepalum dorsale e basi conspicue ovato-triangulo-dilatata lineari-caudatum, valde 

 concavum, superne canaliculatum, 5-nervium, nervis tcnuibus interpositis, c. 2.5 cm. longum, 

 basi 0.5 cm. latum. Sepala lateraiia e basi oblique ovato-triangulo-dilatata lineari-caudata, 

 valde concava, superne marginibus incurva, 5-nervia, c. 2.5 cm. longa, basi 0.6 cm. lata. 

 Petala lineari-caudata, basi paulo dilatata, 3-ncrvia, c. 2 cm. longa, 0.125 cm. lata. Labeilum 

 \'alde recurvum, 3-lobum, concavum, glabrum, costis 2 parallelis, inferne confluentibus et 

 pauluni supra basin labelli truncato-terminantibus, glabris, usque ad basin lobi intermedii 

 rectis, in lobo medio tenuioribus undulato-crenulatis infra apicem confluentibus, expansum 

 ambitu e basi unguiculata subovale, c. 0.75 cm., usque ad apicem loborum lateralium 0.475 

 cm. longum, ad lobos latérales c. 0.43 cm. latum; iobi latérales erecti, faicato-trianguli, obtusi, 

 margine incurvi; lobus intermedius recurvus, majusculus, latus, suborbicularis, breviter abrupte 

 apiculato-acuminatus, c. 0.4 cm. longus, 0.475 ^'^^ latus. Gynostemium c. 0.27 cm. longum, 

 apice gibbosum, clinandrio profunde excavato, auriculis antheram superantibus, triangulis, 

 acutis, margine superiore denticulatis, filamento minimo. Antiiera cucullata, apice triangulo, 

 vix o. I cm. lata. Stigma longitudinale, ovale. Pes gynostemii cum ovario angulum rectum 

 faciens, supra basin valde incurvus, undatus, linearis, ine.xpansus c. 0.55 cm. longus. 0\arium 

 6-sulcatum, densius furfuraceo-puncticulatum, cum pedicello c. 1.8 — 1.9 cm. longum. Capsula 

 oblongo-obovoideo, 6-sulcata, immatura c. 1.3 cm. longa. 



.\iederl.-Neu-Guinea : .A.m mittleren Legarei-Fluss in c. 500 m. ii. d. M. (R. 1'. Janowskv n. 71, 

 bl. u. fr. im Juni 191 2). 



Habituell erinnert diesc Art stark an einige Dendrochilnin-Axtcn der Sektion PlcUvchiiis, 

 wie z. K. D. cornu tiini Bl. und D. similc Bl. Dies ist auch der Fall bei />. Phalangillum ].].'t^. 

 Die Form der Lippe erinnert etwas an D. hydropliilum J. J. S. 



