J. .1. SMITH. ORCHIDACKAE. 3OI 



Von crstcrcr ist sic diirch klciiiere Blatter, kleincre Blùten, eiiicn weniger gekriinimtL-ii Sàulenfuss, 

 schmàlerc, mit cincm vicl kleineren Hypochil und anders gefonntcn ("allas versehene Lippe ohne 

 behaarten Callus an der Basis, kùizeie Anthère, von D. acianthuiii Schltr. duich bedeutend 

 klcinere Bliiten, eine in ^/, iiber dcr Basis eingeschnùrtc, anders gcfàrbtc Lippe unterschicden. 



^Dendrobium bipulvinatum J. I. S. in Fedde Rep. XII (1913), 397. 



Tab. ex, 196. 



Gaules elongati, dependentes, ramosi, compressi, sectionc transversa elliptici, bene 

 foliati. c. 75 cm. longi, radicibus clongatis tenuibus, internodiis c. 0.6 — 0.9 cm. longis, apice 

 ad c. 0.225 cm. latis, basin versus angustatis. Folia patentia, equitantia, lateraliter compressa, 

 articidata, lineari-triangula, acuta, pungentia, bas! oblique rotundata, margine superiore leviter 

 curvata, margine inferiore apice tantum levissime curvata, carnosa, supra inferne fissa, margine 

 superiore c. 2.3 — 2.6 cm., margine inferiore 2.75 — 2.9 cm. longa, supra basin 0.45 — 0.5 cm. 

 alta; vaginae tubulosae, valde lateraliter compressae, apice valde obliquae, carnosae, internodia 

 paulum superantes, c. 0.5 cm. latae. Inflorescentiae axillares, 2 vaginas perforantes, brevis- 

 simac, simplices vcl fasciculato-ramosae, pedunculo abbreviato, cauli adpresso, fera omnino 

 vagina folii incluso, omnino vaginulis accrescentibus alternatim bifariis imbricatis inferne 

 tubulosis acute acuminatis carinatis ad c. 0.55 cm. longis tecto. Flores minusculi, haud valde 

 aperti, c. 0.9 cm. lati, i cm. longi, carnosi. Sepalum dorsale horizontale, subovato-oblongum, 

 apicein versus angustatum, conico-apiculato-acuminatum, concavum, 3-ncr\iam, c. 0625 cm. 

 longum. 0.275 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia cum pede gynostomii mentum brève rectangule 

 conicum obtusum 2-lobum c. 0.36 cm. longum formantia, divcrgentia, oblique triangula, breviter 

 conico-acuminata, basi oblique rotundata, concava, 5-nervia, c. 0.575 cm. longa, basi aequilata. 

 Petala minora, oblique oblonga, apiculata, i-nervia, c. 0.36 cm. longo, 0.15 cm. lata. Labellum 

 curvatum, simplex, carnosum, dimidio inferiore fascia- longitudinali laevi nitida apicem versus 

 dilatata in utraque canaliculae parte convexa ornatum, margine iatiusculo papillosum, incras- 

 sationibu-s 2 pulviniformibus oblique ellipticis margine interiore altioribus subverrucosis papil- 

 losis inferne divergentibus apicem labelli haud attingentibus in tlimidia parte superiore praeter 

 marginem, callis 2 parvulis hirtellis interdum plus minusvc confluentibus intus ad basin, subtus 

 convexum cum sulco longitudinali, 3-nervium, expansum subobovato-oblongum, basi leviter 

 2-auriculatum, medio ferc paulo constrictum, obtusum vel obtusiusculum, apicuiatum, apice 

 glabrum, c. 0.625 cm. longum, 0.275 cm. latum. Gynostemium brève, dorso convexum, absque 

 anthera 0.15 cm. longum, auriculis latis, subtruncatis, dcnticulatis. Anthera alte cucullata, a 

 dorso compressa, obovata, apice obtusissima, c. 0.13 cm. longa. PoUinia 4, brevia, in corpuscula 

 2 subsemiovalia unita, interiora quam exteriora angustiora, vix 0.03 cm. longa. Pes gynostemii 

 cum ovario angulum acutum ferc rectum faciens, incurvus, oblongus, apicem versus paulo 

 angustatus, truncatus, c. 0.375 cm. longus. Ovarium brevissimum, obconicum, apice \aldc 

 obliquum, subtus valde excavatum, supra c. 0.3 cm., subtus 0.15 cm. longum. Capsula immatura 

 sessilis, oblique ellipsoidea, trigona, subtus valde excavata, c. o.S cm. longa, 0.5 cm. diam., 

 flore coronata. 



Xiederl.-Xeu-Guinea: Hinterland von HoUandia an dcr Hiunboldt-Bai in c. 50 ni. ù. d. M., 

 epiphytisch im VValdrande gegen cinen mit fiiipiiala bcwachscnen Hiigel. (K. (iiF.r.i.KRUi' 

 n. 950, bl. im Januar 191 2) 



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