336 J. J. SMITH. (M<CHIDACEAE. 



Die lilutcn lialten sicli, wic ich an in Buitcnzorg kultivirtcn Mxcmplarcn habc fest- 

 stellen konnen, langer als 2 Monate. 



Scill-EnrrKR erwàhnt auch eine rosenrote Forni ; dièse ist in unserem Gebiete noch 

 niclit nachgcwiescn worden. 



^)endrobium molle J. J. S. in Bull. Dl-j). .Vgr. Ind nûerl. n. XIX (1908), 8; etc. 



Xiederl.-Neu-Guinea : (iauticr-Gebirge am Nordabhang in c. 500 m. û. d. M., epiphytisch im 

 Walde. (K. GjELLERUP n. 831, bl. im Novembcr 191 1; auch leb. Pfl. kult. in Hort. Bog. 

 iinter n. 432). Am Noordwest-Fliiss in dcr Ebene in c. 25 m. ii. d. M. (J. .\. \V. Coexen 

 n. ^^, 1912; auch leb. Ptl. kult. in Hort. Bog. unter n. V). 



Dendrobium angustiflorum J. J. S. in Fedde Rep. XI (1912), 132. 



Tab. CXX, 221. 



Caules approximati, c basi attenuata tereti incrassati, longitudinaliter sulcati, .sectione 

 tran.sversa clliptici, paucinodes, c. g cm. longi, 1.2 cm. lati, novelli vaginati, apice i — 2-folii. 

 Folia lanceolata, apice bidentata(r), basi breviter conduplicata, costa média supra sulcata subtu.s 

 ])rominente, coriacea, c. 8.5 — 25 cm. longa, 2.8- — 4.3 cm. lata; vagina tubulosa, lateraiiter 

 compressa, apice anticc dentem obtusum gerens, puncticulata. Inflorescentiae ad nodos caulium, 

 densissime racemosae, multiflorae, ad c. 5.5 cm. longae, pedunculo crasso, velutino-pubescenti, 

 c. 1.5 cm. longo, nonnullis vaginulis brevibus tubulosis latis instructo, rachide multicostata, 

 velutino-pubescenti, inferne c. 0.5 cm. crassa. Bracteae patentes, persistentes, anguste triangulae, 

 infimae latiores, acute acuminatae, concavae, puberulae, ciliolatae, ad c. 0.9 — 1.2 cm. longae. 

 Flores vagi, majusculi, angusti, sepalis inferne subparallelis, divergentibus, dorso puberulis. 

 Sepalum dorsale sublineare, subulato-acuminatum, acutissimum, concavum, 3-ncrvium, c. 2.65 

 cm. longum, 0.45 — 0.375 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia cum pede columnae mentum breviusculum 

 ovario adpressum rectum oblongum oblique obtusum c. 0.625 — 0.75 cm. longum formantia, 

 marginibus anticis basi breviter vel brevissime connata, sépale intermedio majora, oblique 

 linearia, subfalcatula, marginibus superne incurvis subuhito-acuminata. intus concava cum cana- 

 liculo longitudinal!, costa média dorso obtuse prominentc, c. 7-nervia, c. 2.8 — 3 cm., usque 

 ad apicem menti 3.6 — 3.9 cm. longa, 0.625 '^^^- l^ta. Petala oblique linearia, subfalcatula, 

 acuta, interdum apiculata, convexa, margine minute erosulo-sen;ulata, 3-nervia, c. 1.8 cm. 

 longa, 0.26 — 0.27 cm. lata. Labellum apici pedi gynostemii insertum, eo haud adnatum, sub- 

 rectuni, in c. ' - supra basin leviter obtusangule rccurvum, ambitu spathulato-rhombeum. mar- 

 ginibus incurvis concavum, parte apicali convexum, 5-nervium. totum c. 2.35 cm. longum, 

 ungue apicem versus sensim dilatato, in c. 0.45 cm. supra basin paulum constricto et intus 

 costula V-formi instructo, integerrimo, lamina ovata, acuta vel acute acuminata, erosulo-fim- 

 briatula, c. 1.3 — 1.15 cm. longa, 0.66 — 0.7 cm. lata. Gynostcniium a ilorso compressum, apicem 

 versus dilatatum, dorso 3-costatum, c. 0.33 cm. longum, 0.3 cm. latum, clinandrio convexo, 

 fîlamento subulato, auriculis late triangulis falcato-recurvis aequilongo. Anthera cucullata, antice 

 dilatata et breviter producta puberulaque, apice et dor.so truncata, basi biloba, c. 0.2 — 0.225 

 cm. lata. Stigma quadrangulum. Pes gynostemii ovario adpressus, rectus, linearis, antice con- 

 vexus, in c. ^', supra basin sulco parvo transverso curvato donatus, c. 0.63 — 0.7 cm. longus. 

 Ovarium pedicellatum clavatum, 6-sulcatum, dense velutino-pubescens, c. 1.55 — 2.1 cm. longum. 



