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parvi, sepalis petalisquc inferiic lihiciiiis, superne dilute flavis. Sepalum dorsale e basi oblongo- 

 triangula lineari-angustatum, acutum, coiicavum, c. 1.55 cm. longum, basi 0.3 cm. latum. 

 Sepala latcralia e basi valde oblique falcato-triangula lineari-angustata, obtusiuscula, concava, 

 c. 1.5 cm. longa, basi 0.55 cm. lata. Petala lineari-filiformia, basi paulo-dilatata, subfalcatula, 

 acuta, c. 1.5 cm. longa, basi o. i cm. lata. Labellum curvatum, 3-lobum, costis 2 parallelis, 

 rectis, dimidia inferiore glabris albisque, superne vix puberulis purpureo-maculatis e basi usque 

 in médium lobi iiitermedii decurrentibus, e.xpansum ambitu rhombeum, c. O.g cm. longum, 

 0.6 cm. latum; lobi latérales erecti, majusculi, falcato-trianguli, obtusi, albi, apice et margine 

 striis transversis atropurpureis, parte libéra c. 0.2 cm. longa; lobus intermedius late rhombeus, 

 obtusus, undulatus, infernc crenatus, apice conduplicatus et subtus carinatus, albus, c. 0.45 cm. 

 longus, 0.5 cm. latus. Gynostemium album, infra stigma macula triangula badia, c. 0.25 cm. 

 longum, clinandrio denticulato, filamento acuminato, auriculis triangulis, acuminatis. Anthera 

 cucullata, rotundato-quadrata, apice truncata et papillosa. Pollinia 4, oblonga, dilute flava. 

 Stigma longitudinali-oblongum. Pes gynostemii cum ovario angulum acutum faciens, valde 

 incurvus, late linearis, obtusus, concavus, costa longitudinali instructus, medio macula A formi 

 ornatus, dimidia parte superiore atrorubro-maculatus, c. 0.5 cm. longus. Ovarium 6-sulcatum, 

 flavescens, c. 0.25 cm. longum; pedicellus albus, c. 1.2 cm. longus. 



Niederl. Xeu-Guinea : An dem Noord-Fluss, auf Baumen in M£frûxy/onsùm];){en [Exp. Lorentz 

 1907, DjiBDjA n. 21, leb. Pfl.]. 



In der Sektion Longicollia ausgezeichnet durch die verhàltnismàssig kleinen Bliiten, den 

 breit rautenformigen Mittellappen, die verhàltnismàssig grossen Seitenlappen und die 2 

 gerandeten Leisten der Lippe, sowie den stark gekrùmmten Sàulenfuss. 



Dendrobium inconstans J. J- S. in Bull. Dép. Agr. Ind. néerl. n. XIX (1908), 18. 



Tab. XXI. 66. 

 Pseudobulbi approximati, e basi ovoideo-fusiformi c. 4 cm. longa, 1.3 cm. diam. in 

 collum longum, tenue, sectione transversa ellipticum, c. 0.25 cm. latum, apice paulo dilatatum 

 attenuati, nitide virides, i-folii, toti c. 10 cm. longi. Folium erectum, auguste lanceolatum, 

 apice 2-dentatum, costa média supra sulcata, subtus prominente, basi conduplicatum, coria- 

 ceum nitide viride, subtus opacum, dilute viride, c. 10 cm. longum, 2.2 cm. latum. Inflores- 

 centia pseudoterminalis, fasciculata, intervallis plures flores gignens, basi spatha conduplicata 

 c. 2.3 cm. longa cincta, pedunculis c. i.i cm. longis, unifloris. Bractea minima, triangula. Flos* 

 c. 4.6 cm. diam., ephemerus, sepalis petalisque patentissimis, '/j parte inferiore flavescenti- 

 albis, superne flavis. Sepalum dorsale e basi dilatata auguste lineari-angustatum, acutum, con- 

 cavum, c. 3.2 cm. longum, basi 0.5 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia mentum brève formantia, 

 obliqua, e basi triangula leviter falcata anguste lineari-angustata, acuta, concava, c. 3.2 cm. 

 longa, basi 0.7 cm. lata. Petala e basi paulo dilatata lineari-filiformia, acuta, concava, c. 2.85 cm. 

 longa, basi c. 0.2 cm., medio 0.05 cm. lata. Labellum e basi cuneata 3-lobum, intus inter 

 lobos latérales costis 2 sulco separatis, latis, planis, glabris, pallide flavescentibus, ante basin 

 lobo intermedii acute terminantibus, e.xpansum c. 1.13 cm. longum, 0.65 cm. latum; lobi 

 latérales erecti, subtrapeziformes, obtusi, concavi, margine antico irregulariter dentati, albes- 

 centes, transverse purpureo-maculati, maculis ad marginem confluentibus; lobus intermedius 

 recurvus, marginibus superne incurvis, oblongus, apicem versus paulo dilatatus, breviter acutatus. 

 Nova Guinea. VIII. Botanique. 8 



