T2 J. J. SMITH. ORCHIDEEN. 



parce pilosum,. expansu m ambitu cuneato-obovatum, c. 1.35 cm. longum, 0.85 cm. latum; lobi 

 latérales erecti, gynostemium amplectentes et multo superantes, falcato-porrecti, oblongi, obtusi, 

 irregulariter denticulati, concavi, albi, intus dense prominenter purpureo-punctati, extus parce 

 punctati, c. 0.4 cm. long! ; lobus intermedius revolutus, ambitu ovatus, margine dense laciniatus, 

 laciniis dentatis et lacinulatis, apice tenuiter subulato-acuminatus, intus laciniis exceptis villosus, 

 albus, laciniis pupureis, c. 0.6 cm. longus, 0.55 cm. latus. Gynostemium cum ovario angulum 

 obtusum faciens, apice contractum, album, purpureo-punctato-marginatum, apice dorso macula 

 punctata atropurpurea ornatum, c. 0.35 cm. longum, auriculis rotundatis, crenulatis, atropurpureo- 

 marginatis. Anthera cucullata, apice truncata, alba, maculis 3 atropurpureis. Pollinia 4, oblonga, 

 pallide flavescentia. Stigma magnum, urceolatum. Pes gynostemii cum ovario angulum rectum 

 formans, rectus, apice incurvus, dimidia parte inferiore albus purpureo-punctatus, superne 

 excavatus, miniatus, c. 0.5 cm. longus. Ovarium 6-sulcatum, dilute viride, vix purpureo-punc- 

 tatum, c. 0.3 cm. longum; pedicellus albescens, c. 0.75 cm. longus. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea : Ohne nilhere Fundortsangabe. 



Dièse Art wird schon sehr lange im botanischen Garten kultivirt, blùhte 1908 jedoch 

 vvahrscheinlich zum ersten Maie. 



Die Bliiten sind ebenso gross wie die der gros.sten Formen des D. actiminatissimutn (Bl.) 

 Lndl., unterscheiden sich jedoch durch die Farbe, die stumpfen Seitenlappen und den stark 

 zerschlitzten Mittellappen. Sie besitzen einen starken, sùssen, an Galium verum L. erinnern- 

 den Geruch. 



^ Dendrobium falcatura J. J. S. in Bull. Dép. Agr. Ind. néerl n. XIX (1908), 17. 



Tab. XXV. 78. 



Gaules approximati, tenues, leviter flexuosi, sectione transversa elliptici, foliati, c. 27 

 cm. longi, 0.15 cm. lati, internodiis c. 1.5 — 1.7 cm. longis. Folia ovato-lanceolata, apice 

 subabrupte acuminata, obtusa, subinaequaliter bilobulata, costa média supra sulcata, subtus 

 prominente, c. 3.5 — 4 cm. longa, 0.95 — i.i cm. lata; vaginae internodiis paulo longiores, 

 sectione transversa rhombeae, longitudinaliter costulatae antice lamina opposito dente majus- 

 cule, triangulo, c. 0.2 — 0.27 cm. longo donatae. Inflorescentiae vaginas 2 perforantes, brevis- 

 simae, basi squamis brevissimis, lateraliter compressis cinctae, 2-florae. Flores parvi. Sepalum 

 dorsale sigmoideum, oblongum. acutum, basi latum, inferne convexum, superne concavum, 

 extus ad apicem verrucosum, c. 0.93 cm. longum, 0.3 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia cum pede 

 gynostemii mentum saccatum, late conicum, lateraliter compressum, obtusum, deorsum spectans, 

 c. 0.3 cm. longum formantia, oblongo-triangula, falcata, apice incurva et marginibus incurvis 

 subcucullata, concava, extus ad apicem verrucosa, c. 0.76 cm. longa, basi 0.4 cm. lata. Petala 

 spathulata, falcatula, apice incurva, acuta, 5-, basi 3-nervia, c. 0.S5 cm. longa, 0.25 cm. lata. 

 Labellum erectum, apice recurvum, 3-lobum, intus costa longitudinali in lobo medio dilatata 

 et obsolète 3-seriatim papilloso-verruculosa, expansum late rhombeum, c. 0.5 cm. longum, 

 0.36 cm. latum; lobi latérales erecti, breviter trianguli, obtusi, intus transverse prominenter 

 costulati, lobus intermedius majusculus, late triangulus, acuminatus, acutus, basi utrinque 

 irregulariter lobulatus, c. 0.25 cm. longus, 0.36 cm. latus. Gynostemium longiusculum, vix 

 curvatum, dorso convexum, infra apicem paulum constrictum, c. 0.36 cm. longum, apice 



