J. J. SMITH. ORCHIDACEAE. 567 



Tab. XCIIlB. 



Caules approxiniati, valiili, cylindrici, leviter flexuosi, supcnic ad iiodos constricti, loiigi- 

 tudinaliter sulcati, nitidi, virides, adulti viridi-flavi, 0.65 cm. longi, medio c. i.i cm. diam., 

 inteniodiis superne dccrescentibus c. 4 — i cm. longis. Folia patentissima, lincari-lanccolata, 

 apice plus miiuisve inaeqiialia vel bidentata, dentibus semirotundatis, costa mcdia .supra .sulcata 

 subtus promincntc, coriacoo-mcmbranacea, viridia, subtus pallidiora, c. 9.5 — 11.5 cm. longa, 

 1.65 — 2.3 cm. lata; vaginao tubulosae. Inflorescentiae ad nodos caulium dcfoliatorum abbrc- 

 viato-racemosac, sessilcs, multiflorac, rachide angulata glabra dilutc viridi c. 2.3 cm. longa. 

 Bractcae patentissimac, ovales ad oblongae vel etiam .suborbiculare.s, obtusae vel supcriores 

 acutae, valde concavae, membranaceae, pallide virescentes, leviter purpareo-suftusac, ad c. 0.65 

 cm. loiigae. Flores inagni, pulchri, valde aperti, ad c. 3.35 cm. lati, 2f7 cm longi, sepalis 

 petalisque purpureis apice pallide flavcscentibus. Sepalum dorsale ovale, obtusum, vix obtu.se 

 apiculatum, leviter concavum, c. 7-nervium, c. 1.65 cm. longum, fere i cm. latum. Sepala 

 lateralia lacinia oblonga concava ad pedem gynostemii decurrentia, mentum .subrectum ovario 

 parallelum subconico-cylindricum obtusum c. 2 cm. longum medio 0.66 cm. diam. formantia, 

 marginibus anticis longitudine c. 0.85 cm. connata, oblique subovalia, obtusa, vi.x obtuse 

 apiculata, convexa, c. 7-nervia, c. 1.65 cm., usque ad apicem pedis gynostemii 3.35 cm. longa, 

 1.15 cm. lata. Petala oblique cuneato-obovata, obtusa, vix obtuse apiculata, parte mediana 

 conve.xa, margine concava, c. 1.57 cm. longa, 0.9 cm. lata. Labellum unguiculatum, spathu- 

 latum, indivisum, marginibus praesertim apicem versus incurvis valde concavum, carnosum, 

 intus ad basin laminae appendice reversa triangula obtusa concava postice in co.stula cxcurrente 

 donatum, expansum totum c. 2.75 cm. longum, ungue ventricoso longitudine 0.55 cm. pedi 

 gynostemii adnato pallide roseo e.xtus nitido c. i cm. longo, lamina expansa cuneato-subob- 

 ovata apice late rotundata margine apicali incurva erosulaque aurantiaca intus nitida e.xtus 

 opaca c. i./S cm. longa 1.5 cm. lata. Gynostemium brève, quadrangulum, album, c. 0.4 cm. 

 longum, 0.5 cm. latum, filamento subulato, auriculis latis obtusis subretusis. Anthera cucullata, 

 quadrangula, dorso retusa, apice truncata puberulaque, alba, intus atropurpurea. Pollinia 4, 

 anguste oblonga, supra convexa, obscure olivacea, c. 0.2 cm. longa. Rostellum dente reverso 

 triangulo acuto instructum. Stigma quadrangulum, inferne incrassatum. Pes gynostemii ovario 

 parallelus, rectus, parte superiore c. 0.55 cm. longa excavata et basi membrana brevi exci-sa 

 marginibus lateralibus adnata obtecta, basi pallide roseus, apicem versus pallide ochrascens, 

 c. 1.9 cm. longus. Ovarium pedicellatum vix clavatum, purpureum, nitidum ; ovarium 6-sulcatum, 

 c. 0.7 cm. longum; pedicellus 2.4 cm. longus. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: An dem Noord-Fhiss Exp. Lorentz 1909, (R.^chm.at, Icb. Pfl., kult. in Hort. 



Bog. unter n. 43 R); am oberen Eilanden-Fluss ^(B. Branderhorst, 1910, kult. in Hort. Bog. 



unter n. 254 B und 268 B). 

 Die Grosse der Bluten dieser hubschen Pflanze ist ziemlich variabel ; die obcn be- 

 schriebenen sind die grossten, die ich gesehen habe. Gelegentlich ist das Kinn vorn nahezu 

 bis zur Spitze offen. 



J Dendrobium Novae Hiberniae Krzl. in Ustr. Bot. Zeit. XLIV (1894), 301; in Ptlajizenr., Heft 32, 



(1910), 135, fig. 9, .\— D. 



Tab. XCIIIc. 

 Caules approximati, cylindracei, paulum supra nodos leviter constricti, ad c. 38 cm. 



