S68 J. J. SMITII. ORCllIDACEAE. 



longi et 0.6 — 0.7 cm. diam, foliati, intcrnodiis c. 1.5 — 3 cm. longis. Folia patentia, lineari- 

 lanceolata, oblique obtusa vel lateralibus inaequilongis semiobtusis, nervo medio supra sulcato 

 subtus prominente, subcoriacea, viridia, supra nitida, subtus opaca, c. 9 — 11 cm. longa, i.i — 1.9 

 cm. lata; vaginae tubulosae, internodia superantes. Inflorescentiae ad nodos caulium defolia- 

 torum, abbreviato-racemosae, subcapituliformes, pluriflorae, rachide angulata nitida pallide 

 viridi, c. 1.5 — 3.5 cm. longa. Bracteae magnae, foliaceae, ovato-oblongae, acutae, acute acumi- 

 natae, concavae, c. 5 — 7-nerviae, viridi-albescentes, c. 1.2 — 2 cm. longae, 0.4 — 0.75 cm. latae. 

 Flores médiocres, c. 1.5 — 2 cm. lati, 2 — 2.75 cm. longi, sepalis petalisque erecto-patentibus 

 membranaceis viridi vel flavescenti-albis. Sepalum dorsale anguste ellipticum vel lanceolatum, 

 breviter acute subulato-acuminatum, basi convexum, ceterum subplanum, c. 1.325 — 1.9 cm. 

 longum, 0.43 — 0.65 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia cum pede gynostemii mentum reversum ovario 

 adpressum curvatum oblongum apice a dorso compressum obtusum c. 0.67 — 0.S5 cm. longum 

 formantia, marginibus anticis inferne breviter connata, obliqua, plus minusve oblongo vel 

 lanceolato-triangula, subulato-acuminata, convexa, costa média intus sulcata dorso carinata, 

 c. 1.3 — i.S cm., usque ad apicem pedis columnae c. 1.8 — 2.2 cm. longa, 0.575 — 0.725 cm. 

 lata. Petala obovato-elliptica ad obovata, obtusa vel acuta, breviter apiculata vel acuminata, 

 fascia média convexa, c. 1.225 — 2.125 cm. longa, 0.475 — 0.825 cm. lata. Labellum unguicu- 

 latum, spathulatum, undatum, totum ci. 35 — 1.6 cm. longum, ungue longitudine c. 0.225 — 0.37 

 cm. pedi gynostemii adnato oblongo concavo virescenti-albo c. 0.55 — 0.65 cm. longo, incras- 

 satione V-formi a lamina separato, lamina quinquangulato-obrhombea acuta vel vi.x acute 

 acuminata, fascia longitudinali incrassata, marginibus angulato-erectis concava citrina deinde 

 aurea vel interdum dilute viridi-flava, expansa c. 0.8 — 0.95 cm. longa, 0.5 — 0.55 cm. lata. 

 Gynostemium rectum, dilute viride, c. 0.325 — 0.37 cm. longum, clinandrio profunde excavato, 

 filamento subulato, auriculis obtusis. Anthera cucullata, transversa, apice truncata papillosa, 

 antice plana, virescens, deinde saepe flavescens, dimidia parte superiore fusca vel fusco-violacea, 

 c. 0.2 cm. lata. Pollinia 4, oblonga, olivacea vel subnigra, nitida, c. 0.125 cm. longa. Stigma 

 majuscula. Pes gynostemii curvatus, inferne incrassatione valida triangula obtusa viridi apice 

 aurantiaca donatus, apice excavatus, albidus, c. 0.7 — 0.9 cm. longus. Ovarium pedicellatum 

 leviter sigmoideum, subclavatum, virescenti-album c. i — 1.15 cm. longum; ovarium carnoso- 

 sexalatum, alis geminato conniventibus ovario adpressis, c. 0.5 — 0.6 cm. longum. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: Am oberen Digul (B. Branderhorst 1909, leb. Pfl., kult. in Hort. Bog. 

 unter n. 121 B und 195 B); an dem Noord-Fluss auf Baumen in Sûmpfen der Ebene (Von 

 RôMER n. 250, bl. im September 1909). 



Deutsch Neu-Guinea : Am oberen Kaiserin Augusta-FIuss in etwa 400 m. u. d. M. (K. Gjellerup 

 n. 391, bl. im November 1910). 



Herr Prof. Dr. F. KràNZLIN batte die Gùte dièse Pflanze mit dem Original zu 



vergleichen. 



Die Art ist oftenbar in Neu-Guinea nicht selten. 



^ Dendrobium constrictum J. J. S. in Bull. Dép. Agric. Ind. néerl. n. XIX (1908), 15; in Nova 

 Guinea VIII, 79 (p. p.), XXVII, 87 excl. fig. a); Krzl. in Pflanzenr. Heft 45, 138. 



Tab. XCIVa. 



Rhizoma repens, ramosum. Gaules c. 0.5 — 1.3 cm. inter se distantes, biseriati, patentes, 



cylindrici, vel plus minusve fusiformes, nodis oblique contracti, c. 3 — 6 nodes, c. 2 — 3 folii, 



