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columne pede in mentum conico-oblongum extensa. Peta 
indies lac or 3 lin. longa. Labellum foate 
ongum, concav 53} lin. longum, margine prope apicem 
walle inflexo ikaw denticulato, medio subconstrictum et callo 
transverso membranaceo arcuato ornatum. Ooluwmna lata et 
brevissima. Mentwm 3} lin. longum. 
NEW GUINEA. 
Imported with Dendrobiwm atroviolaceum, Rolfe, by Messrs. 
F. Sander & Co., and flowered in their e eres at St. Albans 
in October, 1898. The flowers, together with the pedicels, are 
light rose-pink, with light yellow tips to ah sepals and petals. 
They are remarkably like those of D. rutriferuwm, Reichb. £., but 
are borne in racemes, not in axillary fascicles. 
244, Dendrobium quinarium, Rol/e ; etragono, Lindl., affine, 
sepalis petalisque Peper nec Senin labello brevi nec 
recurvo, mento bre 
Pseudobulbi eee clavati, tetragoni, 6-9 poll. longi, basi 
graciles, apice ay sali Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuta. Racemi 
subt erminales, breves, biflori; bractez ovato-o long, acute, 
3-4 ong ; pe edicelli circa 1-14 poll. longi, leves. Sepala 
oblongo-lanceolata, subacuta, 13-14 lin. longa; lateralia dorsali 
basi pa aullo latiora, Petala ‘oblongo-lanceolata, subacuta, sepalis 
i xpansum 
at 
pe ; discus quinque-carinatus, basi cum dente carnoso triangulari 
, carinis lateralibus apice plus minus dentatis. Coluwmna 
beeein latissima. Mentwm breve, obtusum, 2 lin. longum. 
NEW GUINEA. 
Introduced ‘sre Dendrobium Johnsonie, F. ints ell., vd 
eas Hugh Low & Co., and flowered in their rsery i 
July, 1898. flower light yellow, with several light wi 
nerves in front of the lip. 
245. Dendrobium inequale, Rolfe; ad D. hoon Reichb. f. 
accedit, differt floribus majoribus, labello plano trilo 
Pseudobulbi tetragoni, 8-11 poll. longi, 3-4 lin. lati, basi graciles 
apice diphylli ; internodia numerosa, 5-6 lin. longa. Folia (im- 
longum, 9 lin. latum ; lobi laterales ovato-oblongi, obtusi ; ; ‘obeis 
intermedius late triangularis, acutus ; — lamello oblongo 
erecto instructus. Colwwmna lata, 2 lin. longa, 
Naw GUINEA. 
Introduced by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., who flowered it in 
March last. It is an anomalous species, apparently most allied 
