ORCHIDACE.E 



tricarinati lobi lateralibus rotundatis antice et intermedio ovato 

 serrulatis. " Lindl. /. c. 



The type sheet in the Lindley Herbarium bears two speci- 

 mens. The one that I understand to be the type is a small plant 

 with "three acicular leaves from the axil of the uppermost of 

 which springs the short peduncle bearing at its end a cluster of 

 small dry scales, from which proceeds a single yellowish flower 

 slightly tinged with pink." This is the Loddiges plant referred 

 to in Lindley 's original notice of Dendrobium acicular e. The other 

 specimen on the type sheet bears three flowers on an elongated 

 leafless stem. A flowerless leafy stem from the same rhizome bears 

 four acicular leaves. This specimen is a counterpart of Dendro- 

 bium philippinense Ames. Kranzlin refers to Cuming 2112 and 

 Loher 487 as the Philippine representatives of the species. The 

 Cuming plant, numbered 2112, as I understand it, is the tall, 

 three-flowered one in the Lindley Herbarium which I regard 

 as distinct from the type. Loner's 487 in the specimens I have 

 examined is flowerless, but is a perfect match in habit for speci- 

 mens of D. philippinense Ames. The labellum of D. philippinense 

 is not three-lobed. I have not seen any Philippine material refer- 

 able to D. aciculare. 



2. Dendrobium (§Grastidium) acuminatissimum (2?/.) Li?idl. 



Gen. & Sp. Orch. 86 ; J. J. Smith Orch. Jav. 350, fig. 265. Grasti- 



dium acuminatissimum Bl. Bijdr. 333. 



Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 04.7, November 8, 1912. On trees 100-200 

 feet above ground. Altitude 60 meters. Flowers odorless, pure white. 



3. Dendrobium acuminatum Rolfe ex Ames in Ames Orchi- 

 dace,e 1 : 86; 2 :t. 17. 



Luzon. 



4. Dendrobium aduncum Wall MS. ex Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 



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