ORCHIDACE.E 



the synonymy of D. nudum Lindl. Kranzlin doubts the correct- 

 ness of this treatment. 



"Aff. D. sanguinolento (labello tamen subintegro): caulesim- 

 plici, foliis lanceolatis acutis, sepalis lateralibus in perulam asqua- 

 lem obtusam productis, labello cuneato dilatato bilobo, callo ob- 

 tusangulo ante sinus loborum. Caulis bipedalis pleistophyllus. 

 Vaginas foliorum dejectorum retuso cupulatas (igitur amplse). 

 Foliorum tela membranaceam inter et carnosam. Racemi later- 

 alis bi- triflori. Bractea? lanceolata? acuta? ovarii longe pedicellati 

 sextam-septimam aaquantes. Flores illis Dendrobii crumenati; 

 longitudine sc. diametro per ovarium verticali, contra altera 

 diametro breviores. Sepalum summum ovatum acutiusculum. 

 Sepala lateralia triangula longe producta apice libero obtusa. 

 Labellum ante imum pedem gynostemii ibi insertum, ubi co- 

 alescunt sepala lateralia per longitudinem anticam prope fissa 

 (more Eriarum Dendrobiorum quorundam, PelexiaB, Diadenii). 



"Bliithen rosa-orange. An Baiimen des Berges Smiru, 4-5, 

 2-4. x. 44. Nr. 231." Reichb. /. c. 



10. Dendrobium basilanense Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 7:14. 

 Mindanao, Basilan. 



11. Dendrobium Brongniartii Kranzl. Dendrobiinae 210. Eria 

 aporoides Lindl. belongs here if Kranzlin's conclusions are 

 adopted. His treatment oiAporum incrassatum Brong., which he 

 regards as conspecific with Eria aporoides, is from my point of 

 view absolutely defensible. The drawing of the labellum in the 

 original plate of A. incrassatum, even with its supposed inaccura- 

 cies, is too much like the labellum of E. aporoides to be relied on 

 for specific differentiation. Schlechter's treatment of E. aporoides, 

 for which he proposes a new section under Eria, is without 

 botanical support if we regard the number of pollen masses as a 



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