ORCHIDACE.E 



ing specimen preserved in the Lindley Herbarium. Reichenbach 

 referred D. modestum to § Strongyle, and ascribed to it affinity 

 with D. aciculare Lindl. D. aciculare Lindl. is a representative of 

 § Rhopalanthe. Only two species of § Strongyle from the Philip- 

 pines are known to me, and while neither of them is referable to 

 D. modestum, they show no affinity with D. aciculare. 



47. Dendrobium multiramosumsp. nov. Aff. D. tenuicauli Hook, 

 f. Caules conferti, a rhizomate breve, 4 dm. alti, supra ramosi, 

 pluri-multi-articulati, basi per 10 cm. (± 4 internodia) leviter 

 fusiformes, sulcati, 5-8 mm. in diametro, internodia 2.5-4 cm. 

 longa. Ramuli±5 cm. longi, graciles. Folia pauca dissita, linearia 

 usque ad 9 cm. longa, in sicco circiter 1 mm. lata, rigida. Flores 

 singuli. Ovarium cumpedicello circiter 1 cm.longum,gracile. Se- 

 palum dorsale anguste ellipticum, obtusum, vix 1 cm. longum, 

 circiter 3 mm. latum, membranaceum. Sepala lateralia antice 

 triangulal cm. longa, ad apicem leviter cucullata, acuta, postice in 

 mentum obtusum, 1 cm. longum productum. Petala oblonga, ro- 

 tundata, subacuta, ad basim leviter attenuata, 9 mm. longa, cir- 

 citer 3 mm. lata, per medium trinervia, pauci-reticulata. Labellum 

 1 cm. longum, cuneato-unguiculatum, circiter 9 mm. latum, supra 

 medium trilobatum margine subtiliter crenulatum; lobi laterales 

 truncati, labellum e basi gynostemii ad apicem loborum later- 

 alium 1 cm. longum, lobus medius quadratus ad apicem rotun- 

 datus, obscure apiculatus, 4 mm. longus, 4 mm. latus, linear per 

 discum 3, vix prominentes, discus prope medium lobi medii pu- 

 berulus. Columna 2 mm. longa, stelidia magna obtusa. 



In the type the pseudobulb is covered by a thin grayish mem- 

 branous sheath. Above the pseudobulb the stem is hardly 2 mm. 

 thick, and at intervals of from 3 cm. to 4 cm. gives off horizontal 

 branches, at the base of which rootlets arise. The flowers are borne 



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