ORCHIDACEjE 



1.5 cm.longi,3-5flori, infra racemum bracteis tubularibus, 2 mm. 

 longis vaginati. Flores flavidi, circiter 1 cm. longi cum mento, ap- 

 proximate; pedicellus gracilis cum ovario vix 1 cm. longus. Brac- 

 tese inflorescentiae cymbiformes, 3 mm. longa?, persistentes. Se- 

 pala lateralia 7 mm. longa, triangularia, acuta, carinata, prsesertim 

 ad apicem. Carina quam apex sepalorum longior. Sepalum dor- 

 sale oblongi-lanceolatum, leviter carinatum. Petala oblanceolata, 

 7 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata prope apicem, sparsim denticulata. La- 

 bellum 1 cm. longum,trilobatum,tridentiforme,margine ciliatum 

 et fimbriatum, discus puberulus; lobi laterales oblongi, 2 mm. 

 longi, circiter 1 mm. lati ; lobus medius triangularis, circiter 4 mm. 

 longus, 2 mm. latus. Mentum 4 mm. longum. Gynostemium 

 breve, crassum. 



Among the Philippine species of Dendrobium examined this 

 one seems most likely to be the normal form of D. pseudaclinia 

 Lindl. In the absence of positive information, however, it is best 

 to treat the plant as a distinct species. 



I have not seen any leafy stems. My description of the leaves 



is drawn from an excellent photograph preserved with the type 



in the Bureau of Science Herbarium. The labellum lobes are all 



directed forward, the lateral ones slightly divergent. Only the 



lobes are ciliate or fringed. From the flowers examined it would 



seem that the middle nerve of the labellum is more prominent 



than the other nerves. 



Luzon, Rizal Province, Maximo Ramos Bur. Sci. 304-1. Flowered at 

 Manila, August 19, 1907. 



58. Dendrobium profusum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1884) 

 1 : 510. Referred by Kranzlin to Subgenus Dendrocoryne and 

 compared with D. superbiens Reichb. f. 



59. Dendrobium pseudaclinia Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 3 : 9. 



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