ORCHIDACEiE 



Teijsm. & Binn. and Z). orbicular e J. J. Sm. D. fusco-pilosum 

 differs from the former in having an ecarinate lip, from the lat- 

 ter in having reddish-brown instead of black hairiness on the 

 stem and sheaths and in numerous floral proportions. 



GuRULAU Ridge, Clemens 300 (Type), November 1915. Flower cream 

 color. Marei Parei Spur, Clemens '28 Jf.^ November 1915. Flower white, 

 purple lip. 



5. Dendrobium (§ Aporum) kiauense A. 8^ S. sp. nov. 

 Herba robusta,suberecta. Caulis valdissime complanatus, vaginis 

 foliorum fere vel omnino obtectus. Folia densa, scalpelliformia, 

 erecto-incurva vel adscendentia. Flores e glomerulis lateralibus 

 et terminalibus bractearum exorientes. Sepala lateralia triangu- 

 lari-ovata,obliqua, acuta vel obtusa, mentum conspicue saccatum 

 formantia. Sepalum dorsale late ovatum, acutum vel obtusum. 

 Petala ovata, acuta. Labellum spathulato-flabellatum, triloba- 

 tum ; lobi laterales erecti, oblongo-rotundati;lobus medius sub- 

 quadratus aut latissime truncatus aut retusus aut bilobulus; 

 callus transversus inter lobos laterales extendit. Gynostemium 

 ala carnosa late truncata apiculata et subtus pede lato saccato 

 praeditum. 



Plant stout, suberect. Roots numerous, fibrous, flexuous, 

 branching, glabrous, up to 1 mm. thick. Stem up to 35 cm. tall, 

 strongly complanate from a subterete slender base, almost or 

 entirely concealed by the sheathing leaf bases, yellow, shin- 

 ing, lightly sulcate in the dried specimen; internodes ±1.5 cm. 

 long. Leaves ±3.7 cm. long measuring the upper margins, 

 ±6.1 cm. long measuring the lower margins, 6 mm. to 1.1 cm. 

 broad at the base, distichous, equitant, scalpelliform, acute, fal- 

 cately incurved and erect or scarcely falcate and ascending, 

 rigidly nervose, coriaceous. Flowers produced successively from 

 few-flowered glomerules of scarious fibrous bracts which occur at 



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