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D. G-LUMACEUM var. VALIDUM comb. nov. — Platyclinis 

 glumacea var. valida Rolfe Orch. Rev. 1: 115 (1893), 12: 73, 

 f . 18 (1904) ; Sander Orch. Guide 210. — Acoridium glumaceum 

 var. validum Rolfe Orch. Rev. 12: 220 (1904). — Plant more ro- 

 bust than in the species, the leaves 2.5-4.5 cm. broad. 



Endemic. 



33. D. COBBIANUM Reichb. f. Gard. Chron. n. s. 14: 748 

 (1880); J. J. Smith Rec. Trav. Bot. Neerl. 1: 75 (1904).— 



Platyclinis Cobbiana Hemsley Gard. 

 Chron. n. s. 16: 656 (1881); Veitch 

 Man. Orch. PL pt. 5, 80. — Acoridium 

 Cobbianum Rolfe Orch. Rev. 12 : 220 

 (1904). 



" Pseudobulbo ac folio Dendrochili 

 latifolii ; racemo flexuoso ; bracteis na- 

 viculari lanceis ovaria pedicellata bene 

 sequantibus ; sepalis tepalisque oblongo 

 triangulis ; labello cuneato flabellato an- 

 tice retusiusculo bilobulo cum apiculo 

 interjecto, callis geminis depressis abrup- 

 tissemioblongiscontiguisin basi; columna 

 apice alis semilanceis, cucullo elongata 

 emarginato." — Reichenbach f ., I. c. 



Pseudobidbs monophyllous, yellow, 

 somewhat glossy when dry, 6-8 cm. long. 

 Leaf 6-17 cm. long, 2.5-3.5 cm. wide, 

 oblong-lanceolate, with a prominent mid- 

 rib and three less conspicuous nerves on 

 each side. Scape longer than the leaf, 

 smooth, yellow when dry, ± 4 dm. high, 

 naked below the inflorescence. Lower- 

 most bracts of the inflorescence glumaceous, imbricating, empty. 

 Florcd bracts glumaceous, longer than the pedicels, 4.5 mm. long. 



Dendrochilum Cobbianum 



