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vel crenulato, discis medio a basi usque ad partem dilatatam superiorem 

 2-lamellatis instructum, lamellis circ. 10 mm. longis 1 mm. latis margine 

 undulato-crispatis, 5-nervium basi integrum. Columna 3 mm. longa basi ad 

 mentum 3 mm. longum producta. 



HAB. Kusukusu, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, 1912, Juli. 



Flowers of this new orchid are somewhat near to those of Desmotriclmm 

 spurium J. J. SMITH, D. angidatum BLUME and D. criniferum KRANZL, (in 

 Pfl.-reich. IV. 50, H. B. 21, p. 347, fig. 35 A-H.); but the branches are 

 totally different. 



Dendrobium furcatopedicellatum HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 14). Caulis 

 teres rectus 40-30 

 cm. longus 2 mm. 

 in diametro sursum 

 foliatus a medio 

 deorsum non folia- 

 tus vaginis foliorum 

 obtectus. Folia 

 linearia circ. 11 cm. 

 longa 4 mm. lata 

 apice acuminata 

 basi sequilata vel 

 leviter contracta 

 3-nervia membran- 

 acea in exsiccato 

 tenuiter coriacea, 

 vaginis tubiformi- 

 bus 3|- cm. longis 

 internodio vix 

 longioribus caulem 

 firme obtegentibus. 

 Cymae laterales 2- 

 florate, pedunculis 

 13 mm. longis, basi 



Fig. 14, Demlrolnum furcato-pedicellatum HAYATA; a, basal 

 portion of a peduncle ; b, basal portion of pedicels ; c, inflores- 

 cence ; d, basal portion of a flower, showing purple dots in the petals 

 and sepals ; e, the same, sepals and petals taken off, to show the 

 labellum, articulation of the same and mentum ; e, mentum and 

 column; f, a column, stigma, rostellum, clinandrium and anther 

 are seen ; g, two pollinia, each of which is divided into two. 



