30 Fr. Kränzlin. — Orchidaceae-Monandrae-Dendrobiinae. Pars 4. 



Man. 7. ed. 333; Dict. Icon. Orch. t. 7; Sander, Orch. Guide 75. — D. Dahlhousiea- 

 nwn var. Rossianum Reicht), f. in Gard. Chron. (1882) I. 796. — Caules 100 — 120 cm 

 longi, ad 2 cm crassi, multiarticulati, internodia ad 3 cm longa, vaginae juniores rubro- 

 punctulatae. Folia lineari-oblonga,, basi subcordata, apice biloba, 10 — 15 cm longa, 

 ad 3 cm lata. Racemi pauci-pluriflori ( — 12), bracteae minutae. Sepalum dorsale 

 ovato-oblongum, acutum; lateralia ovata basi in mentum vix prominulum, apicem usque 

 apertum producta. Petala duplo latiora, ovata, acuta, omnia pallide luteola v. albida, 

 roseo-suffusa, intensius venosa. Labellum brevius, latissime ovatum, excavatum, conchoi- 

 deum, antice rotundatum v. potius emarginatum, in disco villosum, carinulae 2 mox 

 evanidae in disco pone basin, totum labellum albidum, basin versus pallide luteum, 

 utrinque macula magna atropurpurea ornatum lineisque 7 — 9 radiantibus a basi medium 

 usque. — Totus flos sub anthesi 7 — 8 cm diam., sepala petalaque 4 — 4,5 cm longa, 

 sepala ad 2 cm, petala 3,5 cm lata, labellum 2,8 cm longum, 3,5 cm latum. 



Var. luteum O'Rrien in Gard. Chron. (1891) I. 728. — Differt floribus stramineis 

 unicoloribus, exceptis maculis 2 basilaribus. 



Provinz des tropischen Himalaja und nordwestmalayische Provinz: 

 Von Sikkim (Hooker!) und Assam (Griffith!) bis Arracan und Tenasserim. — Exam. 

 viv. cult. ! 



4. D. pendulum Roxb. Fl. ind. III. (1832) 484; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 741. — 

 D. crassinode Bens, et Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1869) 164; (1870) 417; (1875)93 

 (var. albiflora); (1876) 567 (var. Barberiana)] Bot. Magaz. t. 5766; Warner, Orch. Alb. IV. 

 t. 152; Veitch, Man. Dendr. 31 c. flg.; Dict. Icon. Orch. t. 34; Williams, Orch. Grow. 

 Man. 7. ed. 333. — ? D. polyanthum Wall. Cat. (1828) 2009; Lindl. Gen. et Sp. 

 Orch. (1830) 81; Bot. Reg. 1844 Mise. 1857. — D. Wardianum Warner, Sei. Orch. 

 Ser. I. t. 19. — D. melanophthalmum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1869) 164; (1870) 

 417. — Caules plus minus decurvi v. penduli, 30 — 40 cm longi, pluri-multiarticulati, 

 internodia utrinque valde incrassata, interdum fere turbinata v. subsemiglobosa, quo cras- 

 sissima 2,5 cm diametro. Folia lineari-laneeolata, acuta, obscure bilobula, mox deeidua, 

 10 — 12 cm longa, circit. 1,5 — 1,8 cm lata. Racemi brevissimi, 1- v. 2-flori ex axillis 

 superioribus, pedicelli cum ovariis 4 — 4,5 cm longi. Sepala oblonga, acuta, apice paulum 

 reflexa, mentum sepalorum lateralium brevissimum. Petala fere duplo latiora, late ob- 

 longa, acuta, apice vix v. non reflexa. Labellum ex ungue brevissimo valde dilatatum 

 orbiculare, conchiforme, in disco minute velutinum, margine ciliolatum. — Flores 7 — 8 cm 

 diametro, sepala petalaque alba in apieibus (et interdum in dorso sepalorum) roseo-vio- 

 lacea, labellum album in fundo aureum, apicem versus leviter roseo-violaceo-suffusum. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Moulmein (Benson, Parish n. 26!). — Exam. 

 viv. cult.! 



Nota. Planta more congenerum plerorumque e caulibus defoliatis florere solet, vitu- 

 peranda igilur videtur icon recentior in opere dicto >Dictionnaire iconographique des Orchideesc 

 cujus in tabula Dendrobiorum 34, caulis foliatus etiam florifer depictus est. Nomen speciücum 

 recentius »crassiitode* quam maxiine characteristicum et omnibus Orchidophilis notatissimum 

 conservari non potest, cum nunc persuasissimum nobis sit, plantam jam a cl. Roxburgh de- 

 scriptam esse etsi nomine omnino non idoneo. 



5. D. Findlayanum Par. et Reichb. f. in Transact. Linn. Soc. XXX. (1877) 149; 

 Gard. Chron. (1877) I. 334; Bot. Magaz. t. 6438; Orchidophile 1887, 154; Warner, 

 Orch. Alb. II. t. 92; Veitch, Manual Dendrob. II. 43; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 742; 

 Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 339; Grant, Orch. Burmah 90; Sander, Orch. Guide 

 70. — Caules graciles, internodia clavata, supra valde incrassata, 5 — 6 cm longa, 

 supra fere 2 cm diam. Folia lanceolata, acuta 8 cm longa, 1,5 cm lata. Racemi 

 brevi-pedicellati, plerumque biflori, bracteae minutissimae, triangulae. Sepalum dorsale 

 oblongo-lanceolatum, obtusum, lateralia paulo latiora, oblonga, obtusa, mentum brevissi- 

 mum, obtusum formantia. Petala bene latiora, oblonga, obtusa. Labellum ab ungue 

 brevi lineari late ovatum, acutum, disco sparse pilosum, convolutum. Gynostemium 

 breve, stelidia utrinque obtusa, crassa, filamentum tenue, filiforme, anthera satis alta, 



