32 Fr- Kränzlin. — Orchidaceae-Monandrae-Dendrobiinae. Pars 1. 



longa, petala aequilonga, 2—2,5 cm lata, labellum 4 cm longum, 2,5 — 3 cm latimi. 

 Odor florum illi calycum Rosarum affinis. 



Provinz des tropischen Himaluya: Assam in 1300 in ü. d. M. Kohima 

 (Dr. Prain n. 31 !). — Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Moulmein (Parish n. 359!). 

 — Formosa (Henry n. 1372!). 



Nota. Varietates in Gard. Chron. et alibi publici juris factae vix »formae« judicandac 

 sunt. Variet. »albidulum* Reichb. f. et »giganteum* hort.(Will. Orch. Alb. VI. t. 257) altera flores 

 profert pallidiores, altera statura majore et validiore eximia nil nisi formae sunt. 



9. D. crystallinum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1 868) 572; Id. Xen. Orch. II. 21 t. 

 193 I, flg. 1—4; Bot. Magaz. t. 6319; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 739; Grant, Orch. Bur- 

 mah 81; Veitch, Man. Dendrob. 34; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 333; Sander, 

 Orch. Guide 69. — Caules penduli, laevigati, striati, nunquam nodosi, 30 — 45 cm longi, 

 fere 1 cm crassi, internodia 2 — 3 cm longa, brunneo-maculata. Folia lanceolata, acu- 

 minata, tenuia, mox caduca, 10 — 15 cm longa, 1 — 1,3 cm lata. Racemi 1 — 3-flori, e 

 caulibus aphyllis basi 1- v. 2-vaginati, vaginae breves, retusae, bracteae minutissimae, 

 triangulae. Sepala oblonga, brevi-acutata, lateralia vix diversa, mentum perbreve for- 

 mantia. Petala paulum longiora et bene latiora, obovato-oblonga, obtusa. Labellum 

 brevi unguiculatum (ungue convoluto), suborbiculare, leviter excavatum v. cochleatum. 

 Gynostemium generis, anthera alta, elongata, papillis uncinatis, crystallinis, deorsum 

 versis tecta. . — Flores patuli, sepala petalaque margine leviter undulata, alba, apicibus 

 macula roseo-purpurea ornata, labellum album, medio in disco et praesertim in fundo 

 aureum, unguis labelli viridis, gynostemium album, purpureo-striatum , sepala 2,5 — 

 2,8 cm longa 8 mm lata, petala 2,5 — 3 cm longa, 1,5 cm lata, labellum 2 — 2,3 cm 

 diametro. — Floret in Europa vere. 



Provinz des tropischen Himalaya: Sikkim in 1000 — 1150m ü. d.M. (Hook er!, 

 Treutier!). — Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Malayische Halbinsel. Arracan (Ben- 

 son!), Tenasserim, Moulmein (Parish!, Abdul Chalil!), Pegu (Kurz n. 32 4 9!). — 

 Exam. spec. viv. culta! 



Nota. Facile distinguendum anthera inter omnia Dendrobia eximia. 



10. D. lituiflorum Lindl. in Gard. Chron. (1856) 372; Bot. Magaz. t. 6050; Warner, 

 Sei. Orch. II. t. 3; Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. III. 36 t. 214; Veitch, Man. Dendrob. 51; Regel, 

 Gartenfl. t. 1086; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 740; Grant, Orch. Burmah 102; Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 346; Sander, Orch. Guide 72. — D. Hariburyanum Reichb. f. in 

 Bonpl. IV. (1856) 329. — Caules virgati, 45 — 60 cm longi, basi ipsa paulum incrassati, 

 teretes, multiarticulati, internodia 2,5 — 4 cm longa, plerumque 5 mm crassa, vaginae 

 foliorum griseae. Folia lineari-lanceolata, 7,5 — 10 cm longa, ad 1,8 cm lata, mox 

 decidua. Racemi breves, 1 — 3-flori, bracteae minutae, quam ovaria multoties breviores. 

 Sepala oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, mentum sepalorum lateralium brevissimum, 

 rotundatum. Petala late oblonga, ellipticave. Labellum basi convolutum, tubiforme vi 

 vix explanandum, curvatum, antice in laminam conchiformem rotundatam dilatatum, 

 totus discus ubique puberulus. — Flores pulcherrimi, coloribus variabiles, typici intense 

 amethystini, labellum fundo amethystinum, limbus ut etiam basis petalorum zona pallida 

 aut alba cinctus, sepala petalaque 2,5 cm longa, sepala 8 — 10 mm, petala 1,5 cm lata, 

 labellum expansum (quod quidem difficilius) 2,5 cm longum et antice latum. — Aprili. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Burmah, Moulmein u. Tenasserim -Provinzen 

 (dort oft gesammelt). — Prome (Benson!), ohne Standort (Herb. Griffith Kew Distrib. 

 n. 5055!), Manipur (King!). — Exam. viv. cult.! 



Var. candidum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1880) I. 565. — Sepala petalaque 

 Candida ceterum ut typus (D. lituiflorum olbiflorum hört.). 



Var. Preemanni Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (187") II. 74 4. — Caule brevi crassiore 

 stricto, sepalis petalisque intense purpureis, zona labelli sulphurea (D. Freemanni hört.). 



Var. robustius Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1877) II. 780 et Xen. Orch. II. 36 t. 

 214 vix varietas existimanda et nil nisi forma compacta, grandiflora ; ceterum omnino 

 typica. 



