g4 Fr. Kränzlin. — Orcbidaceae-Monandrae-Dendrobiinae. Pars 1. 



t. 4; Gartenfl. t. 595; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 750; Jennings, Orch. t. 24; Veiten, 

 Man. Dendrob. 42, c fig.; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 337; Sander, Orch. Guide 70; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 750; King et Pantl. in Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. VIII. 57 t. 80; 

 Grant, Orch. Burmah 88 ; Warner, Orch. Alb. III. t. 99; Cogn. in Dict. Icon. Orch. Dendrob. 

 t. 30. — Huc D. Palpebrae Hook, in Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. V. (1895) 14 t. 22 (nee 

 Lindl.). ■ — Caules e basi globosa fusiformes, valde angulati, pauciarticulati, 20 — 30 cm 

 alti, rarius altiores, supra 2 — 2,5 cm crassi, apice tantum foliati. Folia 2 — 3 crassa, 

 coriaeea, ovato-lanceolata, acuta acuminatave, 8 — 18 cm longa, 3,5 — 5 cm lata. Racemi 

 e bulbis aphyllis Orientes nutantes pauci — pluriflori, caulem saepius aequantes, bracteae 

 parvae, oblongae, quam pedicelli 2,5 cm longi multo breviores, vaginulae quaedam in 

 basi rhachidis. Sepala ovato-oblonga, mentum lateralium brevissimum, rotundatum. 

 Petala fere orbicularia, omnia antice rotundata. Labellum orbiculare, brevi-unguiculatum, 

 utrinque inflexum, margine erosulum, discus minute puberulus. — Flores 4 — 5 cm 

 diametro, sepala petalaque 2 — 2,5 cm longa, sepala 1 — 1,2 cm, petala ad 2 cm lata, 

 labellum 2,2 cm longum et latum, flores plerumque albi, labellum medio in disco 

 aureum. — Aprili, Maio. v 



Provinz des tropischen Himalaja: Sikkim, in tropischen Thälern von 300 — 

 1000 m ü. d. M. (Pantling n. H6l), westlich bis Nepal. — Psordwestmalayische 

 Provinz: Burmah (Lob b). — Exam. viv. eult.! 



Nota. Flores prima anthesi purpureo-suffusi, expansi albeseunt. Describuntur et descer- 

 nuntur ab hortulanis varietates 2 coloribus tantum diversae. 



Var. albiflorum hört, (album ab aliis) Belg. Hortic. 1860, 321. — Diflert sepalis 

 petalisque albis a typo. 



Var. aureo-flavum Hook. Bot. Magaz. t. 5451 ; Williams, Orch. Alb. III. t. 99.— 

 Differt sepalis petalisque aureis, labello croeeo. 



75. D. Bronckartii de Wildem, in Gard. Chron. (1906) I. 380; Rev. Hortic. 

 Beige (1907) 369, fig. 67 et ic. col. ; Bot. Magaz. (1909) t. 8252. — Caules validi, 

 ad 90 cm alti, pluri- v. multiarticulati, teretes v. vix fusiformes, profunde sulcati, inter- 

 nodia inferiora et media longa, suprema 1 cm vix excedentia. Folia in dimidio su- 

 periore caulis pauca, ovato-oblonga, coriaeea, obtuse acutata, ad 4 2 cm longa, 4 — 7 cm 

 lata, persistentia. Racemi e caulibus florentibus Orientes, longissimi, penduli, multi- 

 flori, ad 30 cm longi, peduneuli basi vaginis tubulosis, densis, vestiti; bracteae ligulatae, 

 acutae, quam ovaria cum pedicellis 4 cm longa vix semilongae. Sepala elliptica obtusa, 

 lateralia mentum vix prominulum, rotundatum formantia, margine integra. Petala ovata 

 v. ovato-elliptica, obtusa, paulum latiora, margine minute denticulata v. erosula. La- 

 bellum planum v. leviter coneavum, brevi-unguiculatum, suborbiculare, basi utrinque 

 leviter implicatum, toto disco velutinum, margine fimbriatum. — Flores ringentes, 5 ad 

 5,5 cm diam. pallide rosei, minutissime luteo-suffusi, labellum e fundo luteo per discum 

 sensim pallidius lutescens, margine pallide roseum, sepala petalaque ad 3 cm longa, ad 

 2. cm lata, labellum subbrevius v. aequilongum 2,8 cm latum. Gynostemii pars libera 

 aequilata quam alta. 



Hinterindisch-ostasiatische Provinz: Annam (Exam. viv. eult.!). 



Nota. Est planta omnino ex affinitate D. densiflori, gaudet autem inflorescentiis multo 

 divitioribus et bracteis longioribus quam in ulla specie hujus affinitatis; flores etiam apertiores 

 videntur. 



76. D. palpebrae Lindl. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. V. (1849) 33 et in Paxt. Fl. 

 Gard. I. (1850—1) 48 (nov. edit. 44); Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 306; Veitch, 

 Man. Dendrob. 67; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 750; Grant, Orch. Burmah 108; Kränzl. 

 in Botan. Tidskr. XXIV. (Sep. imp.) 7. — Caules vix clavati, plerumque subeylindraeei, 

 10 — 50 cm longi, fusiformes quadranguli, pauciarticulati, lutei, nitidi, apice foliati, 

 medio 1 — 1,5 cm crassi. Folia 3 — 5, oblonga v. lanceolata, acuta, coriaeea, 10 — 15 cm 

 longa, medio 2,5 — 3,5 cm lata. Racemi pauci- rarius pluri — multiflori, sublaxiflori, 

 penduli, bracteae minutissimae. Sepala oblonga, brevi- acutata, lateralia mentum bre- 

 vissimum, rotundatum formantia. Petala brevi-unguiculata, suborbicularia v. rhombea, 



