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ceterum aequalia, acuniinata, mentum curvum conicum formantia. Petala aequilonga, 

 obovato-oblonga, obtuse acutata. Labellum e basi lineari canaliculata subito dilatatum, 

 suborbiculare, antice obscure trilobum, rotundatum, margine crenulato denticulatoque 

 (ibique glanduloso?) lamella lala bisulcata ex ungue labelli medium in discum descendens 

 ibique abrupta. Anthera antice denticulata. — Flores albi;?) expansi 2,5 cm diam., 

 sepala petalaque 1 cm longa. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes und der Malabarküste: Bababudan- 

 Hügel (Law!). 



120. D. diodon Reichb. f. in Linnaea XLI. (1877) 89; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 

 7 «7. — D. albidulum Thw. ex Trimen in Journ. Bot. XXIII. (1885) 2 43; Trimen, 

 Handb. Fl. Ceylon IV. 151. — Caules pseudobulbosi, aggregati, subcylindracei, sicci, valde 

 reticulati, rugulosi; internodia 3 — 4, quorum suprema brevissima, toti caules vix 1 cm 

 alti, 3 — 5 mm crassi. Folia 2 — 3 oblonga, acuta, 3 cm longa, 6 — 7 mm lata. Racemi 

 aequilongi, pauciflori; bracteae minutae, vix quartana partem ovariorum aequantes. Sepa- 

 lum dorsale ovato-triangulum, acuminatum, lateralia antice subsimilia, postice energice 

 curvata, mentum valde curvatum breve formantia. Petala lineari-spathulata, obtusa. 

 Labellum e basi lineari valde dilatatum, antice trilobum, lobi laterales minuti, fere in 

 dentes reducti, intermedius late transverso-rotundatus, antice apiculatus, margine crenulatus, 

 callus crassus in disco antice in lobulum bi- v. tridentatum exiens. — Flores tenerrimi, 

 albi, vix 8 mm longi, ovarium crassiusculum. — A Julio ad Octobrem. 



Provinz Ceylon: Hakgalle (Thwaites n. 3926!), dort häufig; Hantane, Dum- 

 bangala, Rangala. — Nach Trimen Handbook. 



121. D. pygmaeum Lindl. in Wall. Cat. (1825) n. 1999, Gen. et Spec. Orch. 

 (1830) 85; Bot. Reg. XXX. (1844) Mise. 62; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 307; Hook.f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 717; Grant, Orch. Burm. 116; King et Pantl. in Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calc. VIII, 43 t. 58. — D. pegaanitm Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. III. (1859) 19. — 

 Caules crassi, ovoidei, aggregati, ad 2,5 cm alti et basi 2 cm crassi, paueifoliati, inter- 

 nodiis 3 — 4 compositi. Folia 2 — 3 linearia, 4 — 10 cm longa, 6 — 10 mm lata, caduca, 

 obtusa, bracteae racemi pauciflori Ovaria aequantes, lanceolatae, acuminatae. Sepalum 

 dorsale oblongo-lanceolatum, acutum, lateralia falcata, antice oblonga, acuta, mentum breve 

 acutum formantia. Petala e basi anguste-lineari spathulato-dilatata, lanceolata, acuta, 

 vix breviora. Labellum e basi euneata dilatatum, antice trilobum, lobi laterales ovato- 

 trianguli, leviter ineurvi, antice obtusi, v. acuti intermedius triangulus, acuminatus, apice 

 deflexus, margine crispulus; lamellae 2 vix elevatae in utraque parte, lineae latae, crassae, 

 in medio disci desinentes, venae radiantes per lobos laterales paulum elevatae. Gyno- 

 stemium medio leviter incrassatum, androclinii margo rectus, non dentatus, dense dorsalis 

 longus, linearis, anthera firme affixa, supra plana, medio leviter carinata, antice rect- 

 angula. — Flores albi, sepalum dorsale petalaque 8 mm longa, lateralia 1 cm longa, 

 labellum 8 — 10 mm longum, medio 6 mm latum. — Januario. — Fig. ZL — O. 



Provinz des tropischen Himalaya und hinterindisch-ostasiat. Provinz: 

 Moulmein (Parish!); Sikkim (Clarke ohne n.!, Pantling n. 23!); Pegu (M.'CIel- 

 land!). 



12 2. D. cuspidatum Lindl. in Wall. Cat. (182 8) 2015 et Gen. et Spec. Orch. (1 830) 84; 

 Bot. Reg. (1844) Mise. 61 p. I ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 716; Grant, Orch. Burmah 82. — 

 Caules erecti, 10 — 12 cm alti, foliosi, postea in pseudobulbos longe fusifornies, rugulosos, 

 3 cm altos, 6 mm crassos medio leviter incrassati. Folia 4 — 6 lineari-oblonga, apice 

 subbilobula, obtusa, ad 7 cm longa, 6,7 mm lata. Racemi breviores, pauciflori, bracteae 

 lanceolatae, acuminatae, quam Ovaria breviores. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, acumi- 

 natum, lateralia falcata, parte antica anguste triangula, acuniinata, postica valde cur- 

 vata, mentum valde prominens curvulum formantia. Petala lineari- obovata, obtusa, 

 paulum breviora. Labellum cireuitu late ovatum, antice trilobulum, lobuli laterales antice 

 rotundati, intermedius rotundatus, acuminatus, margine crispulus, deflexus, lamellae 2 

 in disco et lamella brevis, carnosa inter illas. — Flores albi, sepalum dorsale 1,5 cm, 

 lateralia apicem menti usque 1,8 cm longa. 



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