Dendrobium. g5 



Folia oblonga, inaequaliter biloba, obtusa, 1,5 — 2 cm longa, 3 — 5 mm lata, basi vagi- 

 nantia, vaginae striatae. Racemi subterminales 1,3 — 2 cm longi, 5 — 6-flori; bracteae 

 ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, 2 — 3 mm longae; pedicelli graciles, 4 mm longi. Sepalum 

 dorsale oblongo-lanceolatum, acutum v. acuminatum; lateralia obliqua, triangula, acuta, 

 mentum conicum obtusum incurvum formantia. Petala oblongo-lanceolata, acuta v. 

 acuminata. Labellum subtrilobum, recurvum, lobus intermedius ovatus, apiculatus, un- 

 dulatus et minute crenulatus; lobi laterales oblongi, obtusi, margine minute crenulati; 

 discus obtuse bicarinatus. Gynostemium latum. — Flores albi, labellum pallide viride; 

 sepala petalaque 4 mm longa, sepala lateralia basi 4 mm lata, mentum 5 mm longum, 

 labellum ömm longum; gynostemium 1,5 mm. 



Ilinterindisch-ostasiatische Provinz: China; Prov. Yun-nan, Szemao; West- 

 liche Walder und Tee-Hügel in 1500 m ü. d. M. (Henry n. 1 1 752 A und 12752). — 

 Hihi non visum. 



127. D. esuriens Reichb. f. in Hamb. Gart. Ztg. XVI. (1860) 15. — Pseudobulbi 

 cylindracei, 1 — 2,5 cm longi. Folia pauca, cuneato-ligulata, acuta, tenuia, 2,5 cm longa, 

 8 mm lata. Racemi capillares, fractiflexi, tenues, 2 — 3 cm longi, apice 3 — 4-flori, 

 bracteae acutissimae, lanceolatae, ovariis pedicellatis breviores. Sepala petalaque an- 

 guste lanceolata, mentum sepalorum lateralium extinctoriiforme, ovarium subaequans. 

 Labelli lobi laterales trianguli, intermedius ovatus, acutus, crenulatus, isthmo angustissimo 

 interjecto, nervi mediani 3, vix elevati. — Flores albi, nervi laterales loborum lateralium 

 virides, illis D. chloropis Lindl. subaequales, igitur 1,3 cm diam. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java (Lobb?). 



Nota. Differt a D. sarcantho Lindl. — planta ceterum valde variabili — praecipue magni- 

 tudine llorum et forma labelli in utraque specie toto coelo diversissimis. 



1 28. D. Finetianum Schlechter in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXXIX. (1905) 73. — Terrestre, 

 gracile, pulchellum, 25 — 40 cm altum, pluricaule. Rhizoma breve, radices elongatae, caules 

 graciles, demum angulato-sulcati, laxe foliati, vaginae arcte amplectentes, laminae lineari- 

 ligulatae, apice inaequali-bilobae, coriaceae, 3 — 5 cm longae, 3 — 5 mm latae. Racemi laterales 

 folia paulum excedentes, laxe 5 — 10-flori, bracteae minutissimae. Sepala oblonga, obtusius- 

 cula, lateralia paulum obliqua, antice dilatata. Petala oblique spathulata, obtusa, sepalis 

 aequimagna. Labellum breviter unguiculatum, cuneatum, subquinquelobum, lobi inferiores 

 subquadrati, mediani oblique et breviter oblongi, intermedius v. anticus subquadrato- 

 transversus margine paulum undulatus crenulatusve, lobi 3 anteriores minute papillosi 

 v. granulosi, series 3 papillarum in basi, callus parvulus, oblongus, minute puberulus in 

 disci parte basilari. Gynostemium breve, pes productus, antice paulum puberulus, anthera 

 cucullata, antice minute puberula. Flores lutei, brunneo-signati, labellum et gynostemium 

 alba, anthera violacea, sepala 5 v. 5,5 mm longa, petala?, labellum 5 mm longum 

 4 hihi latum. — Decembri. 



Araucarien-Provinz: Neu-Caledonien, Nord-Bezirk, an Waldrändern auf den 

 Bergen bei Oubatsche, ca. 1000 m ü. d. Bf. (Schlechter n. 15 505!). 



Subg. II. Nigro-hirsuta Lindl. 



Nigro-hirsuta Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. III. (1859) 16; Reichb. f. in Linnaea 

 (4 877) 41 et multis aliis locis. — Formosae Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1890) 720. — 

 Caules satis crassi, compacti, interdum brevissimi, nunquam longi, pauciarticulati, cylin- 

 dracei v. fusiformes; vaginae foliorum semper nigro- v. brunneo-setosae. Flores singuli 

 v. bini v. rarius in racemos paucifloros dispositi, magni, albi v. eburnei, rarius aliis 

 coloribus eximii, mentum sepalorum lateralium plerumque longum attenuatum, labelli 

 discus cristis v. pilis elongatis aliisque appendicibus multifariis ornatus. — In ditione 

 malayensi affinibusque obviae. 



A. Caules breves, oblongi v. ellipsoidei, 1 cm vix v. non ex- 

 cedentes. 

 a. Mentum saccatum, obtusissimum (subnullum) 129. D. bellatulum. 



