Dendrobium. 141 



Folia — ?. Racemi breves, 6 — 7 mm longi, biflori, bracteae minutae, ovalae. Flores 

 magni, pedicelli 2 cm longi. Sepalum dorsale oblongo-ovatum, obtusum, lateralia antice 

 aequalia, postice mentum fere ter longius, leviter arcuatum, subacutum formantia. 

 Petala quam sepala multo longiora latioraque (supra seil.), obovato-obtusa. Labellum petalis 

 aequilongum, e basi angusta canaliculata dilatatum, dente brevi retrorso in ima basi, 

 antice oblongum, rotundatum, apice ipso emarginatum, lineae 3 elevatiores per discum. 

 Gynostemium supra valde incrassatum, pede longo canaliculato , stelidia brevia acuta, 

 stigma profundum, margine incrassatum. — Flores pulchri, rosei, labellum album, lineis 

 violaceis 3 in disco decorum, sepalum dorsale 1,2 cm longum, 6 mm latum, lateralia 

 3,3 cm longa, petala et labellum etiam longiora. — Mihi non visum, ex Ridley. An 

 eadem species ac praecedens? 



Hinterindisch-ostasiatische Provinz: Siam, Kopah (Curtis). 



248. D. antennatum Lindl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. II. (1843) 236; Bentham, 

 Voy. »Sulphur« t. 59; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 298; J. J. Smith in Nova Guin. 

 VIII. T. 1. 66. — Caules aggregati, basi fusiformes supra attenuati, cylindracei, sicci 

 profunde sulcati, nitidi, pluriarticulati, foliosi, 20 — 30 cm alti. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, 

 supra inaequali- biloba, 6 — 12 cm longa, 1 — 3,5 cm lata. Racemi I — 2 ex axilla quadam 

 superiore Orientes, 10 — 16 cm longi, interdum cauli ipsi aequilongi, bracteae minutis- 

 simae, pedicelli tenues, 1,5 — 2,5 cm longi, apice curvati. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, 

 acutum, lateralia triangula, acuta, postice mentum subineurvum, acutum, extinetoriiforme 

 formantia. Petala linearia, quam sepala bis v. ter longiora, reflexa, plerumque semitorta. 

 Labelli lobi laterales oblongi, obtusi, intermedius toto ambitu rhombeus, acuminatus, 

 margine leviter crispulus, lamellae per discum parallelae 5, quarum mediana per totum 

 labellum ubique eadem altitudine, laterales basin versus, extremae in utraque parte 

 apicem versus in cristas auetae sunt, venae totius labelli incrassatae. Gynostemium pro 

 flore altum, androclinium profundum, margine dentatum, fovea stigmatica margine 

 prosiliente instrueta. — Flores albidi (?), sepalum dorsale 2 cm, lateralia 2,5 cm longa, 

 7 mm lata, petala 4 — 5 cm longa, 1 mm lata, labellum 2 — 2,3 cm longum, medio 

 7 — 8 mm latum. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neu-Guinea (Hinds!); towards Owen Stanley Range 

 (Goldie!); Cloudy Mts. (Rev. Chalmers u. Cpt. Bridge!); Bentley Bay (Command. 

 Ross!); ohne Standort (Forbes!, W. Anderson!). — Kaiser Wilhelms Land 

 (Micholitz!). — Neu Lauenburg [Duke of Yorks Isl.] (Micholitz!). — Neu Mecklenburg 

 (Micholitz!). 



249. D. minax Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. IL (1868) 129 t. 145. — D. Eumphianum 

 J. J. Smith, Orch. Ambon (1905) 57 (non Teijsm. et Binnend.). — Angraecum flavum 

 sextum moschatum Rumphius Herb. Amboin. VI. 102. — Caules elongati fusiformes, 

 ad 30 cm alti, 6 — 8 mm crassi, pauci- pluri-articulati ( — 15), internodia mediana 

 2,5 — 4 cm longa, infima et praesertim suprema multo breviora. Folia in superiore 

 parte caulis ad 6 cuneato-ligulata, inaequaliter obtusata, altero latere acuta, ad 1 cm 

 longa, ad 2 cm lata. Racemi paueiflori (3 v. ultra), folia subaequantes, bracteae sub- 

 nullae, ovarium cum pedicello valde curvatum 2,5 cm longum. Sepalum dorsale ovato- 

 triangulum, acutum, lateralia late triangula, acuta, mentum leviter antrorsum, acutum, cum 

 ovario angulum rectum formantia. Petala linearia, acuta, semitorta, plus duplo longiora. 

 Labellum brevi-unguiculatum , auriculatum, lobi laterales semiobovato-trianguli, angulo 

 externo obtuso, lobus intermedius transversus, rectangulus, expansus lobos laterales 

 utrinque latitudine aequans, antice in apiculum triangulum produetus, carinae 2 ex ipsa 

 basi antice altiores, rotundatae, interposita carinula tertia breviore, latiore in lobum 

 intermedium decurrente. Stelidia serrulata, filamentum breve. — Flores pulchri, sepala 

 petalaque viridi-rosea, intensius striata, labellum intensius purpureo-lineatum, sepala 

 2,5 — 2,8 cm longa, lateralia cum mento fere 2 cm lata, petala ad 5 cm longa, 3 mm 

 lata, labellum ad 3 cm longum, lobus intermedius expansus 2 cm latus. — Junio. — 

 Fig. 1 B—D. 



