

Dendrobium. 145 



in disco lobi intermedii bifidis, gynostemio trigono, supeme dilatato, androclinio pluri- 

 dentato. — Sepala petalaque sulphurea, labellum album, lobus intennedius et margo 

 lutei, carinae brunneae, partim purpureae. « 



Centromalayische Provinz: Molukken (von Linden eingeführt). 



Nota. Reichenbachius comparat labellum antice tantum in lobulos 3 divisum cum illo 

 Epidcndri glatici Lindl. — Nomen specificum sumpsit autor a labello fusco-carinato, neqxvög 

 enim significat >fuscum«. Ex descriptione flores iisdem coloribus gaudent quibus ceterae species 

 sectionis. 



255. D. taurinum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1843) t. 28; (1844) Mise. 62; Paxt. 

 Mag. Botan. X. (1843) 143, 217 c. flg.; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. (1861) 298; 

 Fl. d. serr. t. 1904; Jardin (1892) t. 103; Lindenia XIII. t. 621; Gard. Chron. (1902) 

 I. 90 c. xyl. ; Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 3. DL t. 429; Veitch, Man. Dendrob. 78; Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 364; Orchidophile XH. 37; Rolfe, Orch. Rev. V. (1897) 304 

 (var. amboinense)] Arnes, Orchidac. I. 90 et II. 187. — Caules cylindracei, erecti, 

 I — l,20malli, 2 — 2,5 cm crassi, foliosi. Folia oblonga ellipticave, minora suborbicu- 

 laria, apice rotundata v. subbiloba, coriacea, crassa, semiamplexicaulia, ad 1 5 cm longa, 

 ad 6 cm lata. Racemi ex axillis superioribus, 2 — 4 5 cm longi, erecti, leviter fracti- 

 flexi, multiflori, bracteae minutissimae , triangulae. Flores magni, pedicelli cum ovariis 

 5 cm longi. Sepalum dorsale ovato-triangulum, acuminatum, lateralia triangula, acuminata, 

 mentum clausum, obtusum, produetum formantia, quam dorsale latiora. Petala paulum 

 longiora, late linearia, obtuse acutata, semel torta. Labellum toto ambitu ellipticum, subin- 

 tegrum, antice tantum trilobum, lobi laterales vix a lamina sejuneti, in dentem obtusum 

 (utrinque) redueti, intermedius late transverse ellipticus, apiculatus, crispatus, lineae per 

 discum elevatulae 3, mediana paulum longior. — Sepalum dorsale 3 cm, lateralia 4 cm 

 longa, dorsale basi 9 mm, lateralia 1,7 cm lata, mentum I cm longum, petala 

 3,8 cm longa, 5 mm lata, labellum 3,5 cm longum, 2,5 cm latum, sepala alba, viridi- 

 suffusa, petala et labellum pallide rosea, intensius striata. — Floret a Decembri ad 

 Martium. — Fig. 10^4. 



Var. amboinense Rolfe, Orcb. Review V. (1897) 304. — Differt a typo sepalis 

 viridi-luteis, brunneo-suffusis , petalis intense brunneo-purpureis, labelli lobis lateralibus 

 cupreo-purpureis, intermedio viridi-luteo. 



Provinz der Philippinen: Luzon (Cuming!, Ramos n. 2018!, Loher n. 480! 

 u. 48 1!). — Mindanao, Davao (Black ohne n. !, Copeland n. 505!). — Ilo-Ilo 

 (Everett n. 1206!). — Die Varietät amboinense von D. Burne entdeckt. 



255a. D. leporinum J. J. Smith in Nova Guin. VIII. T. 1. 68 t. XXIV, flg. 75. — 

 Rhizoma repens, breve, viride, 6 — 10 mm crassum. Caules 3 — 5 cm inter se distantes, 

 erecti, rigidi, obtuse quadranguli, supeme subteretes v. transsecti subelliptici, deinde 

 attenuati, 30 — 85 cm longi, 7 — 10 mm crassi, multiarticulati, internodia 2,5 — 3,5 cm 

 longa. Folia ovato-oblonga v. ovata, inaequaliter obtuse bidentata, coneava, carnosa, nitida, 

 7 — 7,5 cm longa, 2,5 — 4 cm lata, supra decrescentia, vaginae tubulosae internodia 

 aequantes. Racemi ex axillis superioribus pauciflori (4 — 6) ad 13 cm longi, pedunculus 

 bracteolis quibusdam inanibus tubulosis vestitus, bracteae floriferae aequales, rhachis fracti- 

 flexa. Flores 3,6 cm diam. 5,5 — 6 cm longi. Sepalum dorsale oblique revolutum, 

 ovato-triangulum, acuminatum, apice acutatum, album, leviter purpureo-suffusum, 2,7 cm 

 longum, basi 1 cm latum. Sepala lateralia mentum reversum, rectum, conicum, apice 

 attenuatum formantia, patenüssima, recurva, oblique triangula, acuminata, subundulata, 

 circ. 2,8 cm longa, usque ad apicem menti 3,5 cm longa, basi 1,4 cm lata, margine 

 antico menti brevi (5 mm), connato. Petala recurva, reeta, linearia, apicem versus 

 paulum dilatata, torta, carnosula, nitida, purpurea, 3,5 — 4 cm longa. Labellum ex 

 ungue lineari valde dilatatum, basi cum pede gynostemii partim connatum, lobi laterales 

 oblique oblongi v. trianguli, antrorsi, erecti, apice rotundati, lobus intermedius late ovato- 

 orbicularis, acutus, mucronulatus. lamellae per discum 5, laterales quaeque breviores, 

 crassiusculae, ex ipsa basi fere in medium discum lobi intermedii decurrentes, lobi la- 

 terales virescentes, extus et margine purpureo-notati, lobus intermedius viridi-albus, 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Kmbryophyta siphonogama) 50. 4 



