Dendrobium. 221 



acuta, falcata, mentum curvulum, parti anticae subaequilongum, extinctoriiforme, acutum 

 formantia. Labellum e basi lineari cuneatum, medio trilobum, explanatum, lobi late- 

 rales minuti, obtusi, denticulati, intermedius late ovato-triangulus, obtusus, margine 

 crenulatus denticulatusve, callus per discum trilineatus, lere ad apicem labelli decurrens, 

 totum dimidium anterius labelli puberulum , papulosum. Gynostemii stelidia magna 

 uncinata, filamentum perbreve, triangulum. — Sepalum dorsale petalaque 1,3 cm longa, 

 medio 3 v. 2 mm lata, sepala lateralia fere 2 cm longa, medio 5 mm lata, mentum 

 1,3 — 1,5 cm longum, labellum 1,5 — 1,7 cm longum, leviter incurvum, flores sicci flavo- 

 virides. — FloretV 



Provinz der Philippinen: Manila, bei Llanos (Cuming! in herb. Lindley). 



428. D. metrium Kränzl. — D. modestum Ridley in Journ. Bot. XXXVI. (189K) 

 2 H . — Radices copiosae, caules graciles, pauci, 1 7 cm longi, 3 mm crassi, purpurei, 

 supra flexuosi, albo striati. Folia I v. (rarius) 2 subterminalia, lineari-lanceolata, 2,5 cm 

 longa, 6 mm lata, brevi-petiolata. Racemus brevissimus, pedunculi brevissimi, pedicelli 

 1 ,2 cm longi, bracteae minutae. Sepala lanceolata, lateralia ovato-lanceolata, mentum 

 aequilongum acuminatum formantia. Petala lineari-oblonga, breviora. Labellum ovatum, 

 acuminatum, quam sepala brevius, pubescens. Gjnostemium breviusculum, anthera ob- 

 longa, elevata, alba, punctis 2 violaceis ornata. Flores albi, roseo-suffusi, labellum 

 intus violaceo-striatum, sepala lateralia 9 — 10 mm longa. — Martio. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malayische Halbinsel. Penang Hill. (Nach Ridley). 



Nota. Ut videtur terrestre. Nomen »modestum* jam a Reichenbachio Oendrobio ali at- 

 tributum est, quoniam necesse est, nomen mutare, transtuli >modestum* in synonymum grae- 

 cum utTQtnr. 



429 D hainanense Rolfe in Kew Bulletin (1896) 193. — Caules fasciculati, 

 gracillimi, ad 45 cm longi, distichophylli. Foliorum vagina apicem versus alte ochreata, 

 orificio ampliore, lamina subcompressa, linearis, acuta, 3 — 5 cm longa, 2 — 3 mm lata. 

 Racemi pauciflori, breves; bracteae congestae, paleaceae, acutae. Flores succedanei. 

 Sepalum dorsale oblongo-lanceolatum, obtusum, lateralium pars libera anterior brevis, 

 triangula, postica multo major, in mentum amplissimum, curvulum, obtusum connata, 

 petala linearia, obtusa. Labellum e basi cuneata dilatatum, antice in lobulos 1 aequales? 

 divisum. Gynostemium brevissimum. — Flores albi, 1,5 cm longi, macula lutea in disco 

 notati. — Novembri. 



■Hinterindisch-ostasiatische Provinz: Hongkong, Nairian (C. Ford n. 272! 

 u. 473!). — Hainan, Lingmen (Dr. Henry). 



Nota. Flores variant magnitudine, a raaximis 1,5 cra longis ad 4 — 5 mm longos decres- 

 centes; caules undique teretes et eadem crassitie vidi, nunquam subtetragonos et incrassatos 

 ut in D. aciculari Lindl. quocum cl. Rolfe plantam comparat. 



430. D. subulatum (Blume) Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. (1830) 91; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 

 631; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 726 (autore erroneo Hookero) ; J. J. Smith in Fl. Buitenz. 

 VI. 334. — Onychium subulatum Blume, Bijdr. (18 25) 328. — Podochilus bicolor 

 Miq. Choix (1867) t. 22, fig. 3. — Caules ad 1 5 cm alti, fractiflexi. Folia disticha, 

 subulata, recurva acuta, carnosa, 1,0—1,2 cm longa, I — 2 mm crassa. Racemi pauci- 

 flori, leviter fractiflexi, bracteae minutae. Sepalum dorsale petalaque breviora, oblonga, 

 sepala lateralia antice triangula, obtusa, postice in mentum amplum, quater longius 

 aucta. Labellum e basi cuneata oblongum, antice retusum, subsimplex, lineae 3 ele- 

 vatulae per discum. — Flores albidi, minuti, labellum et sepala lateralia 7 — 8 mm 

 longa, sepalum dorsale et petala 2 mm longa, 1 mm lata, labellum 6 mm longum, 4 mm 

 latum, ovarium 6-costatum. — Floret toto anno. — Fig. 1 5.D — F. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malayische Halbinsel, Perak (Scortecbini 

 n. 302a!); Java (Zollinger n. 836 u. 1043! an huc It. II. n. 836a?, Lobb n. 154!, 

 Blume n. 228!). 



431. D. acerosum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XXX. (1841) Mise. 86; Reicbb. f. in Walp. 

 Ann. VI. 281; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 72 6; Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 251. — 



