258 Fr - Kränzlin. — Orchidaceae-Monandrae-Dendrobiinae. Pars 4 . 



rhizomatae intertextae. Caules e basi paulum crassiore attenuati, ascendentes, fusiformi- 

 incrassati, pauciarticulati, internodiis 5 — 6 subcompi'essis, sub anthesi foliatis compositi, 

 20 cm alti. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, apice biloba. Racemi pseudoterminales, pauci- 

 flori, grandiflori, rhacbis tenuis, fractiflexa, bracteae minutae, triangulae v. late ovatae, 

 scariosae. Sepalum dorsale ovatum, acutum, lateralia late triangula, basi cum pede 

 gynostemii omnino coalita, subfalcata, apice deflexa, mentum breve saccatum formantia. 

 Petala multo majora, cuneato-obovata, obtuse acutata. Labelli lobi laterales erecti, 

 magni, trianguli, antice rectanguli, lobus intermedius brevis, latus, reniformis, callo v. 

 potius linea crassa bisulca in disco ex fundo labelli inter ipsos lobos laterales. Fila- 

 mentum longum, rectum, apice incurvum; gynostemium utrinque carinatum, stelidia 

 rotundata, anthera plana. — Totus flos 5 cm diam.; sepala alba, pulcherrime pur- 

 pureo-maculata, praesertim intermedium, petala maculis v. punctulis pallidioribus ornata, 

 labelli lobi laterales extus et intus atro-violacea, lobus intermedius flavus, lineis crassis 

 violaceis decorus. 



Papuanische Provinz: Luisiaden-Archipel, ohne genaueren Standort (Sir W. Mac 

 Gregor!). 



Nota. Proxima est species D. dicupho F. Müll., a quo differt mento simplici non bi- 

 saccato nee non coloribus in nostra specie pulchrioribus. 



498. D. dicuphum F. Müll. Fragm. VIII. (1872) 28; Benth. Fl. austral. VI. 

 277. — Caules crassiusculi, subfusiformes v. conici, incrassati, 7 — 10 cm alti v. bene 

 breviores, apicem versus foliati. Folia pauca, lanceolata v. lineari-lanceolala, 7 — 1 5 cm 

 longa, vix 1 cm lala. Racemi erecti, pseudoterminales, 15 — 3 cm longi, paueiflori 

 (3 — 4), pedicelli 1,3 cm longi. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata; lateralia postice mentum 

 conicum, didymum formantia, mentulo enim saccato infra e mento proprio orto. 

 Petala quam sepala bene majora, obovata v. longiora et latiora. Labellum sepalis sub- 

 aequilongum, pedi gynostemii ibi afflxum ubi mentum et mentulum conjuneta sunt; lobi 

 laterales magni, truncati, lobus intermedius multo minor, ovato-lanceolatus, acutus v. 

 mucronulatus, lineae elevatae per discum 3 (addita interdum utrinque I breviore) mar- 

 gine superiore denticulatae v. papillosae. — Sepala 1,5 — 1,7 cm longa, mentum 7 — 

 8 mm, mentulum 3 — i mm longa petala 2 cm longa 6 — 7 mm lata, labellum 1,5 cm 

 longum, flores rosei v. purpurei. 



Austromalayische Provinz: Nord -Australien, Gebiet des Liverpool -Flusses 

 (Gulliver!) und vermutlich auch bei Port Darwin (Schultz n. 412!). — Ex viv. eult.! 



499. D. Leeanum O'ßrien in Gard. Chron. (1891) II. 641, fig. 88; Journ. of 

 Hortic. (1891) 537, fig. 97; Will. Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 345 c. xyl. — Caules ad 

 90 cm alti, leviter compressi. Folia — ? Racemi complures, breves, in superiore parte 

 caulium; rhachis tenuis, bracteae minutissimae. Sepala ovata, acuta, vix diversa. 

 Petala lanceolata leviter torta, bene angustiora. Labellum basi convolutum , antice 

 apertum, explanatum, late oblongum, obtusum, apiculatum. — Flores . 7 cm diam., 

 sepala petalaque 3,5 cm longa, sepala 1,2 cm, petala 8 mm lata, labellum aequilongum 

 et fere aequilatum, sepala alba antice rosea, petala kermesina, labellum fauce viride, 

 lineis radiantibus roseis ornatum, margine anteriore kermesinum. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neu-Guinea (von Sander eingeführt). 

 Nota. Petala quam sepala angustiora characterem praebent saus inusitatum, inveniuntur 

 enim plerumque latiora. Labellum contra Simplex v. vix trilobum dicendum et colorum dis- 

 positio quam maxime varia. Florum fabrica D. superbienti haud dissimilis, differt planta prae- 

 cipue racemis brevibus compluribus pro uno longiore pendulo. Importata est haecce species 

 una cum D. phalaenopside. 



500. D. superbiens Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1876) II. 516 et (1878) I. 40; 

 Flor. Mag. N. S. t. 294; Fitzgerald, Austral. Orch. II. pt. 1 t. 6; Sander, Reichen- 

 bachia I. 87 t. 39. — D. Ooldiei Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1878) I. 652. — D. 

 Fitzgeraldi F. Müll, in Melb. Chemist, June (1884); Bail. Queensld. Fl. V. (1902) 

 1524. — Planta maxima. Caulis elatus, 1 m altus, e basi globosa Qylindraceus, 

 multiarticulatus, sulcatus, supra foliosus. Folia late lanceolata oblongave acuta, ad 



