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longa. Folia longe lanceolata, acuminata, apice ipso bilobula, 12 — 15 cm longa, 2 cm 

 lata et ultra. Racemi paulum infra apicem caulis quam folia breviores, paucifiori, 

 (6—8), bracteae minutissimae. Flores subsecundi, longe pedicellati. Sepalum dorsale 

 late oblongum, obtuse acutatum, lateralia late ovata, incurva, acuta, mentum obtusissi- 

 mum, rotundalum, apertum, perbreve formantia. Petala leviter curvata, aequilonga, 

 linearia, acuta obtusave. Labellum curvatum, subbrevius e basi cuneata dilatatum, lobi 

 laterales obovati, angulo antico fere recti, lobus intermedius transverse latus, ovatus, 

 acutus, callus humilis e basi ad basin lobi intermedii antice in denticulos 3 exiens. 

 Gynostemii pars libera perbrevis, androcliniuin margine retusum, filamentum breve, stelidia 

 nulla. — Flores lutei, rubro-notati v. punctati, labellum albidum, luteo-suffusum, se- 

 palum dorsale petalaque 1 cm longa, sepala lateralia 1,3 cm longa, basi 7 — 8 mm 

 lata, labellum 7 — 8 mm longum et 5 — 6 mm latum. — Septembri. 



Austromalayische Provinz: Queensland, Moretonbay (Fitzgerald!, Leich- 

 hardt!). 



Araucarien-Provinz: N. S. Wales (Macleay), Clarence River (Beckler!), Lord 

 Howe's Isl. (M'Gillivray!, Fitzgerald!, Milne!, Moore!). 



525. D. Kingianum Bidw. in Lindl. Bot. Beg. 1844, Mise. 1 8 et in Bot. Reg. XXXI. 

 t. 61; Bot. Mag. t. 4527; Beichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. (1861) 301; F. Müll. Fragm. III. 

 60; Beichb. f. in Gard. Cbron. (1889) I. 467; Benth. Fl. austral. VI. 280; Bailey, 

 Queensld. Fl. Pt. V. (1902) 152 8. — Caules longe ovati, supra longe attenuati, ad 

 15 cm alti, basi I — 1,5 cm crassi. Folia .] — 5 apicem versus congesta, oblonga, apice 

 biloba, coriacea, 2 — 10 cm longa, I — 2 cm lata. Bacemi folia excedentes, ad 15 cm 

 longi. Flores pauci, longe pedicellati; bracteae minutissimae. Sepalum dorsale ob- 

 longum obtuse acutatum, lateralia cum pede gynostemii satis longo connata, antice ovato- 

 triangula, mentum obtusum, antice apertum, leviter ineurvum formantia. Petala e basi 

 lineari-lanceolata, acuta, quam sepala multo angustiora. Labellum e basi cuneata valde 

 dilatatum, lobi laterales semiobovati obtriangulive, angulo exteriore acuto; lobus inter- 

 medius transverse oblongus, medio apiculatus, callus crassus, supra leviter bisulcatus per 

 totum discum ad basin lobi intermedii decurrens ibique in apiculos 3 exiens; stelidia 

 subnulla, filamentum elongatum, filiforme, margine crenulatum, rostellum satis magnum, 

 -bilobulum, fovea stigmatica maxima. — Flores rosei v. pallide purpurei, odorem Helio- 

 tropii peruviani exhalantes, coloribus quam maxime variabilibus eximii, labellum album, 

 antice praesertim roseo-suffusum et intensius punetulatum, callus viridi-luteus ; sepalum 

 dorsale et petala 1,2 — 1,3 cm longa, sepalum dorsale 5 mm, petala 2,5 mm lata, sepa- 

 lorum lateralium pars antica 1,5 cm, postica 1,2 cm longa, medio 7-8 mm lata, 

 labellum fere 1,2 cm longum, inter lobos laterales 8 — 9 mm latum, lobus intermedius 

 6 — 7 mm latus. — Floret vere. 



Austromalayische Provinz: Queensland, Moreton Bay? (Bidwill), Hastings 

 Biver (Moore n. 25!). — N. S. Wales (Leichhardt!). — Murwilhumbah (Forsyth!). 

 Exam. viv. eult.! 



Var. Aldersonae Bailey in Queensl. Agric. Journ. XV. (1905) 781. — Flores albi, 

 sepala extus interdum macula pallide-purpurea signata, labellum pallide purpureo- 

 punctulatum, discus luteus. — Ceterum ut typus. 



Blackall Bange (Mrs. Alderson ex Bailey). " 



Var. pallidum Bailey, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensld. I. et Queensld. Flora Pt. V. 

 (1902) 1528. — Caules debiliores quam in typo et massas densas in rupibus for- 

 mantes, 5 — 20 cm alti, basi ampliati, folia tenuia, 5 — 8 cm longa, circ. 1,2 cm lata 

 apicem versus angustata, racemi sublongiores, flores 3 — 4 pallide lilacino-guttati. 



Queensland: Main Range (Benj. Crow). 



Var. Silcockii Bailey 1. 1. s. s. c. c. — Caulis et folia ut in forma typica. Flores 

 candidi textura crassiuscula, pedicelli albi, Ovaria viridia, omnes partes bene majores 

 quam in typo. 



Queensland: Tweed Biver (Silcock). 



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