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pilosae; callus elongatus, crassiusculus per medium discum. — Sepala e basi latiore 

 attenuata, acuminatissima, basi viridi-lutea, apicem versus lutea, 4,6 cm longa, dorsale 

 basi 5,5 mm, lateralia basi fere 9 mm lata, petala 4,2 cm longa, 2,7 mm lata, labellum 

 luteum, basi atro-purpureo-maculatum, antice viridi-luteum, 1,4 cm longum, 7,5 mm latum, 

 gynostemium pallide luteum, 5 mm longum. — Mihi non visum. 



Centromalayische Provinz: Molukken (Teijsmann, Weber ex Smith). 



Nota. In insulis quibusdam indo-malaycnsibus incolae caulibus liujus plantae uti dicuntur, 

 quibus pileos et bursas nectantur. 



16. D. pentanema (Schlechter) Kränzl. — Dendrobium pcntanema Schlechter in 

 Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. (4 905) 155. — Pseudobulbi aggregati, lageniformes, 

 30 cm alti, in Collum sensim attenuati, apice ipso dilatati, ibique applanati, monophylli. 

 Folia basi latiuscula, pseudobulbis insidentes, oblongi, obtuse acutati; basi compressi, 

 coriacei, ad 15 cm longi, ad 4 cm lati, vaginula in apice bulbi folio opposita, flores 

 tenerrimi, succedanei, semper singuli, cum pedicello tenui folia aequantes. Sepala petalaque 

 e basi lanceolata caudata v. in fila tenuissima angustata, mentum sepalorum lateralium 

 breve, obtusum. Labellum simplex, leviter panduratum, lobuli laterales minuti, lobus 

 intermedius e parte angustata dilatatum, subspathulatum, lamellae incrassatae, ex ipsa 

 basi in discum lobi intermedii ibique confluentes. — Flores albi, sepala petalaque 

 3 — 3,5 cm longa, mentum 6 mm longum, labellum 1 cm longum medio 6 mm apice 

 5 mm latum. — Julio. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neu-Mecklenburg. In Wäldern bei Punam in 600 m 

 ü. d. M. (Schlechter n. 14679!) 



17. D. phalangium (Schlechter) Kränzl. — Dendrobium phalangium Schlechter in 

 Schum. et Lauterb. Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. (1905) 155. — Rhizoma breve, pseudo- 

 bulbi lageniformes, supra attenuati, monophylli 2 — 5 cm longi, basi 4 — 5 mm, apice 

 1 — 1,5 mm crassi, folia oblonga v. ligulata, apice oblique et irregulariter biloba, coriacea 

 3 — 6 cm longa, medio 6 — 10 mm lata, flores erecti, folia aequantes (succedanei?). 

 Sepala e basi lanceolata filiformia, caudata, lateralia mentum longiusculum formantia, 

 ceterum antice aequalia. Petala paulum minora, imprimis breviora. Labellum obscure 

 trilobum, panduratum, e basi oblonga constrictum, antice spathulato-suborbiculare, margine 

 undulatum, lineae elevatae e basi in discum 2, callus convexus in anteriore parte 

 antepositus, clinandrium gynostemii brevis, postice denticulatum, filamentum duplo longius 

 quam stelidia. — Flores rosei, labellum album, venis brunneo-violaceis et callo antico 

 albo ornatum, sepala ca. 2 cm longa, mentum 6 mm longum, labelli pars basilaris 

 5 mm, apicalis 6 mm longa 3 mm lata. — Aprili. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neu-Guinea. Kaiser Wilhelmsland. Torricelli-Gebirge in 

 1100 m ü. d. M. (Schlechter n. 14 345). — Mihi non visum, ex descr. autoris. 



1 8. D. glabrum (J. J. Smith) Kränzl. — Dendrobium glabrum J. J. Smith in Bull. 

 Dep. Agric. Indes neerland. V. (1907) 4 et in Nova Guin. VIII. T. 1, 56 tab. XX, Gg. 64.— 

 llhizoma repens, teres, 3 mm crassum. Pseudobulbi 1,5 cm inter se distantes, erecti, 

 oblongi, haud in collum attenuati, sectione transversa elliptici, longitudinaliter sulcati, 

 nitidissimi, dilute virides, internodio unico constituti 3,3 cm longi 9 mm crassi. Folium 

 erectum, sessile, lanceolatum, obtusum, apice subaequali-bilobum, rigide coriaceum, niti- 

 dissimum, ca. 5,5 cm longum, 1,7 cm latum. Inflorescentia basi vagina complicata, 

 straininea, 2 cm longa vestita. Sepala e basi latiuscula linearia, caudata, canaliculata, 

 mentum breve obtusum, bisaccatum. Petala linearia, canaliculata, acuta, 3-nervia. Labelli 

 simplicis pars basilaris erecta, lineis 3 elevatis instructa, in lobulos 2 vix ita dicendos 

 minutos exiens, lobus intermedius porrectus, lineari-oblongus, acuminatus v. longe acutatus, 

 undulatus. Gynostemium pro flore brevissimum, pes cum ovario angulum rectum 

 formans. — Flores ephemeri, pallide flavescentes, ca. 3,5 cm diam. Sepala 2,15 cm 

 longa, in basi 4,3 mm, ceterum 1,17 mm lata, petala 2 cm longa 1 mm lata, labellum 

 expansum 1,7 cm longum, 4,5 mm latum, pallide flavescens. 



Papuanische Provinz: Niederländisch Neu-Guinea, am Soengei Merauke (ex 

 Smith). 



