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and socks in side valleys. Lat. 26° 25’ N. Alt. 7,000 ft. 
Epiphytic plant of 2-4 inches. Flowers yellow. August 1919.” 
G. Forrest. No 18,374. 
Possibly a variety of this Himalayan and Khasian species, 
agreeing very closely in structure but differing somewhat in the 
yellow colour of the flowers. In the dried state the labellum has 
a faint purplish tinge. 
(,\0? Dendrobium scoriarum, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate D. yunnanensis, Finet a quo foliis ob- 
longis, floribus longius pedicellatis, sepalis petalisque acutius- 
culis, labello ad medium calloso, antherae apice longe producto 
divergit. : 
Planta epiphytica ad 60 cm. alta. Caules caespitosi, plus 
minusve erecti, sinuosi, gracillimi, 2-3 mm. crassi, foliosi, sub 
anthesi defoliati. Folia disticha, plerumque 4-4.5 cm. longa, 
1-1.5 cm. lata, oblonga, apice obtusa paulo asymmetrica, cori- 
acea, vaginis persistentibus caulem tegentibus. Flores cito in 
sicco decidui, ut videtur 1-2-nati, basi vaginulis paucis praediti, 
pedicellis cum ovario circ. 2.5 cm. longis. Sepala lateralia 
falcato-ovata, circ. 1.6 cm. longa, basi fere 1.3 cm. lata, 
acutiuscula, 5-nervia; dorsale ovato-lanceolatum, circ. 1.5 mm. 
longum acutatum 5-nervium. Petala circ. 1.4 cm. longa, medio 
6 mm. lata, lanceolata, acutiuscula textura tenuissima glabra. 
Labelluni columnae pedi adnatum trilobum, cire. 1.2 cm. 
longum, medio ad 9 mm. latum; lobi laterales rotundati circ. 4 
mm. diametro sub lente minute serratuli et intus minute pubes- 
centes ; intermedius paulo longior circ. 6 mm. latus ovatus apice 
acutus intus puberulus, margine minute serratulus ; discus circ. 
4 mm. longus, antice ad basin lobi intermedi callositate sphaer- 
ica praeditus; pes circ. 1.2 cm. longus ad insertionem labelli 
jugis carnosis munitus, ad columnam supra papilloso-scabridu- 
lus. Columna brevis dentibus anticis obsoletis. Anthera bilo- 
cularis processu bifido 3 mm. longo roseo coronata. Quoad floris 
colorem confer infra. 
‘West China :—West of Tengyueh, Yunnan, on rocks and 
trees on the outskirts of Java bed. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 5,000 
ft. Epiphytic plant of 2 ft. Sepals yellowish with a flush of 
red; petals pale yellowish-white. Labellum, base crimson-lake, 
centre pale-yellow, apex crimson-lake. Rostellum, base yellow- 
ish, tip brilliant rose-magenta; odourless. June “19r2.”” G. 
Forrest. No. 8517. 
Dendrobium stuposum, Lindl. 
“West China :—Flank of volcanic mountain north-west of 
Tengyueh, Yunnan, on rocks. Lat. 25° 10’ N. Alt. 7,000 ft. 
