132 NEW OR RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



the base lanceolate caudate, rather shorter. Lip half the 

 length of the sepal base narrow, lateral lobes ovate curved 

 obtuse, midlobe very narrow acuminate caudate centre 

 elevated thickened. Column short and broad winged, 

 filament distinct. Anther for the column large oblong 

 rounded. 



Johore : Sungei Tebrau, on trees over the river. 



A very curious plant with the habit of a small Sacco- 

 labium, with flowers in upwards dilated racemes. 



Dendrobium gramineum, n. sp. 



Stems long very slender, branched about ^V inch 

 through flexuous, branches 6 or more inches long. 

 Leaves linear lanceolate J-l^ inch long \ inch wide, 

 acute bifid with one acuminate point much longer than 

 the other, sheaths J inch long ribbed and thickly nigrohir- 

 sute. Flowers solitary with several papery ovate bracts, 

 at the base, peduncle slender J inch long. Sepals ?-$ inch 

 long lanceolate threeveined. Mentum long straight pa- 

 rallel to the pedicel obtuse \ inch long. Petals narrow 

 linear. Lip as long as the sepals base linear, lateral lobes 

 triangular acute, short and broad. Midlobe spathulale 

 with a narrow cloud and a rounded limb, three ridged 

 and papillose. Column stelidia broad rounded. 



Sarawak: Matang on trees (Eidley, Hewitt). 



Allied to the terrestrial aquatic D. conostalix, Lindl. 

 but an epiphyte branched with very different petals and 



iip. 



Dendrobium Ardeni, n. sp. 



Stems slender branched, pseudobulbs subcylindric 

 slightly flattened olive green 1-J inch long by I inch wide 

 remote. Leaves lanceolate linear 3-4 inches long £-J 

 inch wide dark green coriaceous, narrowed at the base 

 subobtuse. Flowers in tufts from the axils of the leaf 

 appearing singly or in pairs, as large as those of D. 

 Kelsalli. Pedicel pale green \ inch long. Sepals oblong 



Jour. Straits Branch. 



