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DEN DROBI U M MOLUCCENSE J. J. Sm. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 13 

 (1914) 11. 



Dendrobium atropurpureum J. J. Sm. (nec Miq.) Orch. Amb. (1905) 

 54. 



Herba supplex minor Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 110, t. 50, f. 2. 



The species of the section Oxystophyllum have been frequently 

 misunderstood and misinterpreted, partly due to the incomplete 

 descriptions. Herba supplex minor is neither Dendrobium con- 

 cinnum Miq. nor D. atropurpureum Miq. 



DENDROBIUM PURPUREUM Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 484. 



Dendrobium viridiroseum Rchb. f. in Bonplandia 3 (1855) 226. 

 Angraecum purpureum silvestre Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 109. t. 50, /. 1. 



There is no doubt as to the correctness of this reduction, which 

 was made by Roxburgh. 



DENDROBIUM ANOSMUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 21 (1844) Misc. 41. 



Dendrobium superbum Rchb. f. var. anosmum Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. 

 6 (1861) 283. 



Dendrobium superbum Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1861) 282. 

 Dendrobium macrophyllum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 25 (1839) Misc. 36, non 

 A. Rich. 



Dendrobium macranthum Hook, in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 69 (1843) t. 



3870, non A. Rich. 

 Dendrobium scortechinii Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1890) 741. 

 Dendrobium leucorhodum Schltr. Orch. Neu-Guinea (1913) 499. 

 Angraecum caninum s. undecimum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 105, t. 



U7, /. 1. 



I have seen no specimens of Dendrobium anosmum Lindl., but 

 as the plant is usually considered to be a mere variety of Dendro- 

 bium superbum Rchb. f. there is no good reason for replacing 

 Lindley's name by the more recent one proposed by Reichen- 

 bach f. The figure of Dendrobium anosmum Lindl., in Paxt. 

 Mag. Bot. 15: 97, represents a short-flowered form of Dendro- 

 bium superbum Rchb. f . Dendrobium anosmum Lindl. is credited 

 to the Philippine Islands by Lindley, Bot. Reg. 31 (1845) Misc. 

 32, but is not mentioned by Mr. Ames. 



DENDROBIUM sp. 



Herba supplex major quarta Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 111. 



The description of the flower is strongly suggestive of Dendro- 

 bium confusum Schltr., but so far as I know Schlechter's species 

 never attains the length noted by Rumphius. Suggested reduc- 

 tions by other authors are in contradiction with the description. 



DENDROBIUM sp. 



Angraecum purpureum et nudum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 109, t.Jf9,f.2. 



Lindley reduced this form to Dendrobium bifarium Lindl., the 



