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TABTTLA CCXI. 



Dendrobium Nieuwe nhuisii J. J. Smith. n. sp. 



Orchidaceae. 



Fig. 1. Flos £. — Fig. 2. Flos antice visus — Fig. 3. Labellum et Gyno- 

 steraium — Fig. 4. Labellum expansum '\. — Fig. 5. Gynostenrium subtus 

 visum — Fig. 6. Stirps \. 



Caules elongati, teretes, sulcati. Folia oblonga, inaeqnaliter 

 acuta. Inflorescentiae breve*s, pendulae, pauciflorae. Flores medio- 

 cres, penduli, horizontales. Sepala oblonga; mentum longum, 

 calcariforme, tenuiter cylindricum, hamato-incurvum. Petala 

 oblonga, apice recurva, valde undulata. Labellum angustissi- 

 mum, unguiculatum ; looi laterales breves; lobus medius longus, 

 linearis, mavgine reflexo, apice tantum inflexo cochleari. 



Caules approximati, dependentes, teretes, sulcati, obscure 

 sordide brunnei, foliati, 1 m. et plus longi, circ. 0.60 cm. 

 crassi; internodia 3 — 4 cm. longa. Folia biseriata, oblonga, 

 inaequaliter acuta, undulata, costa media supra sulcata, subtus 

 carinata, tenuia, nitida, obscure viridia, subtus obscure sordide 

 violacea, circ. 10 cm. longa, 3.60 cm. lata; vaginae tubulosae, 

 viricli-violaceae. Inflorescentiae ad nodos caulium defoliatorum, 

 pendulae, breves, circ. 3.50 ctn. longae, circ. 6-florae, laxae. 

 Pedunculus rachisque obscure violacei. Bracteae adpressae, 

 parvae, oblongae, pallidae, obscure violaceo-punctatae, 0.30 cm. 

 longae. Flores penduli, horizontales, circ. 1.30 cm. lati, 2.90 cm. 

 longi, sepalis parallelis, carnosis. Sepalum dorsale oblongo- 

 ovatum, obtusum cum mucrone parvo, concavum, pallide luteo- 



