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Herba pumila. Caules proeumbentes ramosi tenues vix l" 1 
crassi breviter articulati, squamis minutis ovatis acutis dissite 
bracteati et vaginis in fila brevia solutis ocbreati. Folia breviter 
petiolata ovato-laneeolata sensim longe acuminata pungentia, basi 
obtusa, supra planiuscula vel leniter convexa, subtus evidenter 
convexa, igitur carnosa, medium versus fere 2'" crassa, pollicem 
longa aut paulo longiora, 4-6"' lata, Pedunculi axillares solitarii 
in unico specimine florente visi uniflori perbreves, membrana tenui 
lacera hyalina arete inclusi. Pedicellus solitarius brevis in germen 
exangulatum sensim incrassatus. Flores resupinati. Sepala 3 e 
lata basi angusto-Ianceolata, sensim acutata, circiter semuncialia, 
If'" lata, arcuato-recurva, viridula, basin versus rubro-striata ; duo 
lateralia unilateraliter cum columns basi producta, in conum fere 
trilinearem unilateraliter coalita. Petala sive sepala interiora 
recta, dilute viridula, lanceolato-linearia, basi rubro-striata, sepalis 
gequilonga, acuta, cum sepalis labelloque fere membranea, saltern 
non carnosa. Labellum inferne viridulum, columns parallelum, 
quam duplo superat, petalis vix brevius, ungue inferne cuneato 
margine membraneo, lamina fere 3'" longa, breviter et acute acu- 
minata sive cuspidata, margine alba et eleganter crispata, prasterea 
maculis saturate roseis ornata ; Carinas 3 supra unguem recte 
extendentes, supra labellum autem lineas quidem continuas sed 
peril exuosas et quasi glandulosas viridulas ad apicem labelli eva- 
nidas prsebent. Columna alba carnosa, apice breviter tridentata, 
semicylindrica, a medio ad basin cum sepalis lateralibus connata, 
dente medio apicis antheram V" metientem albam mobilem gerente. 
Stigma ovale. Anthera flavida ceracea, cujus paria ellipsoidea 
cohasrentia. 
Plerisque florum notis cum D. Milligani congruit, foliis magis 
in D. rigidum quadrat. 
Dendrobium ShepJierdii. 
Caulibus repentibus dense squamato-vaginatis, ramulis minutis 
bulbiformibus uniarticulatis monophyllis , foliis canaliculato-tere- 
tiusculis v. semiteretibus acutis enerviis carnosis, pedunculis uni - 
floris perbrevibus lateralibus, sepalis parvis albidis ovato-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis petala membranea hyalina ovata ter superantibus, 
labello sepalis quater breviore aurantiaco ovato oblongove ecari - 
nato eglanduloso integerrimo basi truncato. 
In silvis ad lllawarra, ubi Dendrobio teretifolio, D. pungenti- 
folio, D. linguiformi, cuidam Bolbophyllo, Cymbidio suavi, Sarco- 
chilo falcato aliisque Orchideis epiphytis adsociatum. T. W. 
Shepherd. # # . 
Caulis sive rhizoma flexuosum, fibris filiformibus tortulis solita- 
riis radicans, undique squamis arctis membraneis nervosis demum 
laceris vestitum. Famuli crebri, sic dictos pseudobulbos solitarios 
