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4. DENDROBIUM (§ CRUMENATA) ROBINSONII sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica, ±40 cm alta, foliis teretibus. Caules flaccidi, 
superne ramosi, internodia 3-4 inferiora incrassata, angulata, 
pseudobulbum fusiformem usque ad 11 cm longum formantia, 
cetera teretia. Folia teretia, acuta, ascendentia, usque ad 7.5 
cm longa, in sicco circiter 2 mm in diametro. Flores in apice 
caulis singuli, flavidi, purpureo-striati,±19 mm longi; bracteae 
in sicco chartaceae, circiter 2 mm longae. Pedicellus pergra- 
cilis, cum ovario 11 mm longus, ascendens, glabrus. Sepala 
lateralia antice elongato-triangula, obtusa, 5-nervia, postice in 
mentum obtusum leviter incurvum elongata, pars anterior 9-10 
mm longa, 4 mm lata, mentum antice usque ad basim apertum 
9 mm longum. Sepalum dorsale oblongum, valde obtusum, 1 cm 
longum. Petala oblongi-oblanceolata, acuta, 3-nervia, nerviis 
ramosis, 1 cm longa, vix 3 mm lata. Labellum circiter 1.5 cm 
longum, valde retusum, margine prope apicem irregulariter 
dentate, vix 3-lobatum sed subpanduriforme, breviter unguicu- 
latum, prope basim cuneatum, in disco ad medium cristatum, 
lineae elevatulae per discum 3. 
Mindoro, Bulalacao, Bur. Sci. 5642 Robinson (flowering in Manila), 
December, 1909. “Flowers pale greenish-yellow, throat with purple lines 
on the side, lip with a dark-purple blotch at base.” 
A very distinct species of the § Crumenata, characterized by the swollen 
base of the stem and the fleshy terete leaves. 
5. DENDROBIUM (§ PEDILONUM) VANOVERBERGH 1 1 sp. nov. 
(Plate XIII.) 
Habitu D. furcato Reinw. baud dissimilis. Caules graciles, 
pauciramosi, vix 2 mm in crassitudine, circiter 4.5 dm alti, 
suberecti, multiarticulati, nodii nigro-maculati. Folia lineari- 
lanceolata, acuta, subcoriacea, circiter 6.5 cm longa, 2.5 mm 
lata, disticha. Racemi pauciflori. Bracteae coloratae. Flores 
circiter 4.5 cm longi, praeclari; sepala petalaque subalbida, 
labellum purpureum. Sepala lateralia oblonga in mentum sub- 
acutum producta, 3.5 cm longa, 11 mm lata; mentum 1.5 cm 
longum. Sepalum dorsale oblongi-lanceolatum, obtusum, circiter 
3.2 cm longum, 1.2 cm latum. Petala ovato-oblanceolata, obtusa, 
circiter 3 cm longa, 1.5 cm lata. Labellum longiunguiculatum, 
margine antice minute crenulato, supra medium dilatatum, la- 
mina late ovata, 2.5 cm longa, 2 cm lata, obtusa. Labelli 
unguis linearis 2 cm longus in mento sepalorum lateralium 
absconditus. Gynostemium utrinque lobuktum. 
