Species novae in Gardener's Chronicle, 3. ser , XLVIII (1910), descriptae. 319 



and its allies, mor in any other Orchid is the colour so nearly black 

 Is seen through a lens, it is very deep purple-brown. 



108. Sobralia blanda Kranzlin, 1. c, p. 273. — Caules stricti, ad 

 50 cm alti, glaberrimi, foliosi. Poliorum vaginae glabrae, estriatae, 

 4—5 cm longae, excepto folio supremo subflorali, cujus vagina ampliata, 

 laminae sessiles oblongae, acuminatae. 7-nerviae, coriaceae, 15 — 18 cm 

 longae, ad 6 cm latae, suprema 9 cm longa, 3 cm lata. Plores solitarii, 

 succedanei ex vaginis foliaceis, viridibus, albo-marginatis glabris orientes. 

 Flores candid i, labellum medio in disco aureum. Sepala lanceolata, 8 cm 

 longa, medio 1 — 8 cm lata. Petala teneriora, oblongo-lanceolata, 7 cm 

 longa, medio 2,2 cm lata. Labellum e basi cuneata valde dilatatum, tri- 

 lobum. lobi laterales rotundati, lobus intermedius subquadratus, profunde 

 bilobulus, margo totius labelli a dimidio undulatus, praesertim in lobo 

 intermedio, discus lineis 5 elevatis rectis non proprie „cristatis" e basi 

 medium usque decurrentibus percursus, labellum 7 cm longum, quo la- 

 tissimum 4 — 5 cm latum, discus glaber, brevissime velutinus (nee pa- 

 pillosus nee pilosus). Gynostemium breve, stelidia uncata, retrorsa. — 

 This new vspecies of Sobralia flowered in the collection of Mr, Paul 

 Wolter, Magdeburg, who informed me that he received it from Eng- 

 land as a hybrid of doubtful parentage. After a careful examination. 

 I. found that the plant resembles, in nearly all characters, the true 

 species, S. Lindleyana Reichb. A notable difference, however, consistes 

 in the scales or bracts of the flowers which are short in S.Lindlei/ana 

 but long and herbaceous (like S. macrantha) in S. blanda. The leaves of 

 S. Lindleyana are said to be short and stiff, in S blanda they are large 

 and well developed. The flowers resemble those of S Liliastrum and 

 S. Lindleyana, especially in the white sepals and petals and the golden- 

 yellow centre of the disc. The lines of the latter are a little higher than 

 the surrounding area, but there is no propter cresting. 



109. Paeonia japonica (Makino) Miyabe et Takeda, 1. c, p 366. — 

 Syn.: Paeonia obovata /J. japonica Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag., XVI (1902), 

 p. 59. — Paeonia Wittmanniana Pinet et Gagn. Contr. PI. Asie Orient.. I, 

 P- 222, pro parte, non Lindl. — Paeonia albiftora Miq. Prol. PI. japon., 

 P- 197, pro parte. Pranch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Japon., I, p. 14, pro parte, 

 non Pall. — Statura P. obovatae Maxim, valde similis, sed floribus non 

 apertis. albis, petalis obovato-cuneatis vel orbiculato obovatis, apicem 

 versus undulatis. valde concavis, sub anthesi conniventibus, staminibus 

 brevioribus, stigmatibus brevissimis nee elongatis nee convoluto-retortis 

 distinguitur. — This Paeony has been known to Japanese botanists 

 from the remotest time, but as P. obovata Maxim, v. also grows in 

 mountainous districts throughout Japan, P. japonica has been confounded 

 w ith it or believed to be a morely white-flowered variety, for the habit 

 is very similar. P. japonica is, however, distinguished from Maximowicz's 

 Plant mainly by its flowers, which open less widely and have more 

 concave petals and short stigmas, whilst the leaves are quite glabrous. 

 Therefore, the plant is considered to be a proper species, and its name 



