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acuminata basl gradaitiin attenuata iu petiolum 10 cm. lougura abeuutia ima 

 basi articulata multinervia uteinque glabra. Flores mediocres 2 cm. iu 

 diametro, in racemum laxe-floratum 15"ei. loiigum terminalem psduncula- 

 tum dispositi, pedunculis 18 cm. longis gracilibus ese.ctis, bracteis lanceolatis 

 1 cm. longis. Sepala libera patentia linearia 9 mm. longa- 1 mm. lata apice 

 obtusa, posticum postice reflexum recurvatum, lateralia aiitice paralleliter 

 patentia inferne recurvata. Petala linearia 9 mm. longa ^ mm. lata police 

 et iuferne reflexa. Labellum cuneiforme in circumscriptions 8 mm. loiigum, 

 5J mm. latum a inedio autice curvatmn apice latissime truncatum irregulariter 

 denticulatum basi columnse affixum, a inedio basi erectmn ima columnaiu 



amplectans a inedio 

 superne patens elobatam 

 basi 2-tubercnlatum. 

 Columna elougata 5 mm. 

 louga semiteres. 



HAB. Taito, Man- 

 chosha, leg. T. TAWAKAMI 

 et G. NAKAHAEA, Jan. 

 1906, (No. 76G). 



Tliis is very distinct 

 species ; it is somewhat 

 near L. flaccida in its 

 habit, but very much dif- 

 ferent from it in having 



^ much larger lips, longer 



pedicels and in many other points. 



Liparis platybolba HAYATA (Fig. 8) sp. iiov. Epiphyta. Rhizoma 

 in arborem repens complauato-teres 2 mm. latum, radices a basi pseudobulbi 

 gerentes. Pseudobulbi valde complauati oblongi vel ovato-oblongi vel elliptic! 

 2^ cm. longi 2 cm. lati 7 mm. crassi glabri basi reliquis squamarum obtecti 

 apice 2-foliati, fohis cum petiohs articulatis, petiolis subnullis in utroque latera 

 pseudobulbi valde decurreutibus, partibus decurrentibus 25 mm. lougis tenuibus 

 sursum 4 mm. latis deorsum augustissimis ad nullmn reductis. Folia ob- 



Fig. 7, Laparis Xakahami HAYATA ; a, a flower ; 

 b, a sepal ; c, a petal ; cl, a lip ; e, the same seen from 

 back ; f , the same, seen from side ; g, the same seen 

 from back ; h, a column, anther lifted. 



