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lanceolata 14 cm. longa 28 mm. lata apice triangulari-acuta basi gradatim 

 angustata 8 mm. lata ad petiolum subuullum abeuntia secus medium tenui- 

 ter plicata exsiccato membranacea vivo crassiuscula supra viridia ad costas 

 tenuiter sulcata utroque latere cost?e 3-4 nervata, nervis et venis supra non 

 visis, subtus pallidiora, costis elevatis, uervis tenuiter visis, margiue iutegra 

 circ. plaua tenuissima. Scapi (racemi) ad apicem pseudobulbi terminales, 

 20-25 cm. longi complanati e 



deorsmn distiucte alati cum alis 



4 mm. lati a basi sursum usque 

 ad 3i cm. lougum nudi, plus sur- 

 sum usque ad partem floriferam 

 squamati, squarnis inferioribus lon- 

 gioribus laxiusculis lauceolatis 2] 

 cm. longis 4 mm. latis acuminatis 

 remotiusculis, superioribus mino- 

 ribus densiusculis ad bracteam 

 abeuntibus. Pars florifera racemi 

 10-15 cm. louga tereto-augulata, 

 bracteis lanceolatis acumiDatis 

 6 mm. longis erectis, floribus 

 densiusculis a se 3-7 mm. remotis, 

 pedicellis 2 mm. longis, ovariis 

 3-4 mm. lougis clavato-teretibus 

 apice truncatis basi attenuatis, 

 floribus subclausis 4 mm. lougis. 

 Sepalum posticum erectum liu- 



eari-oblongum 5 mm. lougum 2 mm. latum apica obtusum basi hand cou- 

 tractum 2 mm. latum 1-nervium dorso cariuato-costatum secus costas subpli- 

 cato-concavum, lateralia cum. postico conformia. Petala augustissime liuearia 



5 mm. longa % mm. lata erecta 1-nervia 1-costata basi uou contracta vix vel 

 hand dilatata apice obtusa hand reflexa. Labellum subpatens in explicate 

 sub-rotimdaturn 4} mm. lougum 3|inm. latum apice cuspidatum, partibus 

 cuspidatis elougato-triaugularibus 14- mm. lougis basi 1-1| mm. latis apice obtusis 



Fig. 8, Liparis platybolba HAYATA ; a, 



a flower ; f , a dorsal sepal ; c, a lateral sepal ; 



d, a petal ; e, a lip seen from front ; b, and 



g, the same, seen from side ; h, a column, 



seen from side. 



