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OECHIDE.E. 



orchid which was sent to R. SCHLECHTER some years before and was sent 

 back here by him with the name of Liparis lo'nyipes LrNDL. 



Liparis Kawakamii HAY ATA sp. nov. (Fig. 5.) Caulis (cum racemis) 

 23 cm. longus basi squamatus, squamis vaginiformibus 3-5 cm. lougis 15 mm. 

 latis apice acutis vel acumiuatis, basi supra partein squamatam 2-foliatus. 

 Folia oblauceolata sessilia 13 mm. louga 2 cm. lata apice acuto-obtusa basi 

 atteuuata, nervis mauifestis 5, in vivo crassiuscula, iu exsiccato submem- 

 branacea. Kacemi terminales 18 cm. longi, rhachibus complanatis alatis, alls 

 1 mm. latis, pednnculis 10 cm. longis squamiferis, squamis cum bractea 



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conformibus lanceolatis 8 mm. longis 

 1-2 mm. latis acuminatis a se 1cm. re- 

 motis, partibus floriferis 5-6 cm. lougis 

 laxiuscule floratis, peclicellis 7 mm. lougis 

 gracilibus, ovariis 2 mm. lougis mm. 

 latis, bracteis-lauceolatis 8 mm. lougis 

 acumiuatis. Sepalum posticum liueari- 

 augustatum 5 mm. longum 1 f mm. 

 latum apice obtusum basi uon cou- 

 tractum approximatim 3-nervium, 

 lateralia obliqua postico vix breviora. 



Petala ano-ustissime liuearia 6 mm. louga 

 Fig. o, Liparis Kawakmnii HAYATA ; 



:i, a flower, one of the lateral sepals taken -J mm. lata apice obtusa 1-uervia basi UOU 

 off ; b, a dorsal sepal ; c, a lateral sepal ; 



a, a petal ; e, a lip ; f , a column ; g, the coutracta. LabeUum cuueiforme 5 mm. 



same, in vertical section. -, . , , i j_- 



longum apice o^ mm. latum apice latissi- 



mum medio contractum 2| mm. latum basi contractum 1 J mm. latum apice 

 truucatum deuticulatum latere margine subiutegrum latere infra medium sub 

 erectum, basi medio discis collosis instructum. Columua recur va 4 mm. louga dorso 

 complauata, utroque latere leviter alata, alis prope apicem columuse dilatatis. 



HAB. Formosa : Loco uou iudicato ; leg. T. KAWAKAMI. 



Near L. Udtiyamce SCHLECHT., but differs from it by the broader leaves 

 and less prominent auricles at the apex of the column. 



Liparis macrantha ROLFE, (Fig. 6) iu Ann. Bot. IX. p. 156 ; 

 MATSUM. et HAYATA Eimm. PI. Formos. p. 406. 



