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OPiCHIDE.T.. 



desuper leviter recurvis, a, infra partem cuspidatam deorsum rotunda turn, 

 partibus rotnndatis (i.e. hypochilis) 3 mm. lougis totiusque latis vel latioribus 

 distincte 5-uerviis suberectis basi medio valde concavis utroque latere suberectis, 

 glabmm inter partem cuspidatam (epicliilmn) et partem rotundatarn (hypo- 

 chilum) valde ad marginem undulato-plicatum, margine deorsum prope basin 

 iiitegerrimum sursum sub eroso-denticulatum vel subintegrum. Columua 2mm. 

 longa fere semiteres apice clavata usque ad supra basin augustata basin leviter 



dilatata. Clinaiidrium valde 

 concavnm. Pollinia 4, per 

 paria in loculis segregata 

 Capsulse racemosse sub- 

 sec u n d ?e obovoideo - f usi- 

 formes apice clavato- 

 rotuudat?e basi fusiforme- 

 attenuatfe 3-costat?e, inter 

 costas 1-nervatre, in sectioue 

 s u b c i r c n 1 a r e s , pedicellis 

 3 mm . lougis . CcsticJ/ is pi a iij - 

 bolbn HAYATA in sclied. 

 Herb. Taihoku. 



HAB. Arisau, inter 

 Funkiko et Taroyeu, leg. B. 

 HAYATA et T. ITO Mart. 1914. 

 Remarkable for the 

 very much laterally com- 

 pressed pseudol >ulbs. 



Liparis Sasakii 



^^^^^ HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 9.) 



Epiphyta in tninco Cltomcecypcms oltmce. Caulis 8 cm. longus basi squamis 

 inultis obtectus, squamis ovato-rotundatis caulem amplectautibus 2 cm. 

 longis totiusque latis vagiuiformibus. Folia 2 fere sessilia obovata 5cm. 

 longa 2^ cm. lata apice obtusa vel rotundata deorsum angustata complete 

 lateque caulem amplectantia. Scapi inter folia siti 7 cm. longi angulati, 



Fig. 9, Liparis Sasakii HAYATA ; a, central 

 portion of a flower ; c, a dorsal sepal ; b, a lateral 

 sepal ; cl, a petal ; e, a lip ; f , a column ; g, 

 pollinia. 



