54 ORCHIDE^. 



back to the Koishikawa Garden where it flowered, in August, 1912, in 

 open air. Sketches are drawn from living specimens. 



Eria LINDL. 



Eria arisanensis HAY ATA sp. nov. (Tab. XII.) Rhizoma in arbores 

 repens. Pseudobulbi secus rhizoma approximatim siti elougato-ovati plus 

 minus recurvi li-2 cm. longi 5-7 mm. in diametro apice 2-foliati. Folia 2 ad 

 apicem pseudobulbi sita oblongo-linearia 5 cm. longa 1 cm. lata apice obtusa 

 basi angustata ad iusertionem 4 mm. lata in exsiccato chartacea. Kacemi ad 

 apicem pseudobulbi siti 5 cm. longi 4-5 florati fusco-tomentosi, bracteis 

 lauceolato-ovatis 8 mm. longis 3- mm. latis apice acuminatis, pedicellis cum 

 ovariis 8 mm. longis breve hirsutis. Sepalum posticum lauceolatum 10 mm. 

 longum 3 mm. latum apice acuminatum basi plus minus contractum margiue 

 interiore recurvum 5-nervitun, lateralia obliqua falcato-oblongo-triangularia 10 

 cm. longa basi latissima 5 mm. lata cum pede columns mentmn 5 mm. 

 longum formantia falcato-recurva 5-nervia. Petala lanceolata 3-nervia 10 

 mm. longa 2 mm. lata apice acuta basi non contracta. Labellum obovato- 

 spathulatum 11 mm. longum 6 mm. latum apice rotuudatum vel leviter emar- 

 ginatuni basi attenuato-cuneatum apice 3-lobatum, lobis lateralibus oblougo- 

 triangularibus 2 mm. longis 14- mm. latis apice obtusis, versus centrum falcatis, 

 lobo centrali rotundato 3 mm. lougo totiusque lato crass lusculo botryoideo-tuber- 

 culato. Discus a medio usque ad basin labelli situs 2-3-lamellatus. Columua 

 3 mm. louga basi ad pedem 5 mm. longum producta. 



HAB. in moute Arisau, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Jan., 1912. Fl. in 

 horto botanico Tokyo. 



Very near Eria reptans MK. (Eria japonica MAX.) ; but distinguishable 

 from it in many points. 



Eria hypomelana HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 22). Epiphyta. Pseudobulbi 

 ovato-cylindrico-fusiformes 3 cm. longi 7 mm. lati squamis scariosis ovatis 

 obtecti sursum approximatim 3-4-foliati. Folia oblanceolata vel lauceolata 

 Si cm. longa 1 cm. lata coriacea viridia nitida apice acumiuata basi longe 

 attenuata ad extremitatem dilatata 5 mm. lata. Kacemi ad axillas foliorum 

 superiorum 6 cm. longi, pedunculis 2 cm. longis, floribus laxiuscure dispositis. 

 a se 1 cm. remotis, rhachibus tomentosis, bracteis tomentosis ovatis 1 



