OKCHIDE.E. 



obtusissimis nervosis scariosis ore oblique truncatis imbricatis. Folia versus 

 apicem caulis conferta lineari-lanceolata 18 cm. longa 18 mm. lata apice acu- 

 minato-attenuata ad summum obtuso-mucronata basi gradatim angustata supra 

 basin leviter contracta ad basin dilatata 9-nervia, nervis ittraque pagiue 

 elevatis, basi cum petiolis articulata, petiolis brevissimis 3 mm. longis latis- 

 simis caulem semi-amplectantibus. Racemi axillares 10 cm. longi ferrugineo- 

 tomentosi tota longitudine bracteati, partibus floriferis 8 cm. longis, rhachibus 



tomeutosis, bracteis ovatis apice acutis 6 mm. 

 longis 2|- mm. latis reflexis subglabris, psdicellis 

 brevissimis 2 mm. longis tomeutosis, ovariis 

 3-4 mm. longis sursum latioribus tomentosis. 

 Sepalum posticum oblongo-lancsolatum 7 mm. 

 longum 24- mm. latum apice obtusum basi noil 

 vel vix coutractum 3-nervium extus tomentosum 

 iutus glabrum, lateralia oblique oblonga 7 mm. 

 louga 2J- vel 3 mm. lata apice obtusa basi pede 

 columns adnata mentum 2 mm. longum for- 

 mantia extus tomeutosa iutus glabra 3-nervia. 

 Petala oblique lineari-lauceolata 6^ mm. longa 

 2 mm. lata 3-nervia glabra apice obtusa basi 



vix contracta. Labellum oblongitm 3^- mm. longum 14- mm. latum apica cus- 

 pidatum glabrum margine minute ciliolatum dimidium inferius re erecto- 

 plicatum dimidium superius descendento-plicatum apice cuspidatum basi 

 auriculato-rotuudatuin acl extremitatem valde contractum ad contractionem ^ 

 mm. latum. Columna 2 mm. longa recurva basi ad pedem anteriore re- 

 curvum 2 mm. longum producta. 



HAE. Formosa : loco uon indicate, cult, in Tailioku seminario, leg. B. 

 HAYATA, Mart., 1914, (fl). 



Near E. iomentiflora HAYATA, but differs from it by the longer and 

 thinner leaves, and by the much larger flowers. 



Eria septemlamella HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 24). Radices e basi 

 pseudobulbi oriundse iucrassatae. Pseudobiilbi ellipsoidei 3-4 cm. longi 18 rnm. 

 lati squamis lanceolatis 2-5, 2-10 cm. longis obtecti. Folia 2 ad apicem 



Fig. 23, Eria plicatUabeUa 

 HAYATA ; a, a flower ; b, a lip ; c, 

 a column ; d, an operculum ; e, 

 the same seen from back. 



