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recurva ad costas subsnlcata, nervis venisque utraque paginenondistinctis, petiolis 

 hand distinctis cum pseudobulbo articulatis. Scapi vel racemi e basi pseudobulbi 

 oriundi basi sqamiferi 8 cm. longi sursum filiformes, parte florifera 24;- Scm.longa, 

 bracteis ovatis 44- mm. longis 4 mm. latis valde concavis subplicatis valde acutis 

 5-nerviis alabastrum floris amplectautibus caducissimis post antliesiu deciduis, 

 floribus subclausis vel snbpateutibus 4 mm. longis deusinscnlis a se 2 mm. 

 remotis, pedicellis ascendeutibns 2 mm. longis, ovariis 1 mm. longis. Sepalum 

 posticum ovatum 4 mm. lougum 2| mm. latum apice angnlato-obtusissimnm 

 basi 'vix contractnm 2 mm. latum planmn vel leviter concavum 3-nervinm, 

 nervis parallelis, margine integrum, lateralia obliqua ovata plicato-concava 

 tequilonga cum postico, apice obtusa basi contracta 3-nervia dorso 

 manifesto ad costam carinata, carinis infra apicem acute productis. Petala 

 late oblonga vel late obovata 4 mm. louga 3 mm. lata apice triangulari-obtusa 

 basi cuneato-obtusa ad basin 1 mm. lata subplana 3-nervia, nervis parallelis. 

 Labellum valde concavum in explicate late rotundatum 3 mm. longum 44- 

 mm. latum apice late rotundatum ad centrum breve obtuse cuspidatum, (cus- 

 pidibus triangularibus 4- mm. longis totiusque latis ad apicem obtusis), basi 

 contractor)! prope basin disco transverse versus marginem valido, ad centrum 

 tenui uno iustructum basi ad pedem columnre affixum. Columua 2 mm. 

 louga subteres basi in pedem circ 1 mm. longum tumidum producta. Pollinia 

 4. 



HAB. Uraislia, leg. S. SASAKI, Jan., 1913. Remarkable for its liaviug 

 scapes arising from the very base of the 1-uoded pseudobulbs. 



Calanthe K. BE. 



Calanthe arisanensis HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 327. 



HAB. Inter Funkiko-Taroyen, leg. B. HAYATA et T. ITO, Mart., 1914. 



Note : Flowers nearly white, ovary slightly purple. Capsules elongato- 

 obovoid 3^ cm. long 1|- cm. broad attenuate at the base, pedicels 1 cm. 

 long. 



Calanthe brevicolumna HAYATA (Fig. 30) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 328. 

 Caulis brevis incrassatus 1-2-foliatus. Folia sessilia oblanceolata 35 cm. longa 

 8 cm. lata apice acuta basi attenuata. Scapi aphylli vel 1-foliati vel vaginati 

 70 cm. lougi validiusculi, racemis densifloratis 10 cm. longis, bracteis ovatis 



