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dense floriferi, bracteis lanceolatis 1} cm. longis apice acuminatis basi atteuuatis, 

 peclicellis fere 0, ovariis linearibus vel ovatis circ. 1 cm. longis. Sepalum 

 posticum ovato-lanceolatum circ. 1 cm. lougum apice filiforme acuininatum 

 inedio 2mm. latum basi leviter contractum concavum 3-nervium, lateralia 

 postico conformia vix latiora 3 mm. lata plus minus obliqua. Petala linearia 

 9 mm. longa $ mm. lata apice acuminata basi clilatata. Labellum 3-partitum, 

 parte centrali lineari lougissima circ. 10 mm. longa mm. lata, partibns 

 lateralibus liuearibus centrali brevioribus 5 mm. lougis angustissimis I mm. latis 

 apice acuminatis, basi calcaratum, calcari 13 mm. lougo 1 mm. lato liueari 

 antice leviter recurve. Anthera 1|- mm. longa erecta 2-brachiata, brachiis 

 clivaricatis, staminodiis claviformibus J- mm. lougis. Rostellum /l-forme 2- 

 brachiatum, brachiis divaricatis 1] mm. lougis apice se approximatis des- 

 cendeutibus ; stigma 2-partitum, partibus distincte separatis linearibus com- 

 planato-teretibus 1] mm. longis. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, ad 8500 ped. alt. leg. S. SASAKI, 1909, Oct. 



Near Habenari astenopetala LINDL. (Orchids of the Sikkim Himalayas in 

 Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. YIII. t. 404), in having linear petals and linear 

 3-lobed lips ; but differs from it by the long tailed sepals and much narrowly 

 based leaves. 



Habenaria longitentaculata HAYATA sp. uov. (Tab. XXIV.) Caulis 

 erectus 55 cm. longus basi 8 mm. in diametro glaber inferiore vaginatus, 

 vaginis cyliudricis 3 cm. lougis 8 mm. latis ore obliquis a se 4} cm. remotis, 

 medio foliatus, foliis approximatis, sursum squamatus, squamis ovatis a se 

 3|- cm. remotis 2 cm. lougis caulem amplectautibus, sursum florifer, partibus 

 floriferis 10 cm. longis. Folia ad medium caulis approximata alterna oblougo- 

 obovata vel ovata 12 cm. louga 5 cm. lata apice breve cuspidato-acuta basi 

 cuneato-attenuata ad vaginam abeuutia, veuis primariis parallelis, secundariis 

 transversis manifesto reticulatis. Racemi 10 cm. longi remote florati, floribus 

 a se 2-3 cm. remotis, bracteis ovatis acumiuatis 18 mm. longis 6-7 mm. latis. 

 Perianthia patentia, sepalum posticum galeseforme valde concavum 1 cm. 

 longum 6 mm. latum apice acuturn basi contractum 3-uervium ; sepala 

 lateralia postico conformia sed valde obliqua. Petala profunde 2-loba vel 

 2-partita, partibus augulo 180 se divaricatis linearibus 1 cm. longis basi 



