ORCHIDE^. 75 



nuata ad petiolum abeuiiti, pctiolis superioribus petioli-formibus, inferioribns 

 vagini-formibns in longitudine variabilibus circ. 23 cm. longis caulem complete 

 |mplectantibus. Caulis florifer distinctus aphyllus vaginatus circ. 80 cm. 

 longus erectus reotus infer! ore 12 mm. in dianietro sectionis, vaginis 

 inferioribns 4 cm. superioribus 7 cm. longis ore obliquis apice rotundatis vel 

 obtusissiniis membranaceis, parti bus floriferis 25 cm. longis laxe floratis, 

 bracteis lineari-lanceolatis 3 cm. longis apice acutis 5 mm. latis concavis 

 ascendentibus, pedicellis (cum ovariis) 2| 3 cm. longis asceudentibus toto 

 glabris. Flores majusculi flavi toto glabri 3-4 cm. longi. Sepalum posticum 

 oblanceolatum 4cm. longum 12 mm. latum apice acutum basi baud vel vix 

 contractum ; sepala lateralia quam postico breviora plus minus obliqua 33 mm. 

 longa 12niui. lata apice acuta basi obliqua basi laterc superiore obtusa basi 

 latere iuferiore cordata vel auriculata toto glabra. Petala oblanceolata obliqua 

 33 mm. longa 12 mm. lata apice acuta basi angustata margine Integra plus 

 minus falcatim deorsum recurva. Labellum glabrum in ambitu obovato- 

 obtriangulare 3 cm. longum basi erectum medio sursuin recur vum, lobis 

 lateralibus erectis latis columnam auiplectantibus latere integris planis apice 

 crispato-plicatis, lobo termiiiali latissinio margine validissime crispato-undulato- 

 plicato ; calcare brevi 5-6 mm. longo plus minus recurvo 1 mm. in dianietro. 

 Columiia alba elongata 18 mm. longa semi-teres subalata facie anteriore hirsuta. 

 Pollinia 8. 



HAB. Urai, leg. B. HAYATA et T. SOMA, Mai. 1916. 



Near Phajus maculatus LIXDL. (Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. VIII. t. 

 149) ; but differs from it in having much longer and looser racemes and in 

 the yellowish lips which are not brown-colored at the margin. 



Itletilla KEICHB. 



Bletilla formosana (HAYATA) SCHLECHT. Bletia formosana HAYATA 

 Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 323. 



HAB. Kaukaukei, leg. B. HAYATA, Mai. 15, 1916. Note: Flowers 

 nearly white or very slightly purple. 



Tainid BLUME. 



Tainia Shimadai HAYATA sp. nov. (PL VII. et fig. 11). Rhizoma 

 repens 3 mm. crassum. Pseudobulbus clongato-ovoideo-ampulliformis 3^ cm. 



