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pureo-maculatirm subtus flavum in anibitu obtriangulare llmm. longum 8mm. 

 latimi basi triangulari-acutum cum pede columnre articulatum basi erect n m 

 ad 4 mm. altitudinem subito reflexum deorsum rccurvum patens, parte patent! 

 (i. e. lamina) late rotundata 8 mm. longa 9 mm. lata 3-lobata, (lobo terminali 

 latissimo 2| mm. Lingo 7 mm. lato apice truncate ad centrum brevissime 

 latissimeque triangulari-acuto, lobis lateralibns ascendentibus plus minus 

 intcriore recurvis obtusissimis 2 mm. latis, sinibus inter lobos latiusculis 1|- mm. 

 latis truncatis), glabra medio discis 3-lamellatis flavis integris instructa. 

 Columna creeta 7 mm. longa circ. 2 mm. lata apice alata basi ad pedem pro- 

 ducta, pede 2 mm. longo cum sepalis lateralibns connato mentum formaiiti ; 

 anthera latiuscula aiitice truncata postice cordato-cornnta, cornibus late 

 triangulari-obtusis crassiusculis purpureis. 



HAB. Taihoku : Tikushizan, leg. Y. SHIMADA, Aprili. 1915, fl. 



Near Tainia laanflora MK., but differs from it in tlic very much longer 

 leaves. 



Calanthe R. BR. 



Calanthe raishasnsis HAYATA sp. nov. Terrestris. Folia basi racemi 

 circ. 3 fascicnlata, fascicule squamis 1-2 vaginiformibus involute, cum pctiolis 

 GO cm. louga suberecta glabra, lamina oblauceolata 30-40 cm. longa 6]- cm. lata 

 apice subito acuniinata vcl acuta basi gradatim longeque attenuata ad petiolum 

 circ. 30 cm. longum abeunti tenuiter meuibranacea. Racemi circ. 60 cm. longi 

 erecti folio tequilongi simplices e ceiitro fasciculi foliorum oriundi glabri, 

 partibus floriferis 12 cm. longis laxe floratis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acumi- 

 iiatis 1-2 cm. longis, pedicellis (cum ovariis) 3-4 cm. longis. Sepalum posticum 

 ovato-lanceolatum 3 cm. longum 8 mm. latum fere 5-iiervium apice acumi- 

 natissimum basi rotundatum coiitractum glabruui ; lateralia quam posticum 

 longiora 33 cm. longa 1 cm. lata oblongo-lanceolata apice acumiiiatissinia 

 basi obtusa integra glabra. Petala liiiearia 2|- cm. longa 3 mm. lata apice 

 acuminata basi hand contracta 3-nervia. Labcllum late rotundatum 22 mm. 

 latum 18mm. longum 3lobatum, (lobis lateralibns subrotundatis 5mm. longis 



