ORCH]DE;E. \r^t V^X 83 



lata apicc acuminata basi graclatim attcnuata ad cxtrcmitatcm subito dilatata 

 apicem pseudobulbi ainplectantia, nervis distinctis 3, utraquc paginc glabra 

 niargiiic integerrima. Scapi cum racemis 70-80 cm. longi tcretcs basi squamis 

 3-4 remote instruct!, squamis a sc 10 cm. distantibus linearibus apice acumiiiatis 

 a basi usque ad medium tubuliformibus glabris scariosis 10 cm. longis nervosis. 

 Racemi 30 cm. longi crecti rectl remote floriferi, floribus a sc 3-4 cm. distanti- 

 bus, bracteis lanceolatis 1-2 cm. longis acuminatis, pcdiccllis (cum ovario) 3-2 

 cm. longis divaricatis. Sepalum posticum lincarc 33 mm. longum 5 mm. latum 

 apice obtuso-acutum, lateralia leviter breviora requilata. Pctala laiiceolata 

 2- cm. louga 7 mm. lata apicc obtusa basi contracta. Labcllum ovatum 20 cm. 

 longum 10 mm latum apice acutum (discis 2-lamcllatis) mcrginc apiccque 

 coloratuni. Columna 13 mm. longa. 



HAB. Taihoku cult, leg. T. SOMA, Feb. 1914. 



Differs from the type in the lips which in this new species are bluish 

 purple at the margin, but not spotted. The lips of C. sincnse are in greater 

 parts spotted. I have not seen the type of the latter ; but according to the 

 description given in LINDL. Gen. et Sp. Orcli. p. 162, the lips are "macula- 

 turn." The same character of the lips can be seen in a figure given in the 

 Somokudsusetsu XVIII. PI. 11. 



Sarcochilus II. BE. 



Sarcochilus kusukusensis HAYATA sp. nov. Epiphytica. Caulis 2-3 cm. 

 lousus toto foliatus vaginis foliorum imbricatis obtectus arlaber. Folia in cxsic- 



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cato coriacea linearia 4-5 cm. longa 5-6 mm. lata apice obtusa vcl obtusissima 

 ad summum oblique simpliciter apiculata vel breve 2-apiculata basi aiigustiora 

 margine intcgra, nervis lateralibns utroqne latere costa3 5, vel 1 turn venis inter 

 costas ct nervas latcrales 1-2, vaginis valde reflexis apicc petioli-formibus basi 

 vagiiiiformibus glabris. Racemi quasi-axillares cum pedunculis 4 cm. longi 

 glabri erecti recti, pedunculis 3J- cm. longis, rhachibus plus minus incrassatis 

 densissime floriferis 1 cm. lougis dense bracteatis, bracteis sub florc singulo nnis 

 instructis dense imbricatis cuspidato-triaugularibus 3-4 mm. longis glabris dorso 

 acute carinatis in sectione triangularibus, pediccllis cum ovariis 5 mm. longis 

 glabris supra basin articnlatis. Flores flavi 5 mm. longi. Scpala flava, posticum 

 oblongum vel oblongo-obovatum 4J- mm. longum 2 mm. latum apice obtusum basi- 



