114 OKCHIDE.E. 



Somewhat near G yratilis, but greatly different from it in having much 

 -^nailer flowers, narrower sepal ^ and in the much longer narrower bracts. 



Vanilla Sw. 



Vanilla roncensis HAYATA sp. uov. Scandens ; caulis flexviosus glaber. 

 Folia coriacea alterna obovato-oblong i 20 cm. longa 7 c;n. lata apice subito 

 acuta basi obtusissima iutogra utraque pagine glabra, nervis venis venulis 

 utraque paging elevatis, petiolis 1^ cm. longis. Flores quasi-axillares solitarii 

 vel racemosi, pedicellis cum ovario 3-4 cm. longis. Petala sepalaqne basi 

 conuata baud patentia. Perianthium in ambitu campanulatum. Sepala gequalia 

 oblanceolata 4 cm. longa 1 cm. lata apice acuto-obtusa basi loiige attenuata. 

 Petala quam sepalis angustiora 4 cm. longa 8 mm. lata apice obtusa basi 

 angustiora. Labellum 3| cm. longum basi cum colunma connatum et colum- 

 nam toto amplectans, in explicate obtriangulare apice truucatutn ad centrum 

 lobnlo uuo instructum apice medio cristatuni, cristis 2-seriatim dispositis, 

 cliscis liuearibus secus medium 2-seriatim dispositis, medio fasciculis pilomm 

 <luobus instructum, pilis fere connatis 7 mm. longis rectis, latere inargine 

 plauum iutegrum, apice margiue crispatum caeteruin glabrum. Columna 

 elougata fere 3 cm. longa in labello inclusa glabra. 



HAB. Inter Bono et Kosenpo, leg. B. HAY ATA, Aprih'. 1917. 



Near Vanilla Somai, but differs from it in having two bundles of hairs on 

 the hypochil of the lips. 



Galeola LOUR. 



Galeola Matsudai HAYATA sp. nov. Terrestris aphylla ; caulis circ. 

 10;)cai. lougus erectus teres glaber, squamis alternatim remote dispositis ob- 

 loiigis 3-4 cm. longis 1-2 cm. latis acutis glabris ; caulis simplex apice flores 

 i-acemosim gerens. liacemi 18 cm. longi fulvo-floccosi vel glabrati, bracteis 

 <jblongis 1-2 cm. longis, pedicellis cum ovariis cylindrieis 1-11 cm. longLs. 

 Sepala requalia oblonga 18 mm. longa 7-8 mm. lata apice acuto-obtusa basi 

 plus minus contract extus fulvo-floccos:i intus glalira patentia. Petala 

 oblougo-lanceolata 1} cm. longa 6 mm. lata glabra apice acuto-obtusa basi plus 

 minus contracta integra. Labellum rotundatum 1J cm. in diametro valde 



