90 BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. tvoi. xvi, 



Terrestrial ; tubers 2, ovoid or elliptical ; roots few, fibrous, thicki^ih. 

 Stem erect, 20-45 cm. high iucluding the raceme. Leaves: the lower 3 or 

 4 erect-patent, nn)re or less approximate, lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the 

 ]arg(\st one about 8 cm, l(jng, 2 cm. or more wide ; the upi)er ones distant, 

 erect, much reduced in size and bract- like. Raceme spike-like, augustate, 

 laxly or rather laxly flowered, shorter than the stem ; bracts ovate, attenuate- 

 acuminate, usually shorter than the ovary. Flowers small, erect, greenish. 

 Perianth semi-patent, obtuse, l-uerved. Outer perianth : the upper one 

 ovato-lanceolate ; the lateral ones oblong-lanceolate, a little longer than the 

 ui)per one, scarcely oblique in form. Inner perianth ovate, somewhat oblicjue 

 in form, ])artly adherent to the labelluni at the base, very slightly shorter 

 than the outer lateral perianth. Label lum adherent to the gynostemium at 

 base, geniculate and with a transverse arcuate callose lamella below ; lamina 

 3-lobed, the midlobe oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, entire, thickish, 1^-2^ mm. 

 long; lateral lobes patent, fiagellate-lUitorm, longer than the midlobe, about 

 6-7 mm. long ; calcar clavate, descending, about 3 mm. Long, retusely bifid 

 at the end. Gynostemium very short ; anther rounded-ovate, with apart 

 and linear-oblong cells ; rostellum erect, ovate ; stigmas slightly curved. 

 Ovary cylindrical-oblong, nearly sessile, 4-8 mm. long. 



IlabcMLvia faydlifera Makino Notes on Jaj). PI. in Pot. Mag., Tokyo 

 VI. (1892) p. 48. 



Hah. Prov. Tos.\ : Tokano (T. Makino ! 1885), Susaki {T. Yosldnacja ! 

 1887). 



Aspidium falcatum Sw. var. macrophyllum Makino var. no v. 



Frond 30-58 cm. long, 17-23 cm. wide, longer than the stipe; pinnre 

 ample, membranaceous, 2-8 on each side of the slender rachis, very shortly 

 petiolulate, or subsessile, falcato-ovate, acuminate, rounded or obtuse-rounded 

 at the base, more or less serrate above, 9-17 cm. long, 5-9 cm. broad, 

 often trilobed and often attaining about 13 cm. broad in the odd one, 

 light green, subopaque above; lateral veins visible superficially; veiulets 

 invisible, but visible by transmitted light. Sori disparsed. 



Hah. Prov. Kn : Mt. Mikoshi-toge {M. Miyosld ! herb. 8c. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 22, 1887); Prov. Tosa : Mt. Yokogura {T. Mahino\ 

 1889), Beppu-mura {T. 3Iahmo\ Nov. 1892), Mt. Sembon-no-to in Aki- 

 gori (/. Dot ! Aug. 15, 1901). 



There have been observed four varieties in Japan, namely a. ti/picum 

 ft. Fortimei Baker, y. carijotidemii Baker, and present one. 



(!/b he continued.) 



