Observations on the Flora of Japan. 



(Confiiiued from p. IfJ.) 

 T. Makino, 



A.'^!ti>ilarit i)i till- Bf/niiicnl Jiiylilvtr, Srirnrc 

 OilU'(je, finperial I 'n.inrMly of Tnkijft. 



Cymbidiiim Hoosai IMakino sp. nov. 



Terrestrial. rsendo-bull) Jiot large, subterranean or nearly so, ovoid 

 or ovoid-conical, slightly coni]>resscd, entirely enclosed hy the hases ot 

 l(^a\'es, attaining ahout 2 em. across ; scales stont, subulate, aennunate, 

 entire, eijuitant, thicicly nienibranaceous, carinatc dorsally, glabrous, green, 

 tli<- superi(n- one attaining a])out 13 cm. in length; roots fil)rous, thiclv, 

 terete, simple, whitisli, 4-6 mm. across. Ijeaves tnfted, 2-4 to a pseudo- 

 Inilb, erect-patent or recurved, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate with a sharp 

 tip, gradually narrowed towards the base, canaliculated in front below, 

 dilated and embracing the psendo-bulb with tlie very base, hardly or tinely 

 scatirous, chartaceous-coriaceons but hard and thick towards the base, sliining 

 and i1 it and deep green above, concolorons beneatli, 2.5-.")Ocm. long. If)- 

 o2cm. widp; midrib very slender, prominent beneath; lateral main veins 2 

 (m each side, the inner one being stouter and somewhat jironiiaent beneath 

 in living specimens; veinlets inc(nispicuous. Scape attaining about 60cm. 

 in height including thti raceme, exceeding the leaves, lateral, erect from 

 the base of the psendo-lmlb, slender, terete, ])nrple or greenish ; scales 

 membranaceous, but more or less thickish in the inferior ones, tlie upper 

 ones very remotely placed, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, closely many-nerved, 

 shortly tubular below, the inferior ones subulate and gradually decreasing in size 

 and gradually close-placed bLiow. Kacenie shorter than the peduncle, 7-20 cm. 

 long, laxly and secnndly 2-6 -tloweri^l ; rachis tereti;, subHexuous, glabrous, 

 smooth, purple or viridescent ; bracts shorter than the ovary, subulate or 

 subulate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, membranaceous, .")-l4mm. long, H-T- 

 nerved, ])m-[)le or viridescent. Tlowers 3^-6 cm. across, slightly odoriferous 

 or not. Perianth greenish-])urp1e, with deeper purple nervous lines. Outer 



