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So moku, XVIII, 17:— fi} and [18] 7G BH 
[yellow-flowered] Dendrobium moniliforme—See also Phon 
20, AXKV, 2, 3. 
So moku, XVIII, 20, and Phon zo, XXXV, 3 :—3E fh. 
A small orchid, not determined by Francart. Pseudo-bulbs 
(?). One leaf on the summit as described in the P. 
So moku, XVIII, 19 :—2B Bi fi}, Dendrobium reptans, 
Franchet. b/d. 32, and Phon zo, VIII, 21:—@X ¥ PS, 
Lnisia teres, Bl. [Epidendron teres, Thbg.]. 
Kamprer [ Amen. evot., 864-867] describes and depicts 
the Dendrobium moniliforme under the Chinese name al BA. 
in Japanese fu ran. But in Chinese as well as in Japanese 
botanical works these names are applied to another Orchid. 
, So moku, XVIII, 25 :—Jil B¥, Ceaoclades falcata, 
Regel. [ Orchis falcata, Thbg., Fl. jap., 26; Limodorum 
_faleatum, Thhg., Icon. pl. jap., 6; Aérides Thunbergii, Miq., 
Aérides japonicum, Lindl. & Reich., Bot. Mag. (1869) tab. 
9798]. The genus G2ceoclades is now included under Sacco- 
labium, Benth. & Hook., Gen. pl., ILL, 578. 
The above Chinese name is not found in the P. But 
the Ch. [XVI, 37] gives a figure of the [mt Bj feng lan (wind 
or air Orchid). The drawing agrees well with that of the 
So moku. The Chinese text says that the feng lan, also 
called FB BY tiao (suspended) lan, is a parasitic plant on 
rocks, found in Fu kien, Kuang tung and Kiang si. It re- 
sembles the shi iu and the lan. Stem and leaves drooping. 
The leaves are flat, two or more inches long. They roll 
Up and do not open again. It flowers in the 5th month. 
The people place this plant in a bamboo basket and 
_ Suspend it from the eaves of their houses, where it thrives 
and blossoms, subsisting only on the air, 
