MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. out 
ima basi articulata multinervia utrinque glabra. Flores mediocres 
2 ecm. in diametro, im racemum laxe-floratum 15 cm. longum 
terminalem pedunculatum dispositi, pedunculis 18 em. longis gracili- 
bus erectis, bracteis lanceolatis 1 cm. longis. Sepala libera patentia 
linearia 9 mm. longa 1 mm. lata apice obtusa, posticum postice 
reflexum recurvatum, latralia antice paralleliter patentia inferne 
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inferne reflexa. Labellum cuneiforme in circumscriptione 8 mm. 
recurvata. Petala linearia 9 mm. longa 4mm. lata postice et 
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longum, 54 mm. latum a medio antice curvatum apice latissime 
truncatum irregulariter denticulatum basi column aflixum, a 
medio basi erectum ima columnam amplectans a medio superne 
patens elobatum basi 2-tuberculatum. Columna elongata, 5 mm. 
longa semiteres. 
Has. Taito, Manchisha, leg. T. Kawaxamt et G. Nakanana, 
Jan. 1906, (No. 766). 
This is very distinct species; it is somewhat near L. jlaccida 
in its habit, but very much diferent from it in having much larger 
lips, longer pedicels and in many other points. 
Liparis nervosa Linp1.; Gen. Sp. Orch. p. 26; Benru. Fl. Hongk. 
p. 8352; Franca. et Savar. Enum. Pl. Jap. Il. p. 21; Forspes et 
Hemst. Ind. Fl. Sin. III. p. 7; Marsum. et Hayara Enum. PI. 
Formos. p. 406. 
Iiparis formosana Rricus. f. 
Has. Nanto: Randaizan, leg. T. Kawaxamr et U. Mort, Juli. 
1907, (No. 8355). 
Distris. Japan, Loo-choo islands, Hongkong. 
Liparis taiwaniana Hayata sp. nov. Caulis brevissimus in 
pseudobulbum incrassatus 2-foliatus, vaginis brevioribus 5-6 in- 
structus. Folia oblanceolata, 18 cm. longa 17 mm. lata apice 
