348 ART. I.—B. HAYATA: 
Has. Yeeyama, leg. §. Tanaka, 1891, Juni. 
Near Gastrodia gracilis Buumr. The present plant is named 
in honour of Dr. O. Starr, to whom I am greatly indebted for his 
constant kindness during my work at Kew. 
Galera BLUME. 
Galera Rolfei Hayara sp. nov. Tuber solitarium 3 em. longum 
12 mm. latum elongato-ellipticum apice obtusum ecarnosum hori- 
zontaliter situm. Scapus cire. 35 em. longus incrassatus erectus 
rectus basi ascendens teres brunneus inferne squamis distantibus 
amplexicaulibus obtusis tenuissimis membranaceis instructus, 
superne florifer, bracteis alternis erecto-patentibus lineari-lanceolatis 
acuminatis membranaceis cire. 1 cm. longis uni-florem amplectanti- 
bus. Flores in pedicellis filiformibus cernui aut tandem penduli 
scapo concolores. Sepala eequiformia angustata erecta 7 mm. longa 
1 mm. lata obtuso-acuminata integra parcissime punctata, lateralibus 
plus minus obliquis. Petala sepalo latiora 7 mm. longa 2 mm. lata 
acuminata. lLabellum sessile concavam gynostemium amplectans, 
ima in calear breve obtusum 3 mm. longum rectum productum, 
limbo ovato obtuso 9 mm. longo erecto ad margines subintegro vel 
sub lente minutissime eroso intus papilloso infra apicem parcissime 
papilloso. Gynostemium brevissimum crassum obtusissimum 2 mm. 
longum dorso rotundato-convexum. Ovarium obovoideum sulea- 
tum, pedicello 4 mm. longo. 
Has. Okinawa, leg. S. Tanaka, 1891, Mai. (No. 147). 
The present plant is near G. nutans, but differs from it in 
having shorter spurs, and in the lips which are obtuse at the 
apex, nearly entire on the margin, and very much less papillose 
onthe upper surface. It is named in honour of Mr. R. A. Rote 
