Small epiphytic Orchid. Stem simple, rarely branched, about l-4cm. 

 long, horizontal or more or less pendulous, emitting roots below, enclosed 

 with short sheaths of leaves throughout ; roots slender, flexuous, greenish- 

 white. Leaves distichous, approximate, patulous or erect-patent, oblong- 

 lanceolate, or oblong-linear, or linear-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, acute at 

 base, very shortly petioled, articulated upon the sheath, coriaceous, carnose, 

 usually slightly arcuate, persistent, shining, green spotted with dark-purple, 

 3-nerved, the lateral nerves immersed, 7-20mm. long, 2-5mm, broad. 

 Peduncle lateral, extra-axillary, shorter than the leaves, stout-filiform, terete, 

 slightly enlarged above, glabrous, 4-8mm. long ; scales minute, remote, 

 shortly subulate, the superior one usually shortly tubular below and placed 

 at the middle part of peduncle. Raceme short, much shorter than the 

 ]ieduncle, flexuous, 1-3-flowered ; bracts minute, deltoid-subulate, acute or 

 acutish, persistent. Flower small, about 6-9mm. across. Perianth free, 

 patulous, obtuse, entire, thickish, glabrous, 1-uerved, yellowish-viridescent, 

 blotched with purple. Outer perianth nearly equal in length ; the superior 

 (truly inferior) one elliptical-oblong, the lateral ones narrowly oblong. 

 Inner perianth very slightly smaller and scarcely shorter than the outer 

 perianth, narrowly oblong. Labellum horizontal, equalling the outer perianth 

 in length, adhering with the gynostemium at base ; spur relatively large, 

 shortly obconical, obtuse, broadly opened, thickly walled, glabrous, having a 

 longitudinal ridge in front wall internally ; limb reniform with entire and 

 rounded side-margins, obtuse or truncate at the apex, thick and 3-nerved 

 in centre, thin towards the margin. Gynostemium very short, stout, obtusely 

 toothed laterally ; clinandrium obliquely truncate, deltoid ; rostellum 2-fid ; 

 anther hemisphterical, membranaceous, glabrous, shortly produced in front, 

 truncato-rounded at top ; pollinia 2, globular ; caudicle filiform or linear- 

 filiform, much longer than pollinia ; gland oblong, 2-fid at one end. Ovary 

 C3'lindrical, glabrous, pedicellate. Capsule obo void-oblong, obtusely trigonous, 

 pedicellate, spotted with purple. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Mt. Yokogura {T. Maldno\ Aug. 28, 1887); Prov. 

 Idzu : Mt. Amagi (Harb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, April G, 1890) ; 

 Prov. IwASHiRO (iT. Nemoto ! Jime 1897). 



This is probably the most inconspicuous and most northern species among 

 the genus. It has the habit of Snrcochilus japonicus Miq. 



Raphiolepis umbeilata (Thunb.) Makino nom. nov. 



Lauvus umbeilata Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) p. 175; Willd. Sp. PI. II. (1799) 



