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Odontochilus Tashiroi (Maxim.) Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo. XIV. 

 (1900) p. 141. 



Anoectochilus Tasliiroi Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 546. 



Hah. RyltkyD : Mountain of Ogimi in Isl. Okinawa {S. TasJiiro ! herb. 

 Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, March 1887). 



Microtis parviflora R. Br. Prodr. p. 321 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. III. 

 p. 713 ; Bot. Mag. tab. 3377 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. VI. p. 347 ; Makino in 

 Bot Mag., Tokyo, VIII. (1894) p. 172. 



Microtis unifolia Kranzl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. VI. p. 55, 



Bah. Yaeyama Archip. (F. Tas]dro\ herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo, Aug. 1887); Isl. Hachidyo: Oka-go {S. Okuhol herb. ibid. May 

 13, 1887) ; Prov. Suo : Miyano-mura (D. Nihai ! herb. ibid. May 25, 

 1890); Prov. Iyo : Edoyama {K. Oktcdairal May 29, 1892, June 5, 

 1894), Takanoko (K. OJcudaira ! May 26, 1895), Near Matsuyama (Z. Ume- 

 mura ! June 6, 1897) ; Prov. Osum : Isl. Sakura-zima (T. Jto \ April 20, 

 1895); Prov. Kadzusa : Ichinomiya {T. Maldm\ Aug. 1901). 



Distrih. Australia, New Caledonia, the Indian Archipelago, and South 

 China (after Bentham). 



Platanthera (Bifoliji?, Diphyllfe*) Matsudai Makino sp. nov. 



Variable in height, 10-32 cm. height. Tuber slenderly elongate, subver- 

 tical; roots fibrous, thick, few. Stem erect, slender, glabrous, with cataphylls 

 at base. Leaves: the basal normal ones 2, approximate, snbopposite, patent, 

 ovato-orbicnlar to elliptical, obtuse, rounded at base, sessile, shortly sheathed, 

 membranaceous, glabrous, 2-5^ cm. long, 1^-3^ cm. wide, lateral veins several 

 on each side, transverse veinlets loose and many and irregularly anastomosing ; 

 those of peduncle 2-4, much reduced in size, bract-like, distantly placed, 

 erect, witliout sheaths, the lower one lanceolate, the upper subulate or linear. 

 Raceme shorter than the peduncle, erect, narrow, 1%-1\ cm. long, 7-9 mm. 

 across, densely or sub-densely several-numerous-flowered ; rachis narrow ; 

 straight, glabrous ; bracts subulate or subulate-linear, acuminate, longer than 

 or equal to the ovay and embracing it, 1 or sub-3-nerved. Flowers small, 

 erect, 4 mm. across, viridescent. Outer perianth oblong, obtuse, mem- 

 branaceous, 1-nerved : the upper one sometimes a little shorter and 



* F. Kriinzlin, Orchidaceanim genera et species, I. p. 619. 



