Sep. V. mc- T. MAKIXo-COyrRIB. TO FLORA OF JAPAX. 35 



smallest, ovato-ovoid. obtuse at the apex, obscurely veined. Stamens 2, as high 

 as the corolla ; filament filiform-clavate. white ; anther oblong, bifid at the base, 

 violaceo-caeruleous. Ovary orbiculat^. glabrous, 1 mm. aoross ; style filifonn, 

 more or less exserted beyond the calyx : stigma thickish. Capsule ovato-orbicu- 

 lar, compressed but rather turgid, notched at the top, equalling the persistent 

 calyx in length. 3j-4mm. across. Seeds numerous, minute, plano-convex, 



1 mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. O-kavad zisfin (nov.). 



Bab. Prov. SAG AMI (Lud. Sa vatier 1 May 1S67, no. 903, cum nom. TV/r»- 

 nica AimgalUa L. ; T. Makixo '. June 13, 1926.). 



CalazLthe Tyoh-Harai Makdco, nov. sp. 



Bulb subterranean, short, thick, hard, loosely emitting stout fibrous roots, 

 with old fibres of petioles. Leaves radical, 2 to a bulb, persistant, oblong or 

 narrowly oblong, acute at the apex, cuneately long-attenuated below into a 

 slender petiole, which is canaliculated in front, entire, membranaceous, gla- 

 brous, green, not shining, more or less pliciite, attaining 40 cm. long. 6ycm. 

 wide, .>ribbed ; nervales rather close ; transverse venules delicate and loose ; 

 young leaves embracing each other below, with thin cataphylls (which are 

 tubular at the base) outside. Scape erect from the centre of 2 yoimg leaves, 

 slender, terete, glabrous, viridescent, laxly few-flowered above, with a long- 

 subulate scale above the middle, about 3-5 cm. long, more or less exceeding 

 the young leaves in height ; rachis short, straight, abjut ö cm. long ; bract 

 subulate, membranaceous, pale, slightly viridescent towards the apex. Flowers 



2 cm. or Uttle more across, facing laterally. Perianth dull-purple, pale at 

 the base, entire, acute at the apex. Upper sepal oblong, 5-nerved, 13 mm. 

 long, &-6| mm. wide ; lateral sepals oblong-lanceolate, hardly longer than the 

 upper one, 14 mm. long, 3- or ->nerved. Pet-als a little shorter than the sepals, 

 subspathulato-oblancedate. 3-nerved, 12 mm. long. Labellum connate to the 

 column at the liase, 14 mm. long ; limb 9 mm. long, deeply 3-parted, longitu- 

 dinally 3-ridgy, white, partly tinged with purple ; lateral lobes somewhat 

 erect-patent or nearly patent, obliquely rectangular-oblong, obtuse, narrowly 

 tinged with purple running upwards from the base ; midlobe rectangular lielow, 

 bifid at the apex with obtuse-tipped short-broad-falcate lobules and an open 

 sinus, which is obtuse at the bottom, narrowly tinged with purple between the 

 ridges and margins ; spur narrowly tmguiform with an acute tip, arcuate for- 

 wards, glabrous, white, &-9 nmi. long. Column short, very thick, 6 mm. long ; 

 anther narrowly obovate. Ovary narrowly obovate, 18-19 mm. long including 

 the long pedicel, viridescent and tinged with ptirple. 



Nom. Jap. Akakura-fMne (nov.). 



Hal: Prov, ECHIGO ; Akakura (Yoke Cho Tyo) ! and Natsce Haba ! 

 July 1926.. 



This orchid is very closely allied to C. discolor Lixdl.. but the shape of 

 labellum is apparently different. 



