﻿TAINIA CORDIFOLIA, Hook. f. 



Orchidem. Tribe Bletie^. 



T. cordifolia, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; glaberrima, pseudobulbis brevis- 

 simis, folio crasse petiolato late ovato-cordato acaminato, scapo robnsto 

 folio multoties longiore paucifloro 2-3-vaginato, floribus 2 poll, 

 expansis, sepalis acuminatis doraali lanceolate, lateralibas majoribus 

 1 lanceolatis acuminatis, mento late conico obtuso, 

 labello sessili ovato acuminato lateribus rotundato-dilatatis, disco 

 medio utrinque 2-lamellato. 



Hab. Formosa ; at Kelung, C. Ford. 



Rhizoma crassiuscnlum, internodiis fere nullis. Folium 5-6 poll, 

 longum, 7-nerve, lobis basilaribus rotundatis incumbenti! m 

 pedalis, voli: ;»ressis. Flares breviter pedicellati ; 



bractea) lanceolate ; sepala et petala brunnea ; labellam egibbosum, 

 flavum, basin versus album, roseo-maculatum, 9-nerve, nervis craasis 

 arcuatis, gibbo 0. Pollmia 8, parva.— J. D. Hooker. 

 Fig. 1. Lip. 2. Column and anther. Both enlarged. 



