138 ORCHIDEJE, 
tracta. Labellum eum mentum artieulatum ovatum 2i mm.longum 2 mm. 
latum, plus minus medio plieatum apice cuspidato-acutum, basi valde con- 
tractum, trinervium, prope basin discis linenribus 4 instructum. Columna 
2imm.longa lmm.lata, (clinandrium truncatum), basi in pedem 2i mm, 
longum producta.  Pollinia 8. 
Has. Koshün, Hieranzan, leg. T. Kawakawr et S. Sasaxr, 1911, Feb. 
Near Erie formosana RornrE, (Kew Bull. (1896) p. 194), of which I made 
a rough sketch, when I was at Kew. As the origina! description of the 
species is not here accessible, it is quite doubtful whether it is different from 
our plant or not. 3 
Eria nudicaulis Haxar4 sp. nov. Caulis crassus, cylindrico-teres, 
25 cm.longus  lem.in diametro sectionis, basi 1-2 squamatus, (squamis 
brevissimis late ovatis apice rotundatis 1 em.longis) ^ basi radices 
emittens, (radicibus molle tomentosis), a basi sursum remote squamatus, 
(squamis tenuissimis hyalinis apice triangularibus obtusis demum evanescen- 
libus, nodis non conspieuis, internodiis 3-5 em. longis, apice pauce foliatis. 
Folia erassa, elongato-oblonga, 15 em.longa 3-4 em.lata, apiee obtusa, plus 
minus plicata, basi attenuata, ima plus minus dilatata, eum vaginis foliorum 
articulata, venis utroque 4-5, (in exsiecato prominentibus), inter venas 
multivenulosa, vaginis foliorum brevioribus lem.longis. Spies axillares 10- 
20 em. longze a basi usque ad apicem florifers, glabre, bracteis ovatis 4 mm. 
longis acutis 21 mm.latis, pedieellis (cum ovario) 5 mm. longis. Sepala sub- 
squalia lanceolata T7-nervia, 7 mm.longa 2.5 mm. lata, glabra, postieum 
liberum, lateralia obliqua basi ad pedem column: adnata mentum formantia, 
basi 1j mm.lata apice obtusa vel acuto-obtusa basi leviter contracta, 
Petala lanceolata 3-nervia quam sepalo postico breviora, 6 mm. longa 24 mm. 
lata apice acuminato-obtusa basi leviter contracta. — Labellum triangulari- 
ovatum vel rhomboideo-ovatum apice aeutum, basi abrupte eontraetum eum 
pede columms artieulatum, 3mm.longum, 2mm.latum, apice 3-nervium, 
utroque latere diseis unis linearibus areuatis crassis instruetum. Columna 
brevis 11mm.longa 1 mm.lata, obovata, apice dilatata, basi contracta, in 
pedem 11 mm.longum angustatum | mm.latum produeta. Anthera distinete 
2-loeularis, loeulis imperfecte 4-locellatis. —Pollinia 8 ? 
