ORCHIDE, 139 
Hans. Urai, leg. T. Soma, Juni, 1910, et D. HavarA ct S. SasAKI Aug. 
1912. 
Near ria luchuensis YATABE (in 'Tokyo Bot. Mag. VIL. p. 131, t. 6.), 
but differs from it in having smaller flowers and shorter column. 
'The stem is at first afforded with a few thin transparent scales; but 
they soon decay and remain fibers on the nodes, then the stem looks like 
quite naked. 
Ione Sasakii Havara sp. nov.  Epiphytica, rhizomate repente terete, 
limm.in diametro sectionis, pseudobulbis remotis elongato-ovoideis 1 em. 
longis 3-4mm.latis apice attenuatis basi contrictis  l-foliatis. — Folia 
solitaria  oblongo-linearia 5 em.longa 7 mm.lata, apice rotundata — ad 
centrum emarginata vel breve 2-lobata, basi attenuata eum bulbis articulata, 
crassiuseula. Flores racemosi, racemis sub pseudobulbo pancifloratis 5 cm. 
longis nodosis, interdodiis 5 mm.longis, ad nodos l-vaginatis, vaginis in- 
ferioribus 1em.longis, tubuliformibus, superioribus laminatis, luminis apice 
acuminatis, sub floris singulis l-bracteatis, bracteis ovatis lem.longis 5 
mm.latis apice aeuminatis vel acutis basi leviter contractis, pedicellis (cum 
ovariis) lem.longis. Flores patentes. Sepala subsqualin elongato-triangul- 
aria vel elongato-ovata, postieum 10 mm. longum 44 mm. latum apiee acutum 
vel aeuminatum basi contraetum 5-nervium, lateralia angustiora et longiora 
quam iis postieis, 11 mm.longa 4mm.lata apice acuminata basi cum pede 
column: connata latere superiore basi angularia, (angulis acutis), latere 
inferiore basi rotundata. ^ Petala  elongato-cuspidato-triangularia — 7-8 mm. 
longa, basi latissima 3 mm.lata non contracta apice lineari-cuspidata, 
(euspidibus linearibus crassiusculis) margine — inferiore —denticulato-ciliata. 
Labellum —euspidato-crotundatum | 5mm.longum  35mm,latum apice longe 
euspidatum, (euspidibus linearibus 4mm.longis) basi abrupte contractum 
eum pede column:e articulatum 3-nervium valde concavum basi ad medium 2— 
lamellato-appendieulatum. Columna fere nulla, basi in pedem 22-9 mm. 
longum productum, pede cum sepalis lateralibus mentum formanti. 
Har. Mt. Arisan, leg. B. HavarA et S. Sasaxr Jan., 1912. 
Near Zl. intermedia KrNG et PawTUNG, in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gad. Cale. 
