ORCHIDE.^. 27 



oblougo-rectangiilari ^-| mm. lougo J-j mm. lato sursum latiore basi ±: cou- 

 tracto apice truucato-2-lobo, lobis triaugularibus ^ mm. lougis acutis, siuibus 

 iuter lobos lobulo singulo rotimdato mimito instructis. Labellum basi obscm-e 

 disciferum basi medio subsaccato-im[)ressum. Columua lirevissima 1 mm. longa 

 basi valde coustricta. 



Hab. Kusukusu, leg. B. H.\y.\ta et S. S.vs.u^r, Juui. 1912. 



Near 0. arisancnsis ILvYATA ; but difters from it hj tlie very mucli smaller 

 flowers witli linear bracts wlucli nearlj' sra'pass the flowers in lengtli. 

 Liparis Eich. 



Liparis dolichopoda ELvy.vta sp. uov. (Tab. V.) = Gestichis clolichopodo 

 IIay.vta. liliizoma in arborem repens teres 2 J mm. iu diametro vagiuis 

 obtectum vel subuudum. faulis cum racemis 23 cm. lougus teres basi bulboso- 

 dilatatus basi 13 mm. in diaraetro basi vagiuis obtectus vel subuudiLS, vagiuis 

 .^ cm. lougis apice acutis partem bulbosam caulis araplectautibus. Folia basi 

 racemi vel apice caulis 2-3-4 alteruatim congesta, basi a caule articulatim 

 soMa lanceolata 14 cm. louga 2 cm. lata apice obtusa basi plus minus 

 nngustata basi ad articulatiouem 7 mm. lata in essiccato membrauaeea, veuis 

 liarallelis utraque pagiue elevatis. liacemi circ. 10 cm. lougi cylindracei 

 2 cm. lati, pediceUis (ciun ovariis) 5 mm. lougis horizoutaliter pateutibus, 

 bracteis lanceolatis acumiuatis erectis 3 mm. longis, floribus a se 3-4 mm. 

 remotis. Flores albescentes vel alborvirides. Sepala subtequalia oblonga 

 3i mm. louga li mm. lata apice obtusa basi uou coutracta ffiquilata. Petala 

 liuearia 3| mm. louga i mm. lata apice obtusa basi requilata J mm. lata. 

 LabeUum plus miuus crassura obovatuiu 3 mm. longam 2 mm. latum valde 

 recuiTum medio subito augustatum apice bilobum, sm-sum i^rope apicem 

 miuute hirtellatura. Disci basi labelli bre^e 4- laraellati. Oolumna 2 mm. 

 louga. Liparis loivfqxs Schlecht. (uou Lin-dl.) M.atsU3I. et Hay.\ta Euum. 

 PI. Foimos. p. 404. 



IL\.E. Formosa : loco non indicato, cult. in semiuario Taihoku, leg. 

 B. Hayata, Jan. 1912. 



Near L. longipes Lindl. (Orchids of the Sikkim Hiraalajas, in Anu. 

 Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. Vol. VIH. t. 37), but separable from it by the hps 

 which are iu this uew species two-lobed at the apes. Tliis species is that 



