46 OI!(HIDK.>:. 



5-10 flavesceiites 1 cm. iu loug<i diametro laxe iimbellati rhacliilms 2 mni. 

 loDgis, pedicellis gracilibns 9-10 mm. longLs basi 1-bracteatis, 1 )racteis fnsco- 

 pra'pm-ascentibns 3 mm. longis. Sepala valde inseqnalia, posticnm libemm 

 minus nibro-pnrpmasceus ovato-qnadrangiilare Sj-mm. longmn basi "2^ nam. 

 latum 3-nerviimi basi latissimum leviter contractiun apice obtusnm Literalia 

 valde lougiora linearia 13 mm. louga 3 mm. lata, 3-nervia sed basi 5-nervia 

 flava nei^vis rubesceutibus, apice obtusa basi plus minns obliqua basi 

 coliunme pede aduata meutnm 2 mm. longnm formantia supra basiu introi-se 

 toiinosa latere exteriore a se colicerentia facie exteriore basi 3-liueari- 

 maculata. Petala breviora quam sepalo postico oblonga 3 mm. longa If mm. 

 lata apice rotimdata ^-nei-via fusco-pnrpra-ascentia leviter reflexa vel concava. 

 Liabellum brevins mentum in longitndine ajquans basi erectum a medio sm-snm 

 valde extrorse recraTum crassinsculum margine erectum apice obtnsran acutum 

 vel emarginatum medio discis linearibus 1 vel 2 instructum 2 mm. longum 

 basi prarpra-ascens. Columna brevissima 14 mm. longa apice (clinandriran) 

 latere bicomuta basi in pedem 2 mm. longum producta, (j^iede interiore recra-vo 

 lineari complanato) apice abrupte incursis dilatatis. Anthera globosa, i 

 mm. in diameti'o. PoUinia 4 ; 2 majora, 2 minora. Capsula prematra-a 

 cylindrico-fusifurmis 2 cm. longa 5 mm. lata apice obtusa basi attenuata 

 triquetra facie leviter 1-costata. Oirrhopetcdum JfarisepnJum Hayata Herb. 

 Taihokn. 



H.\.B. Mt. Ai-isan, proj^je Taroven, leg. B. Hatata et S. Sasaki, Jau., 

 1912. 



The orchid ■nas found creexjing on a large stone at a suunv place on 

 the left side of the Aiisan-road near Taroj-en. 



Bulbophylliiin gracillimum HLvyata (Fig. 18) Ic. PI. Formos. H 

 p. 132. Epiphyta, caulibus gxaciUimis prostratis ad nodos radicantibns, 

 teretibus -| mm. in diametro sectionis, intemodiis 1-2 cm. longis, ad nodos 

 vaginatis, vaginis 3 mm. lougis ore truncatis. FoUa subsessUia crassa elliptica 

 vel elongato-eUiptica 22 mm. longa 9 mm. lata apice rotnndata mnci-onata vel 

 emarginata basi plus minus conti-acta ad petiolran 1-2 mm. longum abeimtia 

 miiltiuervia. Kacemi axiUares 1-2-florati 2 cm. longi gracUes basi vaginati 

 vaginis 1-2 mm. longis, basi pediceUornm 1-bracteati, bracteis ovatis acimii- 



