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recima ad costas suljsiilcata, uervis veuisque utraque pagiue uon distiuctis, petiolis 

 liaud distiuctis cum pseudobulbo articidatis. Scapi vel racemi e basi pseudobulbi 

 oriimdi basi sqamiferi 8 cm. longi sursum filiformes, parte florifera 2^-3cm.louga, 

 bracteis ovatis 4i mm. longis 4 uim. latis valde coucavis subplicatis valde acutis 

 5-uerviis alabastrum floris amplectautibus caducissimis post antliesin deciduis, 

 floribus subclausis vel subpatentibus 4 mm. lougis deusiusculis a se 2 mm. 

 remotis, pedicellis ascendeutibus 2 mm. longis, ovariis 1 mm. lougis. Sepalmu 

 posticum ovatum 4J mm. lougum 2 § mm. latum apice augulato-obtusissimum 

 basi vix coutractum 2 mm. latum planum vel leviter conca^^mn 3-nervium, 

 nervis parallelis, margiue iutegrum, lateralia obliqua ovata plicato-concava 

 iequilonga cum postico, apice obtusa basi ± conti-acta 3-nervia dorso 

 manifeste ad costam carinata, carinis infra apicem acute productis. Petala 

 late oblonga vel late obovata 4 mm. longa 3 mm. lata apice triangulari-obtusa 

 basi cuneato-obtusa ad basin 1 mm. lata subplana 3-nervia, nervis parallelis. 

 Labellum valde concaTOm in explicato late rotundatum 3 mm. longum 4^ 

 ]nm. latum apice late rotuudatum ad centrum breve obtuse cuspidatum, (cus- 

 pidibus triangularibus ^- mm. longis totiusque latis ad apicem obtusis), basi 

 contractum prope basin disco transverso versus marginem valido, ad centrum 

 teuui uno iustructum basi ad pedem columure afiixum. Columna 2 mm. 

 longa subteres basi in pedem circ 1 mm. longum tumidum producta. Pollinia 

 4. 



Hab. Uraisha, leg. S. Sasaki, Jan., 1913. Eemarkable for its having 

 scapes arising from the veiy base of the 1-uoded pseudobulbs. 

 Calanthe K. Be. 



Calanthe arisauensis ILiYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 327. 



Hai!. luter Fuukiko-Taroyen, leg. B. Hayata et T. Ito, Mart., 1914. 



Note : Flowers nearly wliite, ovary slightly purple. Capsules elongato- 

 obovoid 34 cm. long 1 J cm. broad atteuuata at the base, pedicels 1 cm. 

 long. 



Calanthe brevicolumna Hayata (Fig. 30) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 328. 

 Caulis brevis incrassatus 1-2-foliatus. Folia sessilia oblanceolata 35 cm. longa 

 8 cm. lata apice acuta basi attenuata. Scapi aphylli vel 1-foliati vel vaginati 

 70 cm. longi validiusculi, racemis deusifloratis 10 cm. longis, bracteis ovatis 



