ORCHIDE,^. 



97 



n. p. 134. Herba epipliy- 



tica, radieibiTS teretibiLS 3-4 



mm. in sectionis diametro, 



oanlibns 25 cm. longis a basi 



nsque ad apicem foliosis 



teretibus 4-5 mm. in .sec- 



tionis diametro, vaginis 



folioiiun imbricatis caulem 



amplectantibus glabiis. 



Folia crassa Tiridia glabr.i 



disticha alterna angustata 



lOcm. longa 17nun. lata 



apice aiistato-acuta basi 



abrupte contracta ad vagi- 



nam abeimtia supra ad 



costas impressa, supra plana, 



costis et venis non visis, 



liasi plus minus tortuosa cum vaginis articulata, margine integi'a plus minus 



recm'vaia, vaginis cylindraceis cii'C. 3 cm. longis ore tnmeato-obliquis. Eacenii 



axiUares breves 2 cm. longi pauciflorati. Flores apertientes 1 cm. in diametro 



albicantes centi-o i-ubescentes, pedicellis brevibiLS (cmn ovariis) 4 mm. longis 



triquetris 3-costatis, bracteis brevibus 1-2 mm. longis ti-iangularibus basi diLita- 



tis pedicellum semi-amplectantibus. Sepala : posticum oblongiun 7 mm. longum 



4^ rom. latran apice rotimdatiun concaviun, latei-alia plus minus obliqua breviora 



quam postico. Petala obovato-oblonga 6^ mm. longa 3^ mm. lata. Labellum 



plus minns vei-sus apicem nibescens ad columnam adnatmn 4J- mm. longmn 



basi saccatrau, (sacco lirevi squama postica claaso, squama lineaii miuute 



liirtella}, 3-lobatinn, lobis lateralibus minutis ad latus oris sacci adnatis 



obtusis dentifonuibus, lobo medio erecto emarginato centi-o muci-onato intus 



liii-teUato. Anthera 2 mm. longa antice breve producta. PoUinia 4, per paria 



conferta, stipite hyaUno ; Cohunna apice mbescens 3 mm. longa. 



Hab. Botansha, leg. C. OwATAEl, 1898. The orehid -nras brought back to 

 the Koishikawa Garden by Mr. C. Owataei in liis fii'st expedition to Formosa. 



Fig. SO, Cleisostoma ohlonriisepala Hatata; a, a 

 flower ; b, detachetl sep.als and petals ; e, a labellum, 

 seen fiom front, vertical plate is seen ; d, the same, 

 seen from side, medially cut ; e, columna and labellum ; 

 f , an nntlier ; g, apical portion of the columna, seen from 

 side, poUinarium is seen ; h, the s,ame, seen from front, 

 stigma aud horseshoe-sh.aijed glanJs are seen ; i, a 

 poUinarium, 



