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Cleisostoma taiwaniana HLuata u. n. (Fig. 51). SarcantJms taiwcinia- 



Mis Hayata iu Mater. 

 Fl. Formos. p. 337. 



Owiug to an en'0- 

 ueous observation, it 

 was fii-st recorded that 

 tliis orelud lias a spra- 

 divided by a longitudi- 

 nal plate and cijusequ- 

 ently was regarded as a 

 species belongiug to 

 Sarcanthm. Afterwaixls, 

 I became aware of tliat 

 tbis has no i^late but 

 tbickenings. It sbould, 

 tberefore, be transfeiTed 

 from Sarcanthus to Sac- 

 cdlahium. 



Obseey. Herba 

 epipbytica, caulibus 

 erectis validis teretibus foliatis uou pseudo-bullx)sis 25 cm. longis, vaginis 

 persistentibus caulem obtegentibus. Folia disticha cai-uosa plana late linearia 

 30 cm. longa 4 cm. lata apice oblique emargiuata sessilia cum vaginis articu- 

 lata, vaginis persistentibus 5 cm. longis. Paniculse laterales quasi-axUlai-as 

 validiusculis recm-vra ramosje, ramis 5-6 divaiicatis YalidiusculLs 4 cm. longis, 

 bracteis niiuutis squamosis tiiangularibus. Flores p;u'vi 1 cm. in diameti-o 

 breve pedicellati flavo-Tiridescentes intus pm-pm-ascentes, pedicellis 2-3 mra. 

 lougis transverse divaricatis. Sepala Hbera fequalia patentia carnosuLa obovato- 

 oblonga 5 mm. longa 3 J mm. lata apice obtusa. Petala sepalo angustiora 

 4 mm. longa If mm. lata apice rotundata postice reflesa. Labellum basi 

 columnse affivnm continuum patens basi calcaratum, (calcari breve cyliud- 

 raceo 3 mm. longo l^ mm. lato ore antice lamina longitudinali sami-diviso, ad 

 03 postice Litereque cjdloso-ajjpeudicuLTto), 3-Iobatum, lobis lateralibus ad 



Kig. 51, Cleisostoma iaiwaniana Hatata; a, aflower; 

 b, ihe same, seen from back, ovary teken o£E; c, a lip ancl 

 columua, seen from side ; d, the same, meiiLilly cut, anther 

 taken ofE ; e, a lip, detached from columna to sliow lateral ap- 

 pendages and vertioal tMckening ; f , an operculum, seen f rom 

 front ; g, the same, seen f rom within ; h, jxillinarium. 



