ORCHn)E.E. 121 



of Formosa p. .347. The type speciuieu, with several duplicates, was first 

 •collected by Mr. T. Kawakami at Kosliviu. Tlie plaut was also fouud by my- 

 self in my exciu'siou to tlie islaud iu tbe begiuuiug of July, 1912, ou tbe 

 saudy gromid iu a chuiip of slixubs uear tlie sea-shore ou the easteru coast 

 of tlie south ca^ie. 



Galera Blume. 



Galera kusukuseusis Hayata sp. nov. (Tab. XX.) Terrestris apliylla 

 lacticolor tuberifera. Tuber oUougo-ovoideum horizoutaliter situm vel asceudeus 

 1-2 cm. lougum 8 mm. iu diametro subuudum apice scapum siugulum gereus. 

 iScapi circ. 30 cm. lougi basi squamis verticillatis instructi a basi sm-sum 

 squamis remotis alteruis iustnicti, squamis ovatis 1 cm. lougis basi semi- 

 iimplesicauHbus apice acutis, partibus floriferis 10 cm. lougis, floribus 1-2 icm. 

 a se remotis, bracteis linearibus vel lauceolatis circ. 1 cm. lougis, pedicelhs 

 5 mm. lougis subnutautibus, ovariis globosis 5 mm. iu diamefafo. Sepala et 

 jjetala semiclausa non patentia. Sepala subsequaUa hnearia 10 mm. longa 

 1 mm. lata apice acuminata basi non contracta. Petala lanceolata 10 mm. 

 louga quam sepalis latiora 1 J mm. lata apice acumiuata basi non contracta. 

 Labellmn valde concavum erectum oblongum 10 mm. lougum iu exphcato 

 S mm. latum apice triangulari-obtusum margine tmdulato-crispatum supra pur- 

 pm'eo-maculatum, maculis 4, sm'sum mmicato-tuberculatum basi ad calcar 

 3 J mm. longum productum. Columua brevissima. Eplpogon lcusiikiisense 

 HAy.\TA iu sched. herb. Taihoku. 



H.VB. Kusukusu, leg. B. Hayata et S. Sasaki, 1912, Juh. 



Near Galcra Rolfcl H.AYATA (^EpijMgon Eolfei Hay.) ; but differs from 

 it by the longer hps which are undulately crispate at the margin, and by 

 the much naiTower petals. 



Galera Rolfei Hay.ata (Fig. 64) Mater. FL Formos. p. 348. Tuber 

 sohtarium 3 cm. lcsngmu 12 mm. latum elongato-eUipticum apice obtusum carno- 

 «um horizontahter situm. Scapus circ. 35 cm. longus incrassatus erectus rectus 

 basi asceudens teres brunneus inferne squamis distantibus amplexicauhbus 

 obtusis tenuissimis membranaceis instructus, superne florifer, bracteis alternis 

 erecto-pateutilius hneari-lanceolatis acuminatis membrauaceis circ. 1 cm. longis 

 «ni-florem amplectautibns. Flores in pedicelUs fihf<jrmibus cernui aut tandem 



