OHCHID3 139 



HAB. Urai, leg. T. Soma, Juni., 1910, et B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI Aug. 

 1912. 



X'-ar Fi-i" l.Hf-hiitim* YATABE (in Tokyo Bot. Mag. VIE. p. 131, t. 6.), 

 but differs from it in having smaller flowers and shorter column. 



The stem is at first afforded with a few thin transparent scales ; but 

 they soon decay and remain fibers on the nodes, then the stem looks like 

 quite naked. 



lone Sasaki! HAYATA sp. nov. Epiphytica, rhizomate repente terete, 

 1 .',- mm. in diametro sectionis, pseudobulbis remotis elongato-ovoideis 1 cm. 

 longis 3-4 mm. latis apice attenuatis basi contractis 1-foliatis. Folia 

 solitaria oblongo-linearia o cm. longa 7 mm. lata, apice rotundata ad 

 centnim emarginata vel breve 2-lobata. ba>i attenuate cum bulbis articulata, 

 rva-siu-cuLi. Flores racemosi, racemis sub pseudobulbo paucifloratis 3 cm. 

 longis nodosis, interdodiis 5 mm. longis, ad nodos 1-vaginatis, vagiuis in- 

 ferioribus 1 cm. longis, tubuliformibus, superioribus laminatis, laminis apice 

 acuminate, sub floris singulis 1-bracteatis, bracteis ovatis 1 cm. longi> "> 

 mm. latis apice acuminatis vel acutis basi leviter contractis, pedicellis (cum 

 ovariis) 1 cm. longis. Flores patentes. Sepala subset [ualia elongato-triaugul- 

 aria vel elongato-ovata, posticum 10 mm. lougum 44^ mm. latum apice acuturn 

 vel acuminatum basi contractum 5-nervium, lateralia augustiora et longiora 

 quam iis posticis, 11 mm. longa 4 mm. lata apice acuminata basi cum pede 

 columns? connata latere superiore basi angularia, lauguli.N acutis), latere 

 inferiore basi rotundata. Petala elongato-cuspidato-triangularia 7-8 mm. 

 longa, 1 -asi latissima 3 mm. lata uon contracta apice lineari-cuspidata, 

 (cuspidibus linearibus crassiusculis) margine inferiore denticulate- ciliata. 

 Laliellum cuspidato-rotundaturn 5 mm. longum 3 mm. latum apice longe 

 cuspidatum, (cuspidibus linearibus 4 mm. longis), basi abmpte contractum 

 cum pede column* articnlatum 3-nervium valde concavum basi ad medium 2- 

 lamellato-appendiculatum. Columna fere nulla, basi in pedem 2-|-3 mm. 

 longum pixxluctum, pede cum sepalis Literal ibus meutum formanti. 



HAB. Mt. Arisan, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI Jan., 1912. 



Kear I. >V> ///':</'" KING et PAXTLING, in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. 



