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ORCHIDE.E. 



orchid which was sent to B. SCHLECHTER some years before and was sent 

 back here by him with the name of Liparis longipes LINDL. 



Liparis Kawakamii HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 5.) Caulis (cum racemis) 

 23 cm. longiis basi squamatus, squamis vaginiformibus 3-5 cm. longis 15 mm. 

 latis apice acutis vel acuminatis, basi supra partem squamatam 2-foliatus. 

 Folia oblanceolata sessilia 13 mm. longa 2 cm. lata apice acuto-obtusa basi 

 attenuata, nervis manifestis 5, in vivo crassiuscula, in exsiccato submem- 

 branacea. Bacemi terminales 18 cm. longi, rhachibus complanatis alatis, alis 

 1 mm. latis, pedunculis 10 cm. longis squamiferis, squamis cum bractea 



d 



conformibus lanceolatis 8 mm. longis 

 1-2 mm. latis acuminatis a se 1 cm. re- 

 motis, partibus floriferis 5-6 cm. longis 

 laxiuscule floratis, pedicellis 7 mm. longis 

 gracilibus, ovariis 2 mm. longis f mm. 

 latis, bracteis-lanceolatis 8 mm. longis 

 acuminatis. Sepalum posticum lineari- 

 angustatum 5mm.longum If mm. 

 laturn apice obtusum basi non con- 

 tractum approximatim 3-nervium, 

 lateralia obliqua postico vix breviora. 

 Petala angustissime linearia 6 mm. longa 

 mm. lata apice obtusa 1-nervia basi non 

 contracta. Labellum cuneiforme 5 mm. 

 longum apice 3 mm. latum apice latissi- 

 mum medio contractum 2-f mm. latum basi contractum 1 mm. latum apice 

 truncatum denticulatum latere margine subintegrum latere infra medium sub 

 erectum,basi medio discis collosis instructnm. Columna recur va 4mm. longa dorso 

 complanata, utroque latere leviter alata, alis prope apicem commnse dilatatis. 

 HAB. Formosa : Loco non indicate ; leg. T. KAWAKAMI. 

 Near L. Ucldya'mce SCHLECHT., but differs from it by the broader leaves 

 and less prominent auricles at the apex of the column. 



Liparis macrantha BOLFE, (Fig. 6) in Ann. Bot. IX. p. 156 ; 

 IMATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 406. 



Fig. 5, Liparis Kawakamii HAYATA; 

 n, a flower, one of the lateral sepals taken 

 off ; b, a dorsal sepal ; c, a lateral sepal ; 

 d, a petal ; e, a lip ; f , a column ; g, the 

 same, in vertical section. 



