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ORCHIDE.^. 



acuminata basi gradatim attenuata in petiolum 10 cm. longum abauntia ima 

 basi articulata multinervia utrinque glabra. Flores mediocres 2 cm. in 

 diametro, in racemum laxe-floratum 15 cm. longum terminalem paduncula- 

 tum dispositi, pedunculis 18 cm. longis gracilibus erectis, bracteis lanceolatis 

 1 cm. longis. Sepala libera patentia linearia 9 mm. longa 1 mm. lata apice 

 obtusa, posticum postice reflexum recurvatum, lateralia antice paralleliter 

 patentia inferne recurvata. Petala linearia 9 mm. longa mm. lata postice 

 et inferne reflexa. Labelluin cuneiforme in circumscriptione 8 mm. longum, 

 5 mm. latum a medio antice curvatum apice latissime truncatum irregulariter 

 denticulatum basi columnse affixum, a inedio basi erectum ima columnam 



amplectans a medio 

 superne patens elobatum 

 basi 2-tuberculatum. 

 Columna elongata 5 mm. 

 longa semiteres. 



HAB. Taito, Man- 

 chosha, leg. T. TAWAKAMI 

 et G. NAKAHAEA, Jan. 

 1906, (No. 766). 



This is very distinct 

 species ; it is somewhat 

 near L. flaccida in its 

 habit, but very much dif- 

 ferent from it in having 

 much larger lips, longer 

 pedicels and in many other points. 



Liparis platybolba HAYATA (Fig. 8) sp. nov. Epiphyta. Rhizoma 

 in arborem repens complahato-teres 2 mm. latum, radices a basi pseudobulbi 

 gerentes. Pseudobulbi valde complanati oblongi vel ovato-oblongi vel elliptic! 

 2 cm. longi 2 cm. lati 7 mm. crassi glabri basi reliquis squamarum obtecti 

 apice 2-foliati, foliis cum petiolis articulatis, petiolis subnullis in utroque latera 

 pseudobulbi valde decurrentibus, partibus decurrentibus 25 mm. longis tenuibus 

 sursum 4mm. latis deorsum angustissimis ad nulluni reductis. Folia ob- 



7, Laparis Nakakami HAYATA ; a, a flower ; 

 b, a sepal ; c, a petal ; d, a lip ; e, the same seen from 

 back ; f , the same, seen from side ; g, the same seen 

 from back; h, a column, anther lifted. 



