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lanceolata 14 cm. longa 28 mm. lata apice triangulari-acuta basi gradatim 

 angustata 8 mm. lata ad petiolum subnnllum abeuntia secus medium tenui- 

 ter plicata exsiccato membranacea vivo crassiuscala supra viridia ad costas 

 tenuiter sulcata utroque latere costge 3-4 nervata, nervis et venis supra non 

 visis, subtus pallidiora, costis elevatis, nervis tenuiter visis, margine Integra 

 circ. plana tenuissima. Scapi (racemi) ad apicem pseudobulbi tormiuales, 

 20-25 cm. longi complanati e 



deorsum distincte alati cum alis 

 4 mm. lati a basi sursum usque 

 ad 3 J cm. longum nudi, plus sur- 

 sum usque ad partern floriferam 

 squamati, squamis inf erioribus lon- 

 gioribus laxiusculis lanceolatis 2 

 cm. longis 4mm. latis acuminatis 

 remotiusculis, superioribus mino 

 ribus clensiusculis ad bracteam 

 abeuntibus. Pars florifera racemi 

 10-15 cm. longa tereto-angulata, 

 bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis 

 6 mm. longis erectis, floribus 

 densiusculis a se 3-7 mm. remotis, 

 pedicellis 2 mm. longis, ovariis 

 3-4 mm. longis clavato-teretibus 

 apice truucatis basi attenuatis, 

 floribus subclausis 4 mm. longis. 

 Sepalum posticum erectum lin- 

 eari-oblongum 5 mm. longum 2 mm. latum apice obtusum basi liaud con- 

 tractum 2 mm. latum 1-nervium dorso carinato-costatum secus costas subpli- 

 cato-concavum, lateralia cum postico conformia. Petala angustissime linearia 

 5mrn. longa mm. lata erecta 1-nervia 1-costata basi non contracta vix vel 

 liaud dilatata apice obtusa liaud reflexa. Labellum subpatens in explicate 

 sub-rotundatum 4^ mm. longum 3 mm. latum apice cuspidatum, partibus 

 cuspidatis elongato-triangularibus 1 mm. longis basi 1-1^ mm. latis apice obtusis 



Fig. 8, Liparis platybolba HAYATA; a, 

 a flower ; f , a dorsal sepal ; c, a lateral sepal ; 

 d, a petal ; e, a lip seen from front ; b, and 

 g, the same, seen from side ; h, a column, 

 seen from side. 



