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desuper leviter recurvis, a infra partem cuspidatam deorsum rotundatum, 

 partibus rotundatis (i.e. hypochilis) 3 mm. longis totiusque latis vel latioribus 

 distincte 5-nerviis suberectis basi medio valde concavis utroque latere suberectis, 

 glabrum inter partem cuspidatam (epicliilum) et partem rotuudatam (hypo- 

 cliilmn) valde ad marginem undulato-plicatum, margine deorsum prope basin 

 integerrimum sursum sub eroso-denticulatum vel subintegrum. Columna 2mm. 

 longa fere semiteres apice clavata usque ad supra basin angustata basin leviter 



dilatata. Clinandrimn valde 

 concavum. Polliuia 4, per 

 paria in loculis segregata 

 Capsulse racemosse sub- 

 sec u n d 6 obovoideo - f usi- 

 formes apice clavato- 

 rotundatse basi fusiforme- 

 attenuatse 3-costatre, inter 

 costas 1-nervatse, in sectione 

 subcirculares, pedicellis 

 3 mm. lougis. Cestichis platy- 

 bolba HAYATA in sched. 

 Herb. Taihoku. 



HAB. Arisan, inter 

 Funkiko et Taroyen, leg. B. 

 HAYATA et T. ITO Mart. 1914. 

 Remarkable for the 

 very much laterally com- 

 pressed pseudobulbs. 



Liparis Sasakii 

 HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 9.) 

 Epiphyta in trunco Chamcecyparis obtusce. Caulis 8 cm. longus basi squamis 

 multis obtectus, squamis ovato-rotundatis caulem amplectantibus 2 cm. 

 longis totiusque latis vaginiformibus. Folia 2 fere sessilia obovata 5 cm. 

 longa 2^ cm. lata apice obtusa vel rotundata deorsum angustata complete 

 lateque caulem amplectantia. Scapi inter folia siti 7 cm. longi angulati, 



Pig. 9, Liparis Sasakii HAYATA ; a, central 

 portion of a flower ; c, a dorsal sepal ; b, a lateral 

 sepal ; cl, a petal ; e, a lip ; f , a column ; g, 

 pollinia. 



