ORCHIDEJE. 



45 



g 



cum vaginis articulata, vaginis imbricatis 3-4 cm. longis firma caulem obte- 

 gentibus. Kacemi pauciflorati laterales, bracteis minutis. Flores circ. 4 mm. 

 longi albicantes. Sepala oblonga, lateralia quam postico latiora. Petala sepalo 

 conformia. Labellum subsaccatum vel valde concavum apice valde sinuatum 

 flavo-maculatum basi disco 3-striato hirsute instructum. Capsula cylinclrica 

 circ. 10 cm. longa 8 mm. lata. 



HAB. Kusukusu, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Juli., 1912. 



Found hanging perpendicularly from a branch of a very tall tree, swing- 

 ing to and fro even with a very gentle breeze. 



Bulbophyllum THOU. 



Bulbophyllum (CirrJwpetcdum) flavisepalum HAYATA (Fig. 17) Ic. 

 PI. Formos. H. p. 131. 



h . d 



Epiphyta, rhizomati- 

 bus repentibus radican- 

 tibus teretibus 2 mm. 

 in diametro sectionis, 

 pseudobulbis ovoideis 

 2 cm. longis 1cm. latis 

 apice obtusis truncatis 1- 

 foliatis. Folia elongato- 

 angustato-oblonga 7 cm. 

 longa 17 mm. lata apice 

 rotundata basi attenuata 

 cum pseudobulbis 

 articulata margine levi- 

 ter recurva supra 

 viridia subtus pallidiora 

 crassiuscula supra 

 plana, venis (in 



Fig. 17, Bidbophyllum flavisepalum HAYATA; a, 

 a flower, seen from side ; b, the same, a sepal, labellum, 

 and mentum are seen, others are taken off ; c, the same 

 lateral sepals, labellum and mentum taken off, seen from 

 face, clumna is seen; d, a labellum seen from face, 

 elevated discus lines are seen; e, meutum and labellum, 

 seen from below; f, columna, seen from face; g, 

 the same, seen side; h, the same, seen from back; i, 

 an anther; j, pollinia, two smaller, the others larger. 



exsiccato) utroque latere 

 8-9, utraque pagine conspicuis. Scapi floriferi e latere pseudobulborum, aphylli 

 5-4 cm. longi, graciles vaginis tonuibus 3-4 instrucbi, vaginis inferioribus 

 imbricatis, supsrioribus remotis ore obliquis acufcis 6 mm. longis. Floras 



