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obtusissimis nervosis scariosis ore oblique truncatis imbricatis. Folia versus 

 apicem caulis conferta lineari-lanceolata 18 cm. longa 18 mm. lata apice acu- 

 minato-attenuata ad summum obtuso-mucronata basi gradatim angustata supra 

 basin leviter contracta ad basin dilatata 9-nervia, nervis ntraque pagine 

 elevatis, basi cum petiolis articulata, petiolis brevissimis 3 mm. longis latis- 

 simis caulem semi-amplectantibus. Racemi axillares 10 cm. longi ferrugineo- 

 tomentosi tota longitudine bracteati, partibus floriferis 8 cm. longis, rhachibus 



tomentosis, bracteis ovatis apice acutis 6 mm. 

 longis 2 mm. latis reflexis subglabris, pedicellis 

 brevissimis 2 mm. longis tomentosis, ovariis 

 3-4 mm. longis sursum latioribus tomentosis. 

 Sepalum posticum oblongo-lanceolatum 7 mm. 

 longum 2 mm. latum apice obtusum basi non 

 vel vix contractum 3-nervium extus tomentosum 

 intus glabrum, lateralia oblique oblonga 7 mm. 

 longa 2 vel 3 mm. lata apice obtusa basi pede 

 columnge adnata mentum 2 mm. longum for- 

 mantia extus tomentosa intus glabra 3-nervia. 

 Petala oblique lineari-lanceolata 6 mm. longa 

 2 mm. lata 3-nervia glabra apice obtusa basi 



vix contracta. Labellum oblongum 3 mm. longum 1% mm. latum apice cus- 

 pidatum glabmm margine minute ciliolatum dimidium inferius re erecto- 

 plicatum dimidium superius descendento-plicatum apice cuspidatum basi 

 auriculato-rotundatum ad extremitatem valde contractum ad contractionem $ 

 mm. latum. Columna 2 mm. longa recurva basi ad pedem anteriore re- 

 curvum 2 mm. longum producta. 



HAB. Formosa : loco non indicate, cult, in Taihoku seminario, log. B. 

 HAYATA, Mart., 1914, (fl). 



Near E. iomentiflora HAYATA, but differs from it by the longer and 

 thinner leaves, and by the much larger flowers. 



Eria septemlamella HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 24). Radices e basi 

 pseudobulbi oriundse incrassatse. Pseudobulbi ellipsoidei 3-4 cm. longi 18 mm. 

 lati squamis lanceolatis 2-5, 2-10 cm. longis obtecti. Folia 2 ad apicem 



Fig. 23, -Eria plicatUabella 

 HAYATA ; a, a flower ; b, a lip ; c, 

 a column ; d, an operculum ; e, 

 the same seen from back. 



