ORCHIDE^E. 



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pseudobulbi sita oblanceolata circ. 30 cm. longa 5 cm. lata plus minus obliqua 



apice acuminata basi longe attenuata plicata basin scapi amplectantia in 



exsiccato membranacea, nervis et venis parallelis utraque pagine elevatis. 



Scapi 20 cm. longi, pedunculis 6 cm. longis, partibus floriferis 14 cm. longis 



racemosis densiuscule floriferis, floribus subdescendentibus, pedicellis (cum 



ovariis) 1 cm. longis, bracteis minutis. Sepalum posticum lineari-angustatum 



12 mm. longum basi 



latissimum 3 mm. latum 



apice obtusum 3-5- 



nervium, lateralia valde 



obliqua triangulari- 



oblonga desuper recurva 



1 cm. longa basi latis- 



sima 6 mm. lata apice 



obtusa 5-nervia. Petala 



linearia recurva 11 



mm. longa 2 mm. lata 



5-nervia apice obtusa. 



Labellum ad apicem 



pedis columnse articu- 



latum ovato - rhomboi- 



deum 9 mm. longum 6 



mm. latum subplicatum 



columnam semi-amplec- 



tans medio desuper re- 



curvum basi cuneatum 



sursum 3-lobum, lobo 



torminali oblougo-triangulari 3^ mm. longo 3 mm. lato apice obtuso facie 



lamellis 7 instructo, lamellis undulato-crispatis, mediis 3 mm. longis circ. 1 



mm. latis, lobis lateralibus semi-oblongis erectis columnam semi-amplec- 



tantibus 2 mm. longis vel latis. Disci 7-lamellati, lamellis a basi labelli 



usque ad basin lobi terminalis sitis 3 non crispatis. Columna 3 mm. longa, 



pede 5 mm. longo. Pollinia 8. 



Pig. 24, Eria septendamella HAYATA; a, a flower; b, 

 the same, a lateral sepal taken off, to show the lip, mentum 

 and columna ; c, a dorsal sepal ; d, a lateral sepal ; e, a 

 petal ; f , a lip ; g, cross section of the same, to show the 

 lamellate discs ; h, a lamellate disc ; i, apical portion of a 

 columna, anther lifted. 



