79 



rubro-maculato. Labellum subtus leviter rabescens basi atro-rubram. 

 Columna basi atro-sanguinea. 



HAB. Formosa : loco non indicato : cult, in Tailioku seminario, 

 Mart., 1914, leg. B. HAYATA, (fl.). 



Near Cymbidium pumilum ROLFE (in Kew Bullet. 1907, p. 130; Kinryo- 

 Jten, Somokuzusetsu, XYIH. t. 13.); but differs from it by the light reddish 

 green petals and sepals and by the lips which are light red with a red 

 maculation on the front lobe, and numerous minute red spots on the side lobes. 



Cymbidium lancifolium HOOK, f . ; Orchid. Sikkim Himal. in Ann. 

 Hoy. Bot. Gard. Calc. VHI. t. 247. 



HAB. Formosa : loco non indicato ; cult, in bot. horto. Tokyo, leg. 

 B. HAYATA. 



The orchid has been cultivated in our garden since some years, and is 

 believed to have come from Formosa. The flowers are slightly different from 

 the figure given in the above referred work. 



Cymbidium misericors HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 38-b). Pseudobnlbi 

 vix prominentes. Fasciculus folii 4-5-foliatus. Folia lanceolata 30-40 cm. 

 longa 11 mm. lata apice acuta vel obtusa basi attenuata basi in parte angustis- 

 sima 5mm. lata infra basin dilatata lcm. lata pseudobulbos semi-amplectantia 

 margine integra prope apicem sub lente denticulata in vivo tenuiter coriacea, 

 nervis principalibus 3, inter nervos multivenulata, nervis venisque supra minus 

 subtus plus prominentibus. Kacemi (scapi) 15-20 cm. longi laxe florati, floribis 

 a se 3-4 cm. remotis, bracteis lanceolatis circ. 1 cm. longis acuminatis, pedicellis 

 cum ovariis 2J-3 cm. longis. Flores apertientes 4 cm. in diametro viridi- 

 albescentes baud maculati fragrantes, inter menses Septembris et Octobris 

 apertientes. Sepalum posticum oblongo-oblanceolatum 27 mm. longum 9 mm. 

 latum supra medium latissimum apice acutum vel obtusum ad summuin 

 apiculatum basi angustius ad insertionem haud contractum 3 mm. longum 

 subplanum vel margine tenuissime exteriore recurvum distincte 5-nervium 

 crassiusculum margine integram, lateralia cum postico sequilonga sed angustiora 

 oblanceolata 6 mm. lata apice obtusa ad summum apiculata basi cuneato- 

 angustata ad basin 3 mm. lata 5-nervia. Petala oblonga 24 mm. longa 1 cm. 

 lata vel obovato-oblonga apice obtusa sed ad summum acuta basi obtuso- 



