ORCHIDE^E. 



bus 3 mm. longis 2 mm. latis erectis apice sub-acutis, basi medio supra saccatim 



impressum supra partem 

 basilarem constrictnm 

 4^ mm. latum sursnm 

 dilatatum supra medium 

 9 mm. latum apice 2- 

 lobatum, (lobis triangu- 

 lari-oblongis 3mm. 

 longis totiusque latis 

 apice obtusis), margine 

 medio lobulatum sur- 

 sum et deorsum inte- 

 grum crassiusculum, 

 supra reticulato-sulcato 

 impressum subtus leave, 

 utraque pagine sub 

 microscopic minute 

 muricato - punctatum. 

 Columna brevissima 4 

 mm. longa. 



HAB. Formosa : cult, in saminario Taihoku, leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili., 1914. 

 Near L. teres BL. and L. liulduetisis SCHLEOHT.; but differs from them 

 by the broader petals and sepals, and triangular basal lobes of the lip. 



Diploprora HOOK. f. 



Diploprora kusukusensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 42). Epiphyta. 

 Caulis subteres 5-10 cm. longus vaginis foliorum obtectus. Folia alterna 

 oblongo-lanceolata 8 cm. longa 2 cm. lata apice acuta ad summum brevissime 

 2-loba basi obtusa cum vaginis articnlata subdistichum disposita margine 

 integra v->-formiter falcata crassiuscula subconcolora, venis lateralibus parallelis 

 in exsiccato elevatis. Racemi 5 cm. longi pauce floriferi, floribus 3-5, 

 pedicellis divaricatis 5 mm. longis, bracteis late triangularibus 3 mm. 

 longis medio plicatis rhachin amplectantibus. Flores subalbi vel leviter 

 flavescenti-albi patentes 15 mm. in diametro. Sepalum posticum obovato- 



Fig. 41, Luisia inegasepala HAYATA; a, a flower; b, a 

 lip, seen from above ; c, the same, seen from below, shading 

 shows purple colored parts ; d, section of the part shown by 

 a chain-line ; e, section of another parts shown by another chain- 

 line ; f , a column ; g, the same, seen from side ; h, the same, 

 anther taken off; i and j, pollinarium, seen from different 

 sides ; a, natural size, others more or less magnified. 



