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of Formosa p. 347. The type specimen, with several duplicates, was first 

 collected by Mr. T. KAWAKAMI at Koshun. The plant was also found by my- 

 self in my excursion to the island in the beginning of July, 1912, on the 

 sandy ground in a clump of shrubs near the sea-shore on the eastern coast 

 of the south cape. 



Galera BLUME. 



Galera kusukusensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Tab. XX.) Terrestris aphylla 

 lacticolor tuberifera. Tuber oblongo-ovoideum horizontaliter situm vel ascendens 

 1-2 cm. longum 8 nun. in diametro subnudum apice scapum singulum gerens. 

 Scapi circ. 30 cm. longi basi squamis verticillatis instruct! a basi sursum 

 squamis remotis alternis instructi, squamis ovatis 1 cm. longis basi semi- 

 amplexicaulibus apice acutis, partibus floriferis 10 cm. longis, floribus l-2^cm. 

 a se remotis, bracteis linearibus vel lanceolatis circ. 1 cm. longis, pedicellis 

 5 mm. longis subnutantibus, ovariis globosis 5 mm. in diametro. Sepala et 

 petala semiclausa non patentia. Sepala subequalia linearia 10 mm. longa 

 1 mm. lata apice acumiuata basi non contracts,. Petala lanceolata 10 mm. 

 longa quam sepalis latiora 1 J mm. lata apice acuminata basi non contracta. 

 Labellum valde concavum erectum oblongum 10 mm. longum in explicate 

 8 mm. latum apice triangulari-obtusum margine undulato-crispatum supra pur- 

 pureo-maculatum, maculis 4, sursum muricato-tuberculatum basi ad calcar 

 3|- mm. longum productum. Columna brevissima. Epipogon Jcusukusense 

 HAYATA in sched. herb. Taihoku. 



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



Near Galera Rol/ei HAYATA (= Epipogon Rolfei HAY.) ; but differs from 

 it by the longer lips which are undulately crispate at the margin, and by 

 the much narrower petals. 



Galera Rolfei HAYATA (Fig. 64) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 348. Tuber 

 solitarium 3 cm. longum 12 mm. latum elongato-ellipticum apice obtusum carno- 

 sum horizontaliter situm. Scapus circ. 35 cm. longus incrassatus erectus rectus 

 basi ascendens teres brunneus inferne squamis distantibus amplexicaulibus 

 obtusis tenuissimis membranaceis instructus, superne florifer, bracteis alteruis 

 recto-patentibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis membranaceis circ. 1 cm. longis 

 wni-florem amplectantibus. Flores in pedicellis filiformibus cernui aut tandem 



