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ORCHIDE;E. 



penduli scapo concolores. Sepala sequiformia angustata erecta 7 mm. longa 

 1 mm. lata obtuso-acuminata Integra parcissime punctata, lateralibus plus minus 

 obliqitis. Petala sepalo latiora 7 mm. longa 2 mm. lata acuminata. Labellum 

 sessile concavum gynostemium amplectans, ima in calcar breve obtusum 3 mm. 



longum rectum productum, 

 limbo ovato obtuso 9 mm. 

 longo erecto ad margin em 

 subintegro vel sub lente 

 minutissime eroso intus 

 papillose infra apicem par- 

 cissime papillose. Gynos- 

 temium brevissimum crassum 

 obtusissimum 2 mm. longum 

 dorso rotundato - convexum. 

 Ovarium obovoideum sulca- 

 tum, pedicello 4 mm. longo. 



Epipogon Rolfei HAYATA 

 in sched. herb. Tokyo. 



HAB. Okinawa, leg. S. 

 TANAKA, 1891, Mai. (No. 

 147). 



The present plant is near G. nutans, but differs from it in having shorter 

 spurs, and in the lips which are nearly obtuse at the apex, nearly entire on 

 the margin, and very much less papillose on the upper surface. 



flatanthera RICH. 



Platantkera longibracteata HAYATA sp. nov. Caulis 30-40 cm. longus 

 basi vaginatus, (vaginis 4 cm. longis apice obtusis), infra medium 1-2-3- 

 foliatus medio squamatus, partibus squamatis 10 cm. longis, sursum florifer, 

 partibus floriferis 10 cm. longis. Folia spathulata vel ovato-oblanceolata apice 

 obtusa 16 cm. longa 3 cm. lata apice obtusa deorsum gradatim angustata ad 

 vaginam 1| cm. longam abeuntia exsiccato membranacea. Racemi laxe florati 

 glabri, floribus a se 1 cm. remotis, bracteis lanceolatis 1 cm. longis acuminatis, 

 floribus sessilibus, ovariis vel fructibus 6-7 mm. longis ellipsoideis apice rostratis 



Pig. 64, Gcdera Rolfei HAYATA ; a, a flower ; 

 b, a dorsal sepal ; c, a lateral sepal ; d, a petal ; e, a 

 lip ; b, a column ; g, an anther. 



