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dense floriferi, bracteis lanceolatis 1^ cm. longis apice acuminatis basi attenuates, 

 pedicellis fere 0, ovariis linearibus vel ovatis circ. 1 cm. longis. Sepalum 

 posfcicum ovato-lanceolatum circ. 1 cm. longum apice filiforme acuiainatum 

 medio 2 J mm. latum basi leviter contractum concavum 3-nervium, lateralia 

 postico couformia vix latiora 3 mm. lata plus minus obliqua. Petala linearia 

 9 mm. longa I mm. lata apice acuminata basi dilatata. Labellum 3-partitum, 

 parte centrali lineari longissima circ. 10 mm. longa mm. lata, partibus 

 lateralibus liuearibus centrali brevioribus 5 mm. longis angustissimis mm. latis 

 apice acuminatis, basi calcaratum, calcari 13 mm. longo 1 mm. lato lineari 

 antice leviter recurvo. Anthera 1|- mm. longa erecba 2-brachiata, brachiis 

 divaricatis, staminodiis claviformibus |- mm. lougis. Rostellum A-forme 2- 

 bracliiatum, brachiis divaricatis 1|- mm. longis apice se approximatis des- 

 cendentibus ; stigma 2-partitum, partibus distincte separatis linearibus com- 

 planato-teretibus 1} mm. longis. 



HAB. Mt. Morrison, ad 8500 ped. alt. leg. S. SASAKI, 1909, Oct. 



Near Habenari astenopetala LINDL. (Orcliids of the Sikkim Himalayas in 

 Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. VIII. t. 404), in having linear patals and linear 

 3-lobed lips ; but differs from it by the long tailed sepals and much narrowly 

 based leaves. 



Habenaria longitentaculata HAYATA sp. nov. (Tab. XXIV.) Caulis 

 erectus 55 cm. longus basi 8 mm. in diametro glaber inferiore vaginatus, 

 vaginis cylindricis 3 cm. longis 8 mm. latis ore obliquis a se 4J cm. remotis, 

 medio foliatus, foliis approximatis, sursum squamatus, squamis ovatis a se 

 3^ cm. remotis 2 cm. longis caulem amplectantibus, sursum florifer, partibus 

 floriferis 10 cm. longis. Folia ad medium caulis approximata alterna oblongo- 

 obovata vel ovata 12 cm. longa 5 cm. lata apica breve cuspidato-acuta basi 

 cuneato-attenuata ad vaginam abeuntia, venis primariis parallelis, secundariis 

 transversis manifesto reticulatis. Racemi 10 cm. longi remote florati, floribus 

 a se 2-3 cm. remotis, bracteis ovatis acuminatis 18 mm. longis 6-7 mm. latis. 

 Perianthia patentia, sepalum posticum galeseforme valde concavum 1 cm. 

 longum G mm. latum apice acutum basi contractum 3-nervium ; sepala 

 lateralia postico conformia sed valde obliqua. Petala profunde 2-loba vel 

 2-partita, partibus angulo 180 se divaricatis linearibus 1 cm. longis basi 



