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ORCHIDEvE. 



longus 7 mm. latus glaber apicc rostrato- 



elongatus folio soliterio terminatus basi 



squamis vaginiforniibus duobus atro-purpureis 



histructus. Folia soliteria ex apice pseudo- 



bulbi oriunda procumbentia hand erecta 



elongato-lanceolata cum petiolis 43 cm. longa 



3 cm. lata apicc acuminate basi longc 



gradatimque attenuate, (partibus attenuatis 



petioliformibus, partibus petioliformibus 4-5 



cm. longis secus medium plicatis versus basin 



perfecte tubiformibus, partibus tubiformibus 



7 mm. longis ad extremitatem plus minus 



dilatetis), membranacca 3 nervia, (venis inter 



nervos circ. 9, venulis transversis inter 



venas remote sitis a se circ. 5 mm. distenti- 



bus), utraque pagine glabra margine Integra. 



Scapi gracillimi erecti aphylli glabri pallido- 



viridi-purpurasceiites e basi p>udobulbi 



oriundi circ. 40 cm. longi, basi deorsum Photographed by Mr. Y. SHJMABA. 



vaginis paucis instruct!, (vaginis 4-5 cm. longis tubuliforniibus 6 mm. latis 



glabris nervosis semi-hyalinis ore obliquis apice acutis vcl truncatis), medio 



sursum nudi hand vaginati squamis minutis 1-2 instruct!, partibus floriferis 



8-11 cm. longis gracillimis remotiuscule floratis ; bracteis sub flore singulis, 



linearibus lanceolatis 3-6 cm. longis acuminatis. Flores raceinosi, pedicellis 



(ovario excepto) 7 mm. longis subpatentibus. Ovarium cylindricum 4 mm. 



longum glabrum plus minus purpurascens apice 2 mm. latum basi ad pedicel- 



lum abeuns sulcatum glabrum apice haud contractum. Sepala pallido-pur- 



purascentia purpureo-striate, posticum lineari-oblanceolatum 15 mm. longum 



apice obtusum 2^ mm. latum 3-nervium basi attenuatum 1 J mm. latum ; 



lateralia valde falcate linearia plus quam 10 mm. longa 2 mm. late apice 



acuto-obtusa basi haud attenuate 2 mm. late caeterum tit postico. Petela 



linearia 12mm. longa 2| mm. lata apice obtusa basi haud contracte 2^ mm. 



late plus minus falcate glabra 3-nervia. Labellum flavurn sub sinibus pur- 



Fig. 11, Tainia Shimadai HAYATA, 



