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ORCHIDPLE. 



cum racemis 25-30 cm. long! erecti basi squamis 3-4 instruct!, squamis a se 

 5 cm. distantibus 5-6 cm. longis apice acuminatis a basi usque ad medium 

 tubiformibus. Racemi 8 cm. loiigi pauciflorati, bracteis lanceolatis 3 cm. longis 

 4 mm. latis purpureis, pedicellis cum ovario 2 cm. longis glabris gracilibus. 



Sepala subsequalia linearia 3 cm. 

 longa 5 mm. lata apice acuta basi 

 leviter contracta. Petala lanceo- 

 lata plus minus obliqua 2^- cm. 

 longa 6-7 mm. lata. Labellum 

 oblongo-ovatum 20 mm. longum 

 8 mm. latum apice obtusum apice 

 margine maculatum. Columna 

 l cm. longa. 



HAB. Taihoku cult. Mart. 

 1914, leg. T. SOMA. 



Near Cymbidium oreophyllum 

 HAY ATA, but distinguishable from 

 it in having shorter and broader 

 sepals. 



Cymbidium sinense 

 WILLD. var. margicoloratum 

 HAYATA n. v. (Fig. 16-b et 17). 

 Folia lineari-oblanceolata tenuiter 

 coriaeca 50-60 cm. longa 2cm. 



Fig. 17, Cymbidium sinense WIIXD. vnr. margi- 

 coloratum HAYATA. Photographed by Mr. T. SOMA. 



a 



Fig. 16, n, Cymbidium rubrigemmum 

 HAYATA ; b, Cymbidium sinense WILLD. 

 var. margicoloratum HAYATA. 



