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OKCHIDEJE. 



contractum glabrum tenuiter membranaccum 3 nervium ; lateralia postico 

 sequilonga sed latiora plus minus obliqua basi cum pede columnse connata 

 inentum 1 mm. longum abeuntia. Petala flava obovato-oblonga 4 mm. longa 



2 mm. kta apiec obtusissima basi cuneato-contracta. Labellum album purpureo- 

 striatum pede columnse articulatim affixum 3 mm. longum sacciforme" lobi 

 laterales erecti late triangulares ; medius obsoletus ad apieem denticulatus et 

 plus minus carnosus ; labellum medio et utroque laterc apicis eallis dense pilosis 

 iiistructum, et protuberantibus duobus sub apice labelli dispositis. Columna 

 brevis 1^- mm. longa basi ad pedem 1 mm. longum producta. 



HAB. Kusukusu, leg. B. HAYATA, Aug. 1914. 



Differs from 8. formosana HAY. by the far much smaller flowers with 

 yellowish sepals and purplc-striate lips. 



Sarcochilus Saruwatarii HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 18). Epiphytica. 

 Caulis 2cm. longus toto foh'atus et vaginis foliorum imbricatis obtectus glaber. 

 Folia alterna distichc disposita 

 plaiia in exsiccato mcmbranacea 

 linearia vel lineari-oblanceolata 45 

 cm. longa 5-8 mm. lata apicc 

 obtusa vel acuta oblique 2-lobata 

 vel integra margine Integra basi 

 attenuata cum vaginis articulata, 

 nervis latcralibus utroque laterc 

 costse 3, vaginis 3 mm. longis. 

 Kacemi penduli quasi-axillares 

 graciles cum pedunculis 2- 3 cm. 



longi, rliachibus 1 cm. longis valde 



Fig. 18, Sarcochilus Saruwatarii HAYATA ; a, a 



flexuosis laxissime floratis, floribus flower ; b, another flower, lip taken off, showing the 

 2-3, sub flore 1-bracteatis, bracteis foot of the column; c ' a Kp ' seen from side ' 

 ovato-lanceolatis deorsum falcatim recurvis 2 mm. longis transverse patentibus 

 secus costani plicatis alabastrum florum et rhachem raccmi amplectantibus. 

 Flores albi. Sepala iniequalia, posticum oblongum 5 mm. longum apice obtu- 

 suni basi plus minus contractum ; lateralia oblique ovato-oblonga 7 mm. longa 



3 mm. lata apicc obtusa basi hand vel vix contracta. Petala lineari-lanceolata 



