ORCHIDEJE. 87 



HAB. Suiaha, ad 2500 ped. alt., leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili. 1916. 



This differs from the common Spiranthes australis by the perfectly white 

 flowers with 2 rounded protuberances at the base of the lips. The protu- 

 berances are in 8. australis are hooked and bent downwards. 



Physurus RICH. 



Physurus chinensis ROLFE ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. 

 p. 409. 



HAB. Karapin, leg. B. HAYATA, Mart. 1914. Note : Flowers light 

 ashy-purple or nearly white. 



Galeola LOUR. 



Galeola ochobiensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 19). Fulvesccns ad truncos 

 repenfi, radicibus numerosis incrassatis, radicibus aeriis oppositi-ramis tereti- 

 bus in nostro specimine 3-4 cm. longis. 

 Caulis glaber teres ad nodos 1-squamatus, 

 equamis ovatis obtusis ramos semi-amplec- 

 tantibus 1-2 cm. longis. Racemi paiiiculato- 

 ramosi, ramis 35 cm. longis', bracteis ovatis 



fl 



acutis 3mm. longis persistentibus, pedicellis Fig. 19, Galeola ochobiensis HAYATA; 



cum ovariis 4-5 mm. longis glabris. Flores a ' a lip ' ex P anded ' b c > ^0 of the 



same lip, which is not unfolded. 



pallido-lacteo-rubesceiites glabri. Sepala 



conniventia demum plus minus patentia, posticum oblongo-lineare 12 mm. 

 longum 3 mm. latum glabrum apice obtusum, lateralia quam postico latiora 

 4 mm. longa apice obtusissima basi hand contracts. Petala angusta linearia 

 ct spathulata 12 mm. longa 2 mm. lata apice obtusiswuiia vel rotundata basi 

 attenuata. Labellum ad basin columnse sessile latum concavum columnam 

 laxe involvens sepalis sequilongum 10 mm. longum in explicate 10 mm. latum 

 obscure 3-lobatum, lobis lateralibus latissimis transver&e venulosis, lobo medio 

 minuto undulato-crispo facie villoso callis duobus instructo, callo superiore 

 subrotundato villoso, callo inferiore minus villoso. Columna 7 mm. longa 

 exalata apoda. Capsnla linearis cylindrica pendula 16 cm. longa 5 mm. lata. 



HAB. Ochobi, leg. B. HAYATA, Mai. 14, 1916. 



Found climbing on a tree in forests on a cliff at the sea-coast. Near G. 

 altissima REICH, f. ; but differs from it in having differently shaped lips. 



