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3 nervia, nor vis tenuissimis, utraque glaberrima, petiolis cum vaginis 3 4mm, 

 longis dorso complanatis basi vaginatis, vaginis 1-2 mm. longis 1-1 mm. latis 

 obconiciformibus glabris semi-hyalinis mcmbraiiaceis ore obliquis. Florcs ter- 

 minales solitarii pedunculati, pedimculo (ovario excepto) 6 mm. longo basi 

 apiceque bracteato hirsute ; bractea inferiore basi vaginata, vagina tubiformi 

 1-2 mm. longa ore ciliata, lamina ovata circ. 2 mm. longa glabra ; bractea 

 super! ore ovata 4mm. longa ovarium amplectanti hyalina margine retrosc 

 ciliata ; ovario ovato-lineari 4-5 mm. longo glabro 1 mm. lato. Sepala et 

 petala basi usque ad medium conniventia ovato-linearia 6 mm. longa apice 

 attenuata conniventia tiibnni 3-4 mm. latum formantia toto glabra. Labellum 

 Y forme : hypochilo cum tubo perianthii conniventi ; mesochilo libero lineari 

 2 mm. longo 1 mm. lato, lamina (epichilo) Y-forme bipartita, partibus 

 divaricatis linearibus 2 mm. longis 1 mm. latis. Columna nulla ; anthera 

 dorsalis ovata, 1 mm. longa apice attenuata ; pollinia 2 sectilia ; stigma 

 ignotum. 



HAB. Arisan, 8000 ped. alt., leg. U. FAURIE, Juni. 1914, (No. 929). 



Near Myrmechis gracilis BL. and M. japonica ROLFE ; but differs from 

 them in having much smaller leaves. 



Goodyera R. BR. 



Goodyera arisanensis HAYATA sp. nov. Cauh's cum spicis 25 cm. 

 longus gkber basi 5-6-foliatus erectus apice ad spicam abeuns sursum squamis 

 8-9 remote instructus. Folia oblonga vel ovato-oblonga 4 cm. longa 1 cm. 

 lata apice acuta vel breve acuminata basi acuta margine integra chartacea vel 

 crasse membranacea utraque pagine glabra, petiolis 2cm. longis dilatatis basi 

 vaginatis, vaginis ^ cm. longis hyalinis, ore obliquo. Spicse termiiiales simplices 

 llcm. longse densiuscule floratse, bracteis knceolatis post anthesin auctis 3mm. 

 longis acuminatis ovario sequilongis. Ovarium ovoideo-fusiforme 3 mm. longum 

 glabrum. Segmenta conniventia 3 mm. longa. Sepalum posticum ovato- 

 lanceolatum 3 mm. longum 1 mm. latum glabrum 1 nervium, nervo manifesto, 

 glabrum cum petalis galeam forrnans basi plus minus contractum ; lateralia 

 oblique lanceolato-oblonga 3jmm. longa l^nim. lata postico ktiora glabra 

 manifesto 1-nervia apice obtusa vel acuta basi hand contracta. Petala lineari- 

 lanceolata 3^ mm. longa f mm. lata apice obtusa basi angustata ten niter mem- 



