346 Orchidaceae 



2.5-3 mm. across; sepals narrowly ovate, 1-nerved, subobtuse, lower margins slightly involute; capsules ellipsoid-globose, 



about 2 mm. long, the dorsal sepal recurved, the lateral ones pedicelled, about 2.5-3 mm. long. Aug. Bogs; Hokkaido, 



spreading; petals ovate, about 1 mm. long, 1-nerved; lip on Honshu (centr. and n. distr.); very rare. s. Kuriles, Sak- 



upper side of flower, erect, deltoid-ovate, 1.5 mm. long, with halin, Siberia, Europe, and N. America. 



43. ELEORCfflS F. Maekawa Sawa-ran Zoku 



Pseudobulbs small, globose; scapes erect, slender; leaves solitary, linear-lanceolate, sheathing toward the base and enveloping 

 the scape; flowers 1 (rarely paired), rose-purple, the bracts minute, thinly membranous; sepals and petals alike, free, oblanceolate, 

 erect, gibbous; lip narrowly obovate or oblanceolate, adnate below to the base of column; column narrowly cylindric, ridged on 



each side; rostellum flat, truncate; anthers terminal, reclined; pollinia 4, in 2 locules, granular, the caudicles not developed. 



One species in Japan. 



1. Eleorchis japonica (A. Gray) F. Maekawa. Arethusa slighdy narrower than the sepals; lip as long as the sepals, 



japonica A. Gray; Bletilla japonica (A. Gray) Schltr. Sawa- obovate-oblong, denticulate, obsoletely 3-lobed, rounded to 



RAN, AsAHi-RAN. Pseudobulbs about 6 mm. across; scapes 20- truncate at apex; column about 2 cm. long; ovary linear, 1-1.5 



30 cm. long, slender, terete, naked, with 1 or 2 sheathing scales cm. long, (to 2.5 cm. in fruit), nearly sessile, erect. July. 



at base; leaf radical, erect, linear-lanceolate or broadly linear, 6- Bogs; Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. and n. distr.). s. Kuriles. 



15 nam. long, 4-8 mm. wide, gradually narrowed at both ends; Var. conformis (F. Maekawa) F. Maekawa. E. conformis 



flowers 1 (rarely paired), the bracts deltoid, thinly membra- F. Maekawa Kirigamine-asahi-ran. Flowers erect, tubu- 



nous, 2-3 mm. long; sepals oblanceolate, subacute, rose-purple, lar; sepals 13-17 mm. long; lip flat, entire, broadly oblanceo- 



nearly erect, 2-2.5 cm. long, 5-nerved; petals nearly as long but late. July. Bogs; Honshu; rare. 



44. LIPARIS L. C. Rich. Kumo-kiri-so Zoku 



Terrestrial or epiphytic herbs; stems leafy on the pseudobulb; leaves sometimes jointed at the base, flat or conduplicate, ever- 

 green or deciduous; flowers small, white, purple or brownish, racemose, the bracts small; sepals free, spreading, as wide as or 

 wider than the petals; lip attached to the base of the column, the lateral lobes inconspicuous or rather prominent, embracing 

 the column in a natural position, the terminal lobe larger, with a globose tubercule on each side at base; anthers terminal; pollinia 



4, in 2 locules, waxy; capsules globose to oblong-cylindric. About 300 species in Eurasia and N. America, especially abundant 



in the Tropics. 



lA. Leaves usually solitary, evergreen, narrowly oblong or linear-oblong, vifith a distinct joint within the sheath; peduncles compressed, 



recurved in upper part; flowers one-sided; column winged 1. L. plicata 



IB. Leaves usually 2 or 3, broadly lanceolate to broadly ovate-elliptic, without a distinct joint within the sheath; peduncles erect, 3- to 

 5-angIed. 

 2A. Pseudobulbs cylindric, 3-10 cm. long; lip cuneate-oblong. 



3A. Lip rounded at apex, the appendages at base elliptic, obtuse; bracts reflexed 2. L. formosana 



3B. Lip recuse, the appendages at base subulate, acute; bracts spreading 3. L. nervosa 



2B. Pseudobulbs ovoid-globose, 1-2 cm. long. 



4A. Lip oblong-cuneate or cuneate, with slightly recurved margins, truncate to rounded at apex. 



5A. Leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminate; veinlets closely approximate, longitudinal 4. L. odorata 



5B. Leaves narrowly ovate to ovate-rounded, rather obtuse to abruptly acute; veinlets subremote. 



6A. Leaves broadly ovate to orbicular ovate, abruptly acute, rounded to cordate at base; flowers whitish; sepals linear-oblong, 



acute; lip straight, with 2 callosities at base 5. L. auriculata 



6B. Leaves elliptic to oblong, obtuse at both ends; flowers greenish or greenish purple; sepals oblong, obtuse; lip abruptly re- 

 flexed above the middle, the callosities absent at base or obscure 6. L. ^umo^iri 



4B. Lip obovate to narrowly obovate-oblong, rounded to obtuse, sometimes mucronate or caudate, flat, abruptly narrowed at base. 



7A. Lip about J^ as long as the petals, caudate 7. L. k.rameri 



7B. Lip about as long as the petals, broadly obovate, short-pointed. 



8A. Lip 7-8 mm. long, 4.5-5.5 mm. wide, pointed; plant 20-40 cm. high 8. L. japonica 



8B. Lip 12-18 mm. long, 10-15 mm. wide, rounded, mucronate; plant 15-30 cm. high 9. L. makinoana 



1. Liparis plicata Fr. & Sav. Cestichis plicata (Fr. & tip, with 2 indistinct callosities at the base inside; column 



Sav.) F. Maekawa Chi-kei-ran. Evergreen herb; pseu- winged near the tip; capsules pedicelled, clavate-fusiform, 8-10 



dobulbs elongate-conical, 1-3 cm. long, few-scaled while mm. long. Oct.-Dec. Shikoku, Kyushu (s. distr.). 



young; leaves usually solitary, narrowly oblong or linear-ob- Ryukyus and Formosa. 



long, conduplicate, ribbed, 10-18 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, 2. Liparis formosana Reichenb. f. Yukoku-ran. Pseu- 

 acuminate at both ends, distinctly jointed with the sheath; pe- dobulbs elongate, cylindric, terete, the internodes to 5 cm. 

 duncles 10-18 cm. long, terminal on the pseudobulbs, flat, nar- long; leaves 3, obliquely ovate to elliptic, 5-15 cm. long, 3-8 

 rowly wing-margined, arcuately recurved in upper part; cm. wide, abruptly acuminate, short-sheathed at base; pedun- 

 racemes loosely 5- to 10-flowered, ascending; bracts subulate- cles terminal, 20-30 cm. long, erect; racemes terminal, many- 

 lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long; flowers pale yellowish green, one- flowered; bracts narrowly ovate, 1-nerved, membranous, re- 

 sided; dorsal sepal linear-oblong, obtuse, 6-7 mm. long, the flexed, 2-3 mm. long, acute; flowers brownish purple; sepals 

 lateral ones slightly shorter, spreading, arcuate in upper part; linear-oblong, obtuse, the lateral gradually spreading, 8-10 

 petals linear, 6-7 mm. long, obtuse; lip cuneate-obovate, about mm. long; petals linear-oblong, as long as die lateral sepals; 

 5 mm. long, rounded-truncate, smooth, gradually recurved at lip cuneate-obovate, rounded at apex, gradually recurved in 



