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5-8 mm. long, acuminate; sepals spreading, narrowly ovate- 

 oblong, 2-2.5 cm. long, 7-10 mm. wide, acute, 5-nerved, 

 brownish green, tinted purple; petals broadly oblanceolate, 

 17-22 mm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, acute; lip as long as the 

 sepals, deeply retuse, with cristate ridges on inner side, the 

 lateral lobes small, the terminal lobe rounded, about 15 mm. 

 wide, purplish brown, strongly crisped-undulate, with 3 crested 



incised ridges within; spur absent. May-June. Hokkaido, 



Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; radier rare. 



10. Calanthe furcata Batem. C. veratrijoUa sensu auct. 

 Japon., non R. Br.; C. triplicata Ames, excl. syn.; C matstimii- 

 rana Schltr.; C. textori Miq. Tsuru-ran, Kwa-r.-kn. Rhi- 

 zomes short; leaves 3-6, rather long-petiolate, narrowly oblong 

 to obovate-oblong, 20-40 cm. long, acuminate at both ends, 

 puberulent beneath; scapes 40-80 cm. long, arising from the fas- 

 cicle of fully grown leaves, densely white-puberulent; racemes 

 5-10 cm. long, densely many-flowered, the bracts spreading, re- 

 curved, narrowly ovate, 7-20 mm. long, acute, few-nerved, 

 green; flowers white to rose-purple; sepals obovate or elliptic, 

 spreading, 12-15 mm. long, obtuse, mucronate; petals as long 



as the sepals and slightly narrower; lip ascending, longer than 

 the sepals, 3-lobcd, with 3 series of yellow protuberances near 

 die base within, the lateral lobes ascending, oblong, the termi- 

 nal lobe large, broadly obtriangular, deeply bifid, the lobules 

 rounded, ascending, cuneate; spur slender, 1.5-2 cm. long, 



curved upward, longer than the sepals. July-Oct. Kyushu 



(s. distr., inch Yakushima and Tanegashima). Ryukyus, 



Formosa, China, Malaysia, Bonins, and Micronesia. 



11. Calanthe japonica Bl. C. austro\iusiuensis Ohwi 

 HiRO-HA-No-KWA-RAN. Rhizomes short; leaves few, ellip- 

 tic to ovate, to 20 cm. long, 10 cm. wide, abrupdy acuminate, 

 rounded at base, puberulent beneath, the petioles 7-10 cm. 

 long; scapes 30-40 cm. long, densely puberulent above, with 

 1 or 2 scales; racemes 8-10 cm. long, many-flowered, densely 

 puberulent, the bracts spreading or reflexed, narrowly ovate, 

 few-nerved; flowers white; sepals broadly ovate to broadly 

 obovate, about 8 mm. long, subobtuse, spreading, widi minute 

 brown pubescence outside; petals rounded-rhombic, about 6 

 mm. long, obtuse; lip with a relatively large 5-lobed callosity; 

 spur shorter than the sepals. Kyushu (s. distr.). 



47. TAINIA Bl. Hime-token-ran Zoku 



Rhizomes creeping, the sterile shoots with pseudobulbs; leaves solitary and terminal on the pseudobulb, jointed at base, long- 

 petiolate, lanceolate or oblong; scape with a few sheathing scales at base; racemes simple; flowers pedicelled, loosely arranged, 

 relatively large; sepals narrow, the dorsal free, the lateral ones adnate to the base of the column; petals as long as the sepals, 

 sometimes narrower; lip erect, from the base of the column, spurless or short-spurred, the lateral lobes erect, the terminal lobe 

 spreading, broader, entire; column rather elongate, slighdy incur\'ed, narrowly winged; anthers terminal, 2-locular; poUinia 

 8, 4 in each locule, ovate, waxy. About 15 or more species, in India, e. Asia, and Malaysia. 



1. Tainia laxiflora Makino. Oreorchis laxiflora T. Ito 



ex Makino, in syn. Hime-token-ran. Rhizomes slender, 



the conical pseudobulbs about 10 mm. long, interspersed while 

 young widi sheathing scales; leaves rather thick, deep green, 

 oblong-ianceolate, gradually acute, glabrous, conspicuously 

 nerved, the petioles 2-3 cm. long; scapes erect, slender, 20-30 

 cm. long, with 1 or 2 sheaths at base; racemes about 10 cm. 

 long, loosely flowered, die bracts linear-lanceolate, 4-5 mm. 

 long, acuminate; flowers brownish white; sepals yellowish 



brown, obliquely spreading, linear-lanceolate, 12-15 mm. long, 

 about 2 mm. wide, acute; petals white, ascending-spreading, 

 similar to and contiguous with the dorsal sepal; lip 8-10 mm. 

 long, white, tinged rose-purple, cuneate, with a short chin at 

 base, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes ascending, short, obtuse, the 

 dorsal lobe transversely oblong, narrowed at base, truncate and 



entire at apex, spurless; ovary pedicelled. May. Woods; 



Honshu (Izu Shichito IsL), Kyushu; rather rare. Ryukyus. 



48. EULOPfflA R. Br. 



Imo-ran Zoku 



Terrestrial herb with pseudobulbs; leaves distichous, radical, usually from one side of pseudobulb; scapes erect, scaly, rising 

 laterally from the base of leafy stems; racemes simple or rarely branched, the flowers relatively small, pedicelled, the bracts mem- 

 branous; sepals equal, free, the lateral spreading, sometimes adnate below to the base of the column; petals spreading, often con- 

 nivent above; lip erect from the base of the column, saccate or spurred at the base, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes erect, loosely em- 

 bracing the column or obsolete, the terminal lobe spreading to recurved, entire or bifid, with elevated lines or crests on die 

 center within; column short, thick, without a foot, usually winged; anthers terminal, subglobose; poUinia 2 in each cell, ovoid, 



waxy; capsules ovoid to oblong, not beaked, pendulous. More than 50 species, in Africa, Asia, and Australia, a few in South 



America. 



1. Eulophia ochobiensis Hayata. Imone-yagara. 

 Stout, glabrous, terrestrial herb about 50 cm. high; scapes 

 terete, the scales few, thinly membranous, appressed, ovate, 

 about 3 cm. long, acute, weakly nerved, short-sheathing; ra- 

 cemes to 30 cm. long, erect, loosely many-flowered, the bracts 

 greenish, flat, broadly linear, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 mm. 

 wide, 3- or 5-nerved, acuminate; flowers slightly expanded; 

 sepals obovate-oblong, about 2 cm. long, 8 mm. wide, abruptly 

 acuminate, 5- to 7-nerved; petals obovate, obtuse, 3/4 as long 



as the sepals; lip suberect, slightly shorter than the sepals, 

 obovate, 3-lobed, papillose on the ner\'es inside, with 2 low 

 ridges on the center, the lateral lobes rounded, 4-5 mm. long 

 and as wide, die terminal lobe ascending, ovate-rounded, 7 

 mm. long and as wide, obtuse, entire, the spur compressed- 

 conical, obtuse, about 4 mm. long and as wide; column plano- 

 convex, about 6 mm. long, 4 mm. wide. July. Kyushu 



(Tanegashima and Ohsumi Prov.) ; very rare. Ryukyus and 



Formosa. 



