358 Orchidaceae 



obovoid-oblong, short-pedicelled, about 10 mm. long. Tree- short peduncles; sepals elliptic, 25-2.7 mm. long, yellowish 



trunks; Honshu, Shikoku. Kyushu. green with a purple center, petals similar; lip 3-lobed, cylin- 



4. Saccolabium toramanum Makino. Gastrockilus tora- dric-spurred, the dorsal lobe larger, transversely oblong with 



tnanus (Makino) Schltr. Momi-ran. Epiphytic; stems to rounded margins, about 1.5 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, refuse to 



7 cm. long, creeping; leaves small, equal, spreading, very truncate at apex, the lateral lobes minute, erect, on the mouth 



dense, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 5-11 mm. long, 2.5-5 mm. of the spur, the column short; capsules oblong, about 9 mm. 



wide, acute to acuminate, retuse, 3-nerved, green with purple long, pedicelled. Oct. Honshu (Kii, s. Shinano and 



spots, grooved above; flowers few, in short racemes on very Iwaki), Shikoku; very rare. 



59. NEOFINETIA Hu Fu-ran Zoku 



Epiphytic, evergreen herb with short, densely leafy, erect stems; leaves linear, distichous, conduplicate, firm, jointed, short- 

 sheathed at base; peduncles lateral, short, 1-scaled at base; flowers long-pedicelled, rather small, the bracts small; sepals spread- 

 ing, linear-lanceolate, alike, free, the petals similar; lip Ungulate, erect, long-spurred, the lateral lobes small, the terminal lobe 

 ovate, flat, entire; spur elongate, curved; column short, broad, wingless, without a foot; rostellum broad, short, bifid; capsules 

 cylindric, long-pedicelled. A single species in Japan. 



1. Neofinetia falcata (Thunb.) Hu. Orchis jalcata flowers 3-5, white, the bracts ascending, lanceolate, 4-7 mm. 



Thunb.; Angraecum jalcatum (Thunb.) Lindl.; Oeceoclades long; sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, about 10 mm. long, ob- 



Undleyana Kegel; Nipponorchis falcata (Thunb.) Masam.; tuse; lip slightly recurved, 7-8 mm. long. Ungulate, fleshy, 3- 



Finetia falcata (Thunb.) Schltr.; Angraecopsis falcata lobed, the lateral lobes subrounded, widi long-decurrent lower 



(Thunb.) Schltr. ^Fu-ran. Stems tufted, 1-3 cm. long, margins, the terminal lobe narrowly ovate, 3-4 mm. long, ob- 



flattened; leaves evergreen, conduplicate, coriaceous, thick, tuse, the spur linear, curved, about 4 cm. long; capsules cylin- 



lustrous, gradually arcuate, 5-10 cm. long, 7-8 mm. wide, ob- dric, about 3 cm. long, the pedicel about the same length. 



tuse, the sheaths short, jointed at apex; peduncles 3-10 cm. July. Honshu (Tzu Prov. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu; 



long, with 1 or 2 small lanceolate scales on the lower part; rare. Ryukyus. 



60. TAENIOPHYLLUM BI. Kumo-ran Zoku 



Small epiphytic herbs with aerial roots; stems very short or wanting; leaves linear (in our species entirely suppressed); pe- 

 duncles very short, simple; flowers minute, short-pedicelled, the bracts minute; sepals ascending or incurved at tip, nearly 

 equal, often slighdy connate at base, the petals similar; lip saccate or spurred, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes attached near the mouth 

 of spur or sometimes absent, the terminal lobe small, spreading, fleshy; column very short; anther terminal, 2-locular; poUinia 4, 

 waxy; capsules oblong-linear. About 120 species, in India, Malaysia, Australia, Polynesia, and e. Asia. 



1. Taeniophyllum aphyllum (Makino) Makino. Sarco- adnate to the base of the petals, gradually acuminate; petals 



chilus aphyllus Makino Kumo-ran. Minute leafless, slightly shorter than the sepals, broadly lanceolate; lip lanceo- 



green, epiphytic herb with fasciculate roots, 2-3 cm. long, 1-1.2 late, the margin involute, gradually acuminate toward the in- 



mm. in diameter; stems nearly wanting; leaves absent; pedun- flexed apex; spur saccate; column very short, adnate to the 



cles few, tufted, slender, 4-7 mm. long, 1- to 3-flowered, the base of the lip; capsules oblong-ovoid, 4-5 mm. long, ascend- 



bracts deltoid, acute, about 1 mm. long; flowers minute; ing, nearly sessile. Tree-trunks; Honshu (Kanto Distr. 



sepals pale green, not expanded, lanceolate, about 2 mm. long, and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu; very rare. 



61. AERIDES Lour. Nago-ran Zoku 



Evergreen epiphyte; stems short, not thickened, leafy; leaves distichous, coriaceous or fleshy, jointed with the embracing sheaths 

 at base; inflorescence simple or branched, racemose; flowers usually rather small, the bracts small; sepals equal, spreading, the 

 lateral lobes broadest, adnate to the foot of the column, the petals similar; lip adnate to the foot of column, erect or incurved, 

 spurred, the lateral lobes small, erect, inserted near the mouth of the spur, the terminal lobe spreading, ovate; column short, 



extended to form a broad foot, wingless; anther terminal, 2-locular; pollinia 2; capsules oblong or clavate. About 20 species 



in India, Malaysia, and e. Asia. 



1. Aerides japonicum Reichenb. f. Nago-ran. Stems long, about 12 mm. long, obtuse; petals similar to the sepals; 

 ascending, 3- to 5-leaved; leaves narrowly oblong, 8-15 cm. lip as long as the sepals, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes small, the 

 long, 1.5-2 cm. wide, obtuse or retuse, rather fleshy, the mid- terminal lobe spathulate, rounded, undulate on the upper mar- 

 rib depressed above; peduncles cauline, declined, 5-12 cm. gin; spur saccate, inserted below the lip and bent forward; 



long, few-flowered, the bracts ovate, obtuse, spreading, 4-5 capsules short-pedicelled. Honshu (Izu Prov. and westw.), 



mm. long; flowers pale greenish white; sepals ascending, ob- Shikoku, Kyushu; rare. Ryukyus. 



62. SARCOCHILUS R. Br. Kaya-ran Zoku 



Epiphytic; stems leafy; leaves distichous, evergreen, coriaceous or fleshy, linear to oblong; peduncles lateral, cauline, simple or 

 rarely branched; sepals spreading, free, alike or the lateral lobes broader and adnate to the base of the column; petals similar 

 to the dorsal sepal; lip inserted on the foot of the column, sometimes forming a short inflated chin at base, the lateral lobes 

 erect; spur straight; column erect, subterete, wingless, extended to form a basal foot; anther terminal, 2-locular; pollinia 2, 

 globose, waxy. About 30 species, in India, Malaysia, e. Asia, and Australia. 



