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It flowered in April, tliis year, in the green house. It is near C. hreviracema 

 Hatata, but differs from it in having oblong sepals and much shorter 

 labellum. 



Cremastra triloba Hayata sp. nov. Herba terrestris, rhizomate 

 eiecto tuberoso ovoideo-globoso, Ijcm. longo, basi totiusque lato, apice 

 acuto, basi latissimo, 2-3 nodoso, ad nodes vaginato, (vaginis defectis), ad 

 apicem foKum unum gerente, ad nodes juxta apicem scapum unum gerente. 

 Folia solitaria longe petiolata, basi petiolum 1 (vel 2 ?) vaginis instructa, 

 (vaginis petiolum in longitudine superantibus apice plus minus dilatatis ob- 

 tusis), i)etiolis 10-12 cm. longis dimidium laminae in longitudine sequantibus, 

 subteretibus, tubulosis, laminis cum petiolum articulatis, elliptico-lanceolatis, 

 30 cm. longis, 5 cm. latis, apice acutis, basi attenuatis linearibus, (partibus 

 linearibus 6-7 cm. longis 3 mm. latis plicatis, petiolis articulato-continuiis) 

 membranaceis, venis elevatis subplicatis. Scapi solitarii, 30-40 cm. alta, 

 teretes, 5 mm. in sectionis diametro, basi 2-nodosi, internodiis inferioribus 

 4 cm. longis, superioribus 10 cm. longis, ad nodes vaginatis, (vaginis tubulosis, 

 5-6 cm. longis, apice acutis vel obtusis,) partibus florigeris 1 0-15 cm. longis, 

 racemosis. Flores ascendento-patentes, vel erecto-patentes, jdIus minus 

 secundi, 3 cm. longi, segmentis conniventibus apice vix pateutibus, pediceUis 

 (cum ovariis) 13 mm. longis, bracteis lanceolatis 8 mm. longis. Sepala sub- 

 sequalia conniventia, lineari-oblainceolata, apice acuta, basi attenuata, posticum 

 33 mm. longum 4 mm. latum, basi non contractum, lateralia plus minus ob- 

 liqua. Petala angustiora hneari-oblanceolata, breviora quam sepaKs, 30 mm. 

 longa, 3 mm. lata, apice acuta, basi attenuata. Labellum lineare, sepalum 

 posticum in longitudine sequans, 33 mm. longum, versus apicem 3-lobatum, 

 (lobo medio oblongo, 8 mm. longo 3| mm. lato, apice obtuse vel rotundato 

 basi non contracto, lobis lateralibus angulo 45'' divaricatis lanceolato- 

 triangularibus basi latere inferiore auriculatis plicatis 4 mm. longis apice 

 obtusis vel acutis), basi lobi medii 1-appendiculatum, appendiculis liguliformi- 

 bus liberis crassiusculis minute-tuberculatis, margine a lobis lateralibus usque 

 ad basin plicato-inflesum, basi leviter ventricosum. Columna linearis 23 mm. 

 longa, labello brevier, exakta, apice dilatata, partibus dilatatis obtriangulari- 

 bus, 3-4 mm. latis, rostellum latissimum. Pollinia 4. 



