138 ORCHIDE^. 



tracta. Labellum cjim mentum articulatum ovatum 2J mm, longum 2 mm. 

 latum, pliTS minus medio plicatura apice cuspidato-acutum, basi valde con- 

 tractum, trinervium, prope basin discis linearibus 4 instFractum. Columna 

 2^ mm. Jonga 1 mm. lata, (clinandrium truncatum), basi in pedem 2J mm. 

 longum producta. PoUinia 8. 



Hab. Koshiin, Hieranzan, leg. T. Kawakami et S. Sasaki, 1911, Feb. 



Near Eria formosana Eolfe, (Kew Bull. (1896) p. 194), of which I made 

 a rough sketch, when I was at Kew. As the original description of the 

 species is not here accessible, it is quite doubtful whether it is diflferent from 

 our plant or not. 



Eria nudicaulis Hatata sp. nov. Caulis crassus, cylindrico-teres, 

 25 cm. longus, 1 cm. in diametro sectionis, basi 1-2 squamatus, (squamis 

 brevissimis late ovatis apice rotundatis 1 cm. longis), basi radices 

 emittens, (radicibus moUe tomentosis), a basi sursum remote squamatus, 

 (squamis tenuissimis hyahnis apice triangularibus obtusis demum evanescen- 

 tibus,) nodis non conspicuis, internodiis 3--5 cm. longis, apice pauce foliatis. 

 ToUa crassa., elongato-oblonga, ] 5 cm. longa 3-4 cm. lata, apice obtusa, plus 

 minus plicata, basi attenuata, ima plus minus dilatata, cum vaginis foliorum 

 articulata, venis utroque 4-5, (in exsiccato prominentibus), inter venas 

 multivenulosa, vaginis foliorum brevioribus 1 cm. longis. Spicse axiUares 10- 

 20 cm. longse a basi usque ad apicem floriferse, glabrae, bracteis oTatis 4 mm. 

 longis acutis 2^ mm. latis, pedicellis (cum ovario) 5 mm. longis. Sepala sub- 

 sequalia lanceolata 7-nervia, 7 mm. longa 2.5 mm. lata, glabra, posticum 

 liberum, lateralia obHqua basi ad pedem columnse adnata mentum formantia, 

 basi 1-J mm. lata apice obtusa vel acuto-obtusa basi leviter contracta. 

 Petala lanceolata 3-nervia quam sepalo postico breviora, 6 mm. longa 2} mm. 

 lata apice acuminato -obtusa basi leviter contracta. Labellum triangulari- 

 ovatum vel rhomboideo-ovatura apice acutum, basi abrupte conti-actum cum 

 pede columnse articulatum, 3 mm. longum, 2 mm. latum, apice 3-nervium, 

 utroque latere discis unls linearibus arcuatis crassis instructum. Columna 

 brevis 1| mm. longa 1 mm. lata, obovata, apice dilatata, basi contracta, in 

 pedem 1| mm. longum angustatum \ mm. latum producta. Anthera distincte 

 2-locularis, locuhs imperfecte 4-locellatis. PoUinia 8 ? 



