MATERIALS FOE A FLOE A OF FOEMOSA. 311 



ima basi arfciculata multinervia utrinque glabra. Flores médiocres 

 2 cm. in diametro, in racemum laxe-flor'atum 15 cm. loiignm 

 terminalem pedunculatnm dispositi, pednnculis 18 cm. longis gracili- 

 bus erectis, bracteis lanceolatis 1 cm. longis. Sepala libera patentia 

 linearia 9 mm. longa 1 mm. lata apice obtusa, posticum postice 

 reflexum recur vatum, latralia antice paralleliter patentia inferne 

 recurvata. Petala linearia 9 mm. longa J mm. lata postice et 

 inferne reflexa. Labellum cunéiforme in circumscriptione 8 mm. 

 longum, 5^ mm. latum a medio antice curvatum apice latissime 

 truncatum irregulariter . denticulatum basi columnas affixum, a 

 medio basi erectum ima columnam amplectans a medio superne 

 patens elobatum basi 2 -tuberculatum. Columna elongata 5 mm. 

 longa semiteres. 



Hab. Taitö, Mancli'>slia, leg. T. Kawakami et 0. Nakahaea, 

 Jan. 190(>, (No. 766). 



This is very distinct species ; it is somewhat near L. ßaccicla 

 in its habit, but very much different from it in having much larger 

 lips, longer pedicels and in many other points. 



Liparis nervosa Lindl.; (len. Sp. Orch. p. 26 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 p. 352; Feanch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. IT. p. 21 ; Foebes et 

 Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. III. p. 7 ; Matsum. ct Hayata Enum. PI. 

 Formes, p. 4 Of!. 



Liparis formosana Eeichb. f. 



TIab. Nantö : Panda izau, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Juli. 

 l'.)(»7, (No. 33.").")). 



DisTKTi;. Ja[);ni, Poo-elioo islands, Hongkong. 



Liparis taiwaniana Hay via sp. uov. Caulis brevissimus in 



pseud()l)iillimii iucrassatus 2-l'()lia<iis. vagiiu's brevioribus 5-6 in- 

 structus. Folia oblanceolata, IS cm. longa 17 mm. lata apice 



