MATEr.TALS FOR A FLOE A OF FORMOSA. o23 



aiignstiora spatliulata, -5 cm. longa 6 mm. lata apice obtusa basi 

 attenuata. Labellum erectum cuciillatum 28 mm. longiim 25 mm. 

 latum (expn.]is(^) l)asi in calcar rectum 1 cm, longum productum 3- 

 lobatum, lobls lateralibus amplis erectis columnam involventibus 

 apicc undulatis, lobo medio expanso latiore 1 J cm. lato 8 mm. 

 l(^ngo patente margine undulato apice emarginato-2-lobulato, 

 proper sinus lamellato-tuberculato, lamellis medio incrassatis 

 hirsutis caeterum glabris. Columna longiuscula 2 cm. longa 2- 

 alata apice clavata, alis latioribus. 



Hab. Kösliün : F>otanslia, leg. G. Nakahara, DC. 1906, (No:- 

 788). 



Near P. philippinensk N. E. Thrown, but differs from it by the 

 much longer spurs and the oblong blades of leaves ; from 

 P. fclrarjonns Eeichb. f. and P. luiidus Thw., by the larger flowers 

 with mucli longer spurs ; from P. maculatus Lindl. by the smaller 

 flowers with longer slender spurs. The present plant is nearest 

 P. mishmemls Eeichb. f., but diffl'rs from it in having smaller flowers 

 with narrower lips. 



Blet i a l\. ot Pav. 



Bletia formosana IIayata sp. nov. Iterba 3!)--10 ciu. alta, 

 cauü1)iis (' ihizomatc l'cjX'ute erectis ima l)asi leviter incrassatis, basi 

 foliosis a medio sui'siiiii apliyllis. Folia plana angiista sessilia 

 (MUM \agiiia ariinilaia, laiiiiiiis liiicaril)ns aj)ice acuminatis 20-30 cm. 

 longis 1 cm. latis mcmhrauaccis ;)-costatis utrinque glabris costis 

 siil)iiis proininciii il)us, vagiiiis 7)-7 cm. longis cinii laminis oblique 

 articulai is, Flores majusculi 1-2 cm. loiigi, in i-accmum terminalem 

 laxiini sinipliccm dispositi, raccmis I cm. Inngis, bracteis conspicnis 

 ovai'iiini in Inngif iidinc ;i3quantiltiis, ante antliesiii disticlium imbri- 



