334 ART. I. B. HAYATA .* 



Scapi apliylli erecti 40 cm. longi ima basi vaginati, vaginis im- 

 bricatis 3 cm. longis apice obtusis ore fissis, inferiore sqnamati, 

 squamis ovato-acnminatis 2-3 cm. longis 7-8 mm. latis amplexi- 

 canlibus, membranaceis, apice racemosi. Eacemi simplices 

 5-6 cm, longi, (bracteis lanceolatis 1-^ cm. longis acuminatis), laxi- 

 Horati. Flores suberecti circ. 1 cm. longi longe pedicellati, 

 pedicellis cum ovario IJ cm. longis gracillimis. Sepala aequi- 

 formia angustata 12 mm. longa 3 mm. lata apice acuto-obtnsa 

 basin a?quilata. Petala sepalis minora angustata 11 mm. longa 

 2J mm. lata apice acuta basi leviter contracta vel gequilata. 

 Labellum a basi columnae suberectum 1 cm. longum, basin inter 

 sepala abrupte in calcar cylindricum 4 mm. longum rectum pro- 

 ductum, 3-lobatum, lobis lateralibus subintegris latere exteriore 7 

 mm. longis, latere interiore 1 mm. longis apice obtusis labeUo 

 circ. adnatis, lobo centrali patente obovato-globoso 5 mm. longo 

 totiusque lato apice rotundato, margine alte -denticulate, dentibus 

 J mm. longis obtusis patentibus. Discus a ]3asi labellorum 3- 

 lamellatus, lamellis integi-is, a medio labellorum cristatus, cristis 

 3-seriatim dispositis, a medio sursum fimbriato-cristatus, cristis 

 3-5-seriatim dispositis 1-lJ mm. longis. Columna 5 mm. longa. 

 Ovarium cylindricum 5 mm. longum sulcatum. 



Hab. Taitö : Takai, leg. T. Kawakami et G. Nakahara, Jan. 

 1906, (Xo. 084); Akö : leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 1906, (No. 

 1087). 



The present orcliid greatly differs from E. formosana Eolfe. in 

 having much smaller flowers with much narrower sepals and 

 petals. It may perhaps be the same as a specimen at Kew, labelled 

 " Hen'ry, No. 560, China." 



