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persistentibiis instructis ad nodos radicantibus. Folia disticha 

 patentia carnosa plana oblonga 2 cm. longa 7 mm. lata apice 

 obfcnsa breve apicnlata basi in petiolum 2 mm. longum cum 

 vaginis articulatum decidnum contracta, vaginis 5 mm. longis 

 persistentibus canlem obtegentibus. Eacemi laterales breves 3 cm. 

 longi pauciflorati, bracteis minntis squamosis, pedicellis 1 cm. 

 longis, floribns mediocribus 13 mm. in diametro. Sepala sequalia 

 libera patentia oblonga 5 mm. longa 3 mm. lata, apice utrinque 

 obtnsa concava. Petala patentia sepalo snbsimilia, apice 

 rotnndata margine exteriore recurvata. Labellum ad basin 

 columna3 sessile basi saccatum, saccis majuscnlis 6 mm. longis 

 totiusqne latis, ore contracte 4 mm. in diametro, lamina patente 

 latissima 4 mm. longa 1 cm. lata apice truncata latere divaricata 

 obtnsa. Discus ad medium laminas incrassatus liirsutus. 

 Columna brevis IJ mm. longa 3 mm. lata, rostellum 2-dentatum, 

 dentibus desuper recurvis. 



Hab. Arizan, in monte Morrison, leg. T. Kawakami et U. 

 Mori, Mart. 1908, (No. 3164). 



Somewhat near S. japonicum but differs from it in having 

 flowers with longer peduncles. There is none like this at Kew. 



Saccolabium pumilum IIayata in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XX, p. "G. 



Sarcanthiis Lindl. 



Sarcanthus taiwanianus ITayata sp. nov. Herba epipliytica, 

 caulibus erectis vahdis terctibus foliatis non pseudo-bulbosis 

 2-") cm. longis, vaginis persistentibus caulem obtegentibus. Folia 

 disticha carnosa plana late linearia 30 cm. longa 4 cm. lata 

 apice oblique omnrginata scssilia cum vaginis articulata, vaginis 



