348 AET. I. B. H AY ATA : 



Hab. Yaßyama, leg. S. Tanaka, 1891, Juni. 



Near GastrocUa gracilis Blume. The presenfc plant is named 

 in lionour of Dr. 0. Stapf, to wliom I am greatly indebted for liis 

 C07i3tant kindness during my work at Kew. 



Galera Blume. 



Galera Rolfei Hayata sp. nov. Tuber solitariimi 3 cm. longum 

 12 mm. latum elongate -ellipticum apice obtusum carnosnm hori- 

 zontaliter situm. Scapus circ. 35 cm. longus incrassatus erectus 

 rectus basi ascendens teres brunneus inferne squamis distantibus 

 amplexicaulibiis obtusis tenuissimis membranaceis instructus, 

 superne fiorifer, bracteis alternis erecto-patentibus lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis membranaceis circ. 1 cm. longis uni-florem amplectanti- 

 bus. Flores in pedicellis filiformibus cernui ant tandem penduli 

 scapo concolores. Sepala sequiformia angustata erecta 7 mm. longa 

 1 mm. lata obtnso-acuminata intégra parcissime punctata, lateralibus 

 plus minus obliquis. Petala sepalo latiora 7 mm. longa 2 mm. lata 

 acuminata. Labelhim sessile concavam gynostemium amplectans, 

 ima in calcar breve obtusum 3 mm. longiim rectum productum, 

 limbo ovato obtuso 9 mm. longo erecto ad margines subintegro vel 

 sub lente minatissime eroso intns papilloso infra apicem parcissime 

 papilloso. Grynostemium brevissimum crassum obtusissimum 2 mm. 

 longum dorso rotandato-convexum. Ovarium obovoideum sulca- 

 tum, pedicello 4 mm. longo. 



Hab. Okinawa, leg. S. Tanaka, 1891, Mai. (No. 147). 



The present plant is near G. nutans, but differs from it in 

 having shorter spurs, and in the lips which are obtuse at the 

 apex, nearly entire on the margin, and very much less papillose 

 on the upper surface. It is named in honour of Mr. R. A. Eolfe 



