﻿Observations on the Flora of Japan. 



( Continu e d from p. . ) 



By 

 T. Makino. 



Epipogum S. G. Gmel. Fl, Sibir. I. (1747) p. 11, tab. 2, fig. 2. 



ANALYTICAL KEY TO THE ALL KNOWN SPECIES. 



i Rhizome brandling; labellura superior, bi-auriculate E. aphyllum Sw. 



lEhizome tuberous; labellum inferior, entire 2. 



Sepals and petals narrowly ovate ; spur as long as the labellum ; 



ciinandrium truncate and deeply concave E. japonicum Makino. 



] Sepals narrowly lanceolate and petals oblong-lanceolate; spur 



shorter than the labellum; ciinandrium saccato-fornicate E. nutans Eeichb. f. 



Epipogum aphyllum Sw.; Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XVI. 

 (1902) p. 175. 



Nom. Jap. ToralricM-ran. 



Bab. Japan. 



Distrib. Temperate regions of Europe and Asia. 



Epipogum japonicum Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XVIII. (1904) 

 p. 131. 



Nom. Jap. Aohi-ran. 

 Bab. Japan. 

 Endemic. 



Epipogum nutans (Blume) Keichb. fil. Orchid. Zolling. in Bonplan- 

 dia, V. (1857) p. 36 ; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. I. (1857) p. 177 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austral. VI. (1873) p. 308 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Brit, Ind. VI. p. 

 124 (1890). 



Galera nutans Blume, Bijdr. p. 415, tab. 3 (1825), Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 



