Japan Flora: Roots elongate, slightly thick ened; stems 20-50 cm. long, slender, 2-Ieaved on the lower part, with scalelike leaves toward the top; larger leaves sub-approximate, oblong to broadly oblanceolate, 8-13 cm. long, 1- 5 cm. wide, rounded to acute, narrowed to the base; spikes 3- 15 cm. long, the bracts narrowly lanceolate, long-acuminate, nearly as long as the flowers; flowers greenish, rather numerous, the dorsal sepal ovate, 3-nerved, obtuse, 2-3.5 mm. long, the lateral sepals spreading, narrowly oblong, obtuse, 3-4 mm. long; petals narrowly ovate, obtuse, thickened; lip 3-4 mm. long, obtuse, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes deltoid, small, the terminal lobe rather thick, linear-oblong, obtuse, slightly reflexed at tip; spur linear, 5-7 mm. long. July-Aug. Grassy places and woods in low mountains;

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, China, and Ussuri.