Plant a span in height. Tuber roundish. Leaves can- 

 line, several (5-6) lanceolate upright slightly concave. Spike 

 manyflowered two inches long. Bravtes about the height 

 (a little higher) than the flower; foliaceous, lanceolate with 

 a short point. Gtrme/* cylindrical, twisted when the flower 

 is expanded, subsessile. Flowers small, yellowish-green 

 with a pale brown casque, upright. Casque upright oval 

 obtuse moderately concave, with a spur three times shorter 

 than the casque itself inclining downwards obtuse brown. 

 Two lower outside petals closely reflected liinceolately-sub- 

 ovate rather pointed flat: two inner upper ones thickish con- 

 nivent lanceolately linear green gradually broader towards 

 the base, where they embrace the column of the fructifica- 

 tion, the top part linear entire withering before the lower 

 portion. Label lingulately linear obtuse quite entire flat 

 dependent, at first green, afterwards decaying earlier at the 

 upper part than the other, 



