terminated by a solitary, oblong, acute, veinless, coriaceo-carnose 
leaf. Scape radical, slender, twice as long as the leaves, articu¬ 
lated, sheathed at the joints, thickened upwards among the 
flowers (whence the specific name). Floioers five or six, spicate, 
green, richly spotted with brown, resupinate. Bracteas shorter 
than the flower. Sepals erecto-patent, very concave, acuminate, 
dorsal one the largest. Petals very minute, squamiform. Lip 
articulated on the produced base of the column, upper half ovate, 
reflexed. Column with two projecting cirrhi. Pollen-masses 
two, yellow, sessile on a soft gland. 
Fig. 1. Flower deprived of the sepals. 2 and 3. Pollen-masses :— magniped. 
