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fundeque canaliculatis; pedunculo communi gracillimo, ascendente, 
simplici vel saepius superne paulo ramoso, laxe pauci— plurifloro, 
foliis saepius paulo longiore; bracteis ovato-triangularibus, acutis, 
pedicellis multo brevioribus; floribus satis parvis, breviuscule pedi- 
cellatis; sepalis late lanceolatis, acutis, lateralibus paulo longioribus 
in valvam apice minute bidentatam connatis; petalis anguste ovatis, 
acutissimis, sepalo dorsali satis longioribus; labello ambitu late ovato- 
subrotundato, sepalis lateralibus subduplo longiore, distinete trilobato, 
lobis basilaribus minutis auriculiformibus, triangulari-ovatis, obtusis, 
integerrimis, lobo terminali amplo, latiuscule breviterque unguiculato, 
late ovato-triangulari, basi truncato, margine eleganter denseque fim- 
briato, apice rotundato vel interdum abrupte acuminato, disco inferne 
lamellis 5—7 congestis tenuiter membranaceis linearibus vel ligulatis 
munito; columna crassiuscula, subtiliter puberula, alis breviuseulis, 
obtuse quadrangulis. 
Radices numerosae, dense fasciculatae, subfiliformes, longiusculae, 
tortuosae. Pseudobulbi erecti, 2—5 mm. longi. Folia erecta vel erecto- 
patula, rigida, recta vel leviter arcuata, 8—14 cm. longa, in sicco 11/,—2 mm. 
crassa. Pedunculus communis teretiusculus, paulo flexuosus, vaginis paueis 
brevibus acutisque vestitus, 10—22 cm. longus, ramis brevibus, erectis vel 
erecto-patulis. Pedicelli subfiliformes, erecti, cum ovario 8S—14 mm. 
longi. Bracteae membranaceae, arcte adpressae, 3—4 mm. longae. Se- 
pala membranacea, dorsale 3-nervulosum, S mm. longum, 3 mm. latum, 
lateralia in valvam valde concavam 5-nervulosam 9 mm. longam, 4 mm. latam 
connata. Petala vix obliqua, 5-nervulosa, 10 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. La- 
bellum patentissimum, breviter unguiculatum, 15—20 mm. longum, lobis 
basilaribus vix 2 mm. longis, lobo terminali plano, distinete multinervuloso 
nervulis ramosis, 12—15 mm. longo et saepius totidem lato. Columna recta, 
6 mm. longa, alis 1 mm. latis. 
Flores flavo-eitrini, leviter dilute rosei. Fl. V. 
Hab. in Sto. Domingo prope Santiago ad arbores in Llano Rafael 
300 m. alt.: Eggers n. 1927. 
LXXXVID. Leochilus Know]. et Weste. 
Know!l. et Weste. Fl. Cab. II (1838) p. 143; Benth. et Hook. Gen. III 
». 564; Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. III.6 p. 447. 
Sepala subaequalia, patentia, libera vel lateralia inferne connata. 
Petala sepalis similia vel paullo latiora. Labellum ad basin columnae 
affixum, continuum, trilobatum; lobi laterales rotundati, nune obsoleti; 
lobus medius patens, indivisus; discus inter lobos laterales varie cal- 
losus vel carnosus. Columna brevis, erecta> apoda, exalata sed infra 
stigma saepe biauriculata; clinandrium truncatum vel postice productum; 
rostellum elongatum. Anthera terminalis, opereularis, incumbens, 
1-locularis, antice ultra loculum in appendicem membranaceam loculo 
