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glaber, albus, c. 8.5 cm. longus, vaginis numerosis, basi lubulosis, 

 acutis, pedunculi apicem versus accrescentibus et laxius dispo- 

 sitis, glabris, albis, c. 0.3 — 1.3 cm. longis. Rachis c. 2 cm. 

 longa, glabra, alba. Bracteae ovarium amplectentes, oblongae, 

 acutae, concavae, glabrae, semipellucidae, albae, c. 1.5 cm. 

 longae, 0.75 cm. latae. Flores médiocres, valde aperti, pulchri, 

 c. 2.2 cm. diam. Sepalum dorsale erectum, oblongum, acutius- 

 culum, convexum, 3nervium, nervis lateralibus basi furcatis, 

 c. 0.9 cm. longum, 0.35 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia patentissima, 

 suboblique oblonga, obtusa, concava, apice plus minusve condu- 

 plicato, marginibus recurvis, dorso carinata, c. 1.15 cm. longa, 

 56 cm. lata. Sepala alba, pallide purpureo-maculata. Petala 

 parva, porrecta, ungue brevi basi gynostemii dorso adnata, lamina 

 oblique ovata, subfalcatula, apicem versus angustata, obtusa, erosa. 

 alba, pallide purpureo-marginata, c. 0.6 cm. longa, 0.3 cm. lata, 

 Labellum immobile, cum gynostemio angulum rectum formans 

 porrectum, planiusculum, 3-lobum, ambitu fere obovatum, c. 1.15 

 cm. longum, 0.83 cm. latum; discus planus, colore a lobis late- 

 ralibus valde discrepans, aureus, plus minusve seriatim rubro- 

 punctatus; lobi latérales oblique oblongi, subfalcati, obtusi, 

 convexi, dilute basi saturate purpurei, partes liberae c. 0.67 cm. 

 longae, 0.275 cm. latae; lobus médius parvus, lobis lateralibus 

 multo brevior, c. 0.17 cm. longus, e basi c. 0.25 cm. lata in 

 lacinias 2 brèves, subulatas, c. 0.13 cm. longas abiens. Gynoste- 

 mium bene evolutum, latissimum, a dorso compressum, trian- 

 gulo-ovatum, dorso convexum, album, basi citrino-marginatum, 

 subtus sparsim purpureo-punctatum, série transversali puncto- 

 ru m dilute purpureorum infra stigma, c. 0.4 cm. longum et latum. 

 Anthera c. 0.2 cm. longa, thecis parallelis, approximatis. Polli- 

 nia 2, discreta, clavata, biflda, flavescenti-alba, 0.175 cm. longa, 

 glandula ovali antherae apicem versus. Rostellum parvum, 

 cucullatum, ovato-triangulum, obtusum. Stigma magnum, ambitu 

 transverse semirotundum, margine inferiore emarginatum. Ova- 



