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multo longioribus tecti, internodiis ad c. 2.2 cm. longis. Folia 

 patentia, semiamplexicaulia, lanceolata, acuminata, apice angusta 

 bidentata, mucrone dentés bene superante interposito, subplicata, 

 costa média supra sulcata subtus carinata, utrinque nervis c. 3 

 supra minus conspicue sulcatis subtus prominentibus, margïne 

 recurva, membranacea, supra nitidula, subtus opaca, viridia, c. 

 2.5 — 9 cm. longa, 0.5 -- 1.6 cm. lata; vaginae tubulosae, sectione 

 transversa ellipticse, internodia multo superantes. Inflorescentiae 

 terminales et in caulis parte inferiore saepe defoliata latérales, 

 patentes, decurvse, breviter pedunculatae, interdum pauciramosae, 

 diu llorentes, multiflorse, c. 4.5 — 5,5 cm. longaa, internodiis c. 

 0.1—0.125 cm. longis. Bracteae alternatim bifariae, erecto- patentes, 

 imbricatae, cymbiformes, ovatae, apiculatee, c. 7nervia3, c. 0.55 

 cm. longa?. Flores pallide virescentes, c. 1 cm. diani. Sepalum 

 dorsale decumbens, ovato-ovale, dorso ad apicem acute conico- 

 apicûlatum, convexum, dorso obtuse carinatum, ônervium, c. 0.55 

 cm. longum, 0.33 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia cum pede gyno- 

 stemii mentum brève, saccatum, obtusissimum, 0.24 cm. longum 

 formantia, oblique ovato-triangula, acute conico-acuminata, convexa, 

 carinata, c. 0.55 cm. longa, basi 0.4 cm. lata. Petala anguste 

 oblonga, apice recurva, oblique obtusissima, convexa, 3nervia, 

 c. 0.55 cm. longa, 0.17 cm. lata. Labellum basi pedi gyno- 

 stemii breviter saccato-adnatum, breviter unguiculatum, interne 

 undulatum et crasse carnosum, cuneatum, apice dilatatum, late 

 angulato-rotundato-bilobum, interne album, superne pallide flave- 

 scens, inexpansum c. 0.575 cm. longum, 0.525 cm. latum, ungue 

 •0.175 cm. lato, intus in 2 / 3 partibus inferioribus costis 2 parallelis, 

 crasse carnosis, velutino-pubescentibus, albis, antice rotundatis et 

 macula pallide purpurea ornatis, basin versus angustatis et in 

 .appendiculam adnatam, calliformem, ungue bene angustiorem et 

 breviorem, sulco bilobam, glabram, flavescentem excurrentibus, callo 

 unico erecto anguste conico acuto flavescenti in fronte costarum. 

 Gynostemium brève, latum, apice dilatatum, pallide virescens, apice 

 atropurpureo-maculatum, c. 0.2 cm. longum et latum, auriculis rotun- 

 datis, macula purpurea ornatis. Anthera cucullata, late ovata, in 

 utraque parte apicis obtusi dente breviore patente triangulo acuto, 

 dorso costa longitudinali donata, basi emarginata, atropurpurea, 

 0.1 cm. longa. Pollina 6, ina?qualia, oblique oblongo-pyriformia, 

 angulata, extus convexa, fl'ava, stipitibus 2 basi vix connatis, 



