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lllMHil'ohÊllill l^'âri^iiOllcri .i..l.S. in Fbdde Kep. XII 

 (1918), III. 



Gaules appi'oximati, elongati, iiiferne teretes, viiifles, ad c. 

 70 cm. loiigi, interne vagiiiati et ad c. 0.8 cm. diam., superne 

 flexuosi et foliati, internodiis ad c. 4 cm. longis. Folia patentia, 

 lanceolata, apicem versus angustata, inaoqualiter acuta vel brevi- 

 ter 2dentata, concava, costa média supra sulcata subtus vix 

 prominente, carnoso-coriacea, nitida, viridia, novella i)lus minusve 

 fusco-striata, c. 12—14 cm. longa, 8 — 8.25 cui. lata; vaginae 

 tubulosae, internodia aequantes, dilute virides, longitudinaliter 

 purpureo-striatae. Intlorescentiae ad nodos superiores caulium, 

 patentes, laxe racemosae, c. 5 - 7tlorae, pedunculo tereti, viridi, 

 c. 12-16 cm. longo, 0.225 cm. diam., vaginulis c. 7 tubulosis 

 inferioribus approxiraatis obsito, rachide c. 11 — 17 cm. longa. 

 Bracteae basi tubulosa antice rumpente rachidem amplectentes, 

 adpressae, triangulae, acutae, c. 0.3 — 0.5 cm. longae. Flores supra- 

 axillares, patentes, majusculi, c. 3 cm. lati, 5,5 cm. longi. Sepalum 

 dorsale erectum, revolutum, ovato-lanceolatum, acutum, concavum, 

 album, praesertim basin versus purpureo-suffusum, c. 2.65 cm. 

 longum, 0.825 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia cum pede gynostemii 

 mentum reversum pedicelloparallelum rectum conicum basi utrinque 

 paulum inflatum parte superiore c. 0.5 cm. longa calcariforme 

 et lateraliter compressum obtusum pallide purpui'ascens apice 

 obscurius coloratum c. 1.5 cm. longum formantia, recurva. fal- 

 catulo-triangula, acuta, concava, costa média intus sulcata, dorso 

 prominente, albidum, praesertim basin versus purpureo - suffusum, 

 nervis c. 9 pallide purpureis, c. 2.7 cm. longa, basi 1.3 cm. lata. 

 Petala erecta, oblique lanceolata, apicem versus subrhombeo-dila- 

 tata, acute apiculata, convexa, albida, pallide purpureo-suffusa, 

 basi purpurea, nervis c. 7 purpurascentibus, dorso vix virescenti- 

 tincta, c. 3.75 — 4 cm. longa, 1 — 1.15 cm. lata. Labellum basi 

 pedi gynostemii adnatum, 31obum, costis 5 approximatis, carnosis, 

 verrucosis laceratisque, purpureis, nitidis, costa mediana longiore^ 

 usque ad médium lobi intermedii decurrente, ceteris brevioribus, 

 expansum absque parte adnata c. 2.75 cm. longum, 2.35 cm. 

 ad lobos latérales latum; lobi latérales erecti, oblique semiovales, 

 obtusissimi, convexi, erosi, dilute purpurei, obscurius venosi: lobus 

 intermedius apice leviter recurvus, subovalis, breviter acute acumi- 

 natus, convexus, superne undulatus, albus, nervis c. 9 i-amosis 



