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by its. shorter intloresoences, truncate midlobe of the lip and 

 shorter column arms. 



Description from a living spécimen. 



Deiiflroc'liiliim (sect. Platyclinis) Eafil»raclii<ifiiiii 



J. J. S. n. sp. 



Pseudobulbi approximati, erecti, elongati, sicco tenues, c. 

 4.5 cm. longi, vaginis magnis amplectentibus obtusis sicco dense 

 reticulato-venosis epunctatis ad c. 8 cm. longis inclusi. Folium 

 erectum, petiolatum, lineari - lanceolatum, superne angustatum, 

 obtusum (?), nervis 5 majoribus dorso prominentibus, coriaceum, 

 supra nitidum, subtus opacum, c. IG cm. iongum, 1.27 cm. la- 

 tum; petiolus sicco canaliculato-subteres, c. 4.5 cm. longus. 

 Inflorescentia synantha, erecta, dense multiflora, pedunculo sub- 

 tereti, c. 22 cm. longo, racliide nutante, flexuosa, quadriquetra, 

 c. 12.5 cin. longa, internodiis c. 0.10-0.175 cm. longis. Bracteae 

 alternatim bifariae, ovarium amplectentes, late triangulae, subob- 

 tusae, c. 7nerviae,. c. 0.175 cm. longae, inftma sterilis. Flores 

 patentes, parvi.. Sepalum dorsale cum ovario angulum obtusum 

 faciens, anguste oblongum, apice conduplicato apiculatum, 3ner- 

 vium, c. 0.34 cm. Iongum, fere 0.1 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia 

 porrecta, divergentia, oblique ovato-lanceolata, acuta, apiculata, 

 concava, marginibus recurvula, Snervia, costa média dorso pro- 

 minente, c. 0.36 cm. longa, bene 0.1 cm. lata. Petala basi 

 gynostemio parallela, recurva, oblongosubovata, vix acuminata, 

 subacuta, convexa, apice concava, 3nervia, c. 0.275 cm. longa, 

 fere 0.1 cm. lata. Labellum basi gynostemio adpressum, por- 

 rectum, leviter sigmoideum, simplex, basi convexum, superne 

 concavum, marginibus etiam inferne anguste incurvis, Snervium, 

 intus ad basin costis 8 longitudinalibus approximatis convexis 

 supra basin vix constrictis ornatum, costa mediana superne ob- 

 solfta, costis exterioribus supra basin in dentem conspicuum 

 erectum triangulum in 1/4 longitudinis labelli abrupte terminan- 

 tem auctis, explanatum ovatum, antice longe angustatum, suba- 

 cutum, c. 0.28 cm. Iongum, bene 0.1 cm. latum. Gynostemium 

 brève, alatum, dorso convexum, bene 0.1 cm., usque ad apicem 

 alarum lateralium c. 0.07 cm. Iongum, ala apicali triangula 

 apiculataque vel rotundata, basi excepta minute crenulata, 

 concava, extus convexa, alis lateralibus basilaribus, porrectis, 



