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It seems to be best placed in tlie section (or better perhaps 

 subsection) Galcarifera, although thc peculiar spuiiilvo appendage 

 on the base of the lip is wanting. 



Tlie only inflorescence tlie plant produced was one flowered. 



Besides the characteristics of tho tlowers the species is very 

 distinct in its compressed ilexuous stems. 



Description froni a living plant. 



IloïKlnibiiini (sect. Galcarifera) anif imciiliim T. J. S. 



n. sp. 



Gaules approximati, subteretes, sectione transversa subellip- 

 tici, basin et apicem versus attenuati, dilute virides, c. 80 — 35 

 cm. longi, medio 0.5 — 0G25 cm. lati, internodiis c. 2-3 cm. 

 longis, superioribus brevioribus Folia patentissima, lanceolata, 

 apicem versus sensim angustata, oblique acuta, basi levitur torta, 

 .subundulata, costa média supra sulcata subtus prominente, mem- 

 branacea, nitidule viridia, c. 5.2 — 9 cm. longa, 1.4—2 cm. lata; 

 vaginae tubulosae, inteinodia aequantes, dilute virides, cum foliis 

 novellis dorso sordide punctatae. Inflorescentiae ad nodos caulium 

 defoliatorum, brevissimae, Itlorae, pedunculo dilute viridi, c. 0.35 

 cm. longo. Bractia adpressa, triangula, concava, pallide viridis, 

 c. 0.175 cm. longa. Flos pallide ochroleucus, c. 1.57 cm. latus 

 et longus. Sepalum dorsale cum ovario angulum obtusum faciens, 

 ovato-triangulum, obtusum, basi latum, leviter convexum, 5nervium, 

 c. 0.67 cm. longum, 0.42 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia lacinia 

 oblique oblongo-triangula ad pedem gynostemii decurrentia, mentum 

 conicum acutum infra médium obtusangule incurvulum cum 

 ovario angulum obtusum fere rectum faciens c. 0.9 cm. longum 

 formantia, marginibus anticis basi longitudine c. 0.2 cm. connata, 

 parte antica patentia, oblique triangula, obtusa, basi concava, 

 superne convexa, costa média dorso non prominente, c. 0.725 

 cm., usque ad apicem menti 1.3 cm. longa, basi fere 1 cm. lata. 

 Petala approximata, apice obtusa, leviter refusa et erosula, basi 

 leviter angustata, leviter convexa, c. 8 cm. longa, 0.38 cm. 

 lata. Labellum simplex, unguiculatum, ungue longitudine c. 0.2 

 cm. pedi gynostemii adnatum, ad locum solutionis arcte reflexum, 

 deinde parallelum pedi gynostemii incurvum, arcuato-recurvum, 

 superne rectum, concavum, ambitu oblongo-quinquangulari rhom- 

 beum, apice lato obtuse bilobulo cum lobulo minimo obtuso in 



