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C'oeioayiic' ceEi'lM'iisi»* J. J. S. n. sp. * 



Rhizoraa v;ilidum, repens, brève. Pseudobulbi subapproximati, 

 biseriati, ovoideoconici, apicera versus atteiiuati, basi breviter 

 contracti, sectione transversa rhoaibei, obtusanguli, dilate vi rides, 

 c. ().75 — S 5 cm. longi, 2.75 — 3.25 cm. lati, Ifolii. Folium cur- 

 vatum, ellipticLun, breviter acuminatum, acutum, basi breviter 

 petiolato-contractum, undulatum, basi longitudinaliter plicatum, 

 nervis c. 7 — 9 supra sulcatis subtus obtuse prominentibus, coria- 

 ceum, nitidulum, dilute viride, totum c 22 — 30 cm. longum, 

 9 — 13.5 cm. latum, petiolo caualiculato, angulato, c. 1—3 cm. 

 longo. Inflorescentia folio novello synantha, nutans, laxe pluri- 

 tlora, pedunculo elongato, tenui, subtereti, dilute viridi, c. 27 cm. 

 longo, 0.10 cm. diam., rachide flexuosa, dilute viridi, c. 18 cm. 

 longa vel plus, Internodiis introrsum planis, dorso convexis, basi 

 apiceque paulo dilatatis, c. 2.3 cm. longis, ad c. 0.35 cm. latis. 

 Bracteae caducae, apicem rachidis amplectentes, magnae, oblongo- 

 ovatae, acuminatae, acutae, convolutae, coriaceae, pallide viridi- 

 flavae, c. 4.5 cm. longae, 2 cm. latae. Flores c. 8 vel plures, 

 intervallis singuli expansi, magni, pulchri, sepalis petalisque 

 pallide viridibus vel virescentibus. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, 

 acute acutatum, concavum, margine convexum, costa média intus 

 sulcata dorso obtuse carinata, c. 5.5 cm. longum, 1.9 cm. latum. 

 Sepala lateralia oblique lanceolata, aeuta, intus in utraque parte 

 costae mediae convexa, basi excavata, dorso carinata, c. 5.45 cm. 

 longa, 1.3 cm. lata. Petala oblique linearia, aeuta, apiculata, 

 convexa, c. 5 cm. longa, 0.25 cm. lata. Labellum magnum, 

 31obum, intus 3carinatum, carinis exterioribus simplicibus, apicem 

 versus saepe duplicatis, pectinatis ad verrucoso-ci-enatis, fuscis 

 apice dentium atrofuscis vel castaneis, médium lubi intermedii 

 fera attingentibus, carina intermedia quam exteriores humiliore, 

 crenato-pectinata, atrofusca, basin lobi intermedii fere attingente, 

 basi atrofuscum, expansum c. 4.7 cm. longum, 3.0 cm. latum; 

 lobi latérales erecti, magni, subsemiorbiculares, apice breviter 

 trianguli, obtusi, antice denticulati, gynostemio breviores, mar- 

 morati, antice flavo brunnei vel aurantiaco-flavi, versus médium 

 labelli atrofusci, basin versus albidi atrofusce vel castanee mar- 

 morato-punctati, apice libero 0.3 cm. longi, cum disco inter 

 carinas atrofusce marmorato apicem versus atrofusco et castaneo 

 hypochylium suborbiculare formantes : lobus intermedius brevissime 



