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yellow colour of the tlowers. It has moreover a much shorter spur 

 than A. miniatum Schltr. and shorter racemes of smaller tlowers 

 than A. auranhacum Schltr. 



Description from living spécimens. 



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Caulis c. 6 — 8 cm. longus, internodiis c. 0.4 cm. longis. 

 Folia patentia, apice plus minusve recurva, linearia, superne leviter 

 subcontracto-angustata, oblique Sdentata vel 21obula cum mucro- 

 ne multo breviore dentiformi interposito, obtusangule canaliculata, 

 subtus obtusangule convexa, apicem versus angulato subcarinata, 

 carnosa, dilutius viridia, nitidula, c. 5 — 7 cm. longa, inexplanata 

 0.575 — 0.7 cm. lata; vaginae tubulosae, apice antice excisae, rugu- 

 losae, internodia superantes, dilute virides, c. 0.3 cm. latae. In- 

 florescentiae vaginam dorso ad basin perforantes, erectae, foliis 

 longiores, simpliciter paniculato-ramosae, c. 7.5 — 11.5 cm. vel plus 

 longae, pedunculo valde compresso, ensiformi, dilute viridi, c. 

 2.75 — 6.5 cm. longo, nonnullis vaginulis breviter tubulosis apice 

 incurvis carinatis donato, ramulis c. 1 — 3 patentibus horizontalibus 

 dense multitloris secundis, rachide interrupte angulata, dilute viridi. 

 Bracteae parvae, quaquaversae, pedicello adpressae, acutae, con- 

 cavae, c. 0.1 cm. longae. Flores minuti, patentes, incurvi, mar- 

 cescentes, c. 0.3 cm. longi, sepalis petalisque conniventibus. Sepalum 

 dorsale horizontale, oblongum, obtusissimum, concavum, medio 

 praesertim apicem versus incrassatum, dorso angulato-convexum, 

 violaceopurpureum, c. 0.2 cm. longum, 0.075 cm. latum. Sepala 

 lateralia dorsale paulo superantia, oblique oblonga, obtusa, margine 

 antico laxe undulata, costa média dorso crasse prominente et apice 

 in apiculum conicum papillosum producta, margine sepalum dorsale 

 versus spectante violaceo-purpurea, ceterum alba, c. 0.2 cm. longa, 

 fere 0.1 cm. lata. Petala suboblique obovato oblonga, obtusissima, 

 apice erosula, violaceo-purpurea, basi pallidiora, fere 0.15 cm. 

 longa, 0.075 cm. lata.^ Labellum Slobum, calcaratum, cum calcari 

 c. 0.3 cm., usque ad apicem ovarii 0.22 cm. longum, lamina re- 

 curva, alba, inter lobos latérales manifeste incrassata, incrassatione 

 postice abrupta; lobi latérales erecti, brèves, lati, leviter rotundati, 

 extus convexi, margine praesertim antice conspicue incrassati, 

 apice contigui; lobus- intermedius porrectus, carnosus, subtus con- 

 spicue obtuse conicoincrassatus, supra incrassatione parva obtuse 



