mm. latis. Labello carnoso, spathulato, concavo, antice 
rotundato, basi in calearem cylindricum producto, 3-3. 4 
mm. longo. Columna valde abbreviata, subglobosa, car- 
nosa. Ovario cum pedicello 2.4-3.5 mm. longo. 
Tufted epiphyte with simple non-pseudobulbous stems; 
stems 3-15 cm. long, 2 mm. in diameter, curving up- 
wards in all directions, bases ensheathed in the remnants 
of old petiolar sheaths, the crowns carrying 7-18 ash- 
green, semiterete leaves, twisted clockwise or counter- 
clockwise. Leaves 4-6 cm. long, 0.3 ecm. broad, linear, 
fleshy, distichous, notched, bases sheathing the internodes 
above (Plate XVIII). Flowers minute, white, in leaf 
opposed racemose panicles, 13-14 cm. long. Peduncle 
6.5-7 cm. long, flat, green with a number of short, mem- 
branous, sterile bracts; branches of the rachis few, 2.5- 
5.5 em. long and spiciform. Floral bracts 1.8-2.4 mm. 
long, 1.4-1.6 mm. broad, triangular ovate, acute, faintly 
undulate, 1-veined. Dorsal sepal 2 mm. long, 1-1.1 mm. 
broad, oblong, obtuse, 1-veined; lateral sepals 2.4—2.6 
mm. long, 1.2—1.4 mm. broad, obliquely oblong, rounded, 
1-veined; petals 1.4-1.5 mm. long, 0.7-0.8 mm. broad, 
obovate-oblong, truncate or faintly emarginate, 1- 
veined; lip fleshy, white, 8-8.4 mm. long, notched half- 
way, concave and rounded dorsally, lateral lobes incon- 
spicuous, mid-lobe 1.5 mm. long, fleshy, spathulate ; spur 
short, cylindrical and rounded. Column 0.8 mm. high, 
0.6 mm. broad, globular. Anther terminal, 2-loculed; 
pollinia 4, unequal, collateral in two pairs, large pollinia 
0.34 mm. long, 0.16 mm. broad and the smaller ones 0.24 
mm. long, 0.1 mm. broad attached to a lanceolate stipe 
0.44 mm. long, 0.2 mm. broad, by short, flat caudicles. 
Ovary with pedicel 2.4-8.5 mm. long. Fruit a small, 
spreading, clavate, pedicelled capsule, 4 mm. long. 
This species is allied to Saccolabium niveum Lindl. 
from which it differs in the linear twisted leaves, larger 
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