thickened and hispidulous, the uppermost one enclosing 
the petiole of the leaf and conspicuously dilated upward 
above the middle. Leaf elliptical, marginate, 5-15 mm. 
long, 4-7 mm. wide, contracted at base into ashort petiole, 
apex tridenticulate. Peduncles 1-4, equalling or exceed- 
the leaves, arising from the axils of the leaves, 7-12 mm. 
long to the base of the first flower, slender, smooth, usu- 
ally with a single bract near the middle, bearing six to 
seven flowers in succession, only one of which isexpanded 
ata time. Floral bracts infundibuliform, hyaline, hispid- 
ulous, equalling the short rigid pedicels. Flowers con- 
spicuous, the tips of the lateral sepals directed upwards, 
13-14 mm. long from the tip of the dorsal sepal to the tips 
of the lateral sepals, whitish or yellowish with purple 
petals. Lateral sepals smooth, united to about the middle, 
forming a broadly ovate bifid 4-nerved lamina 6.5 mm. 
long, 4 mm. wide, free portion of each sepal triangular 
acute. Dorsal sepal smooth, 6.5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, 
lanceolate, caudate. Petals fleshy, smooth, lanceolate or 
semi-hastate, obtuse orsubacute, 2-2.5mm. long, scarcely 
1 mm. wide at the base, parallel, the inner margins ap- 
proximate above, closely appressed to the dorsal sepal. 
Labellum 8-lobed, with the lateral lobes fleshy. trique- 
trous, 8 mm. long, very narrowly crescentiform, closely 
appressed to the column at base, parallel or with the tips 
strongly incurved, at the tip closely appressed to the 
lateral sepals; mid-lobe minute, oblong, acute, about five 
times shorter than the lateral lobes, concealed by the 
column, ascending or abruptly inflexed. Column 1 mm. 
long, strongly curved downward over the middle lobe of 
the lip. Anther deeply retuse at the apex. 
This is a charming little orchid with flowers longer 
than its leaves, with membranaceous light yellow or 
whitish sepals and deep purple fleshy petals which hang 
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