Stelis transversalis ics, sp. nov. 
Herba valida, dense caespitosa. Radices fibratae. 
Caules secundaril monophylli, elongati, vaginis laxis in- 
structi. Folium oblongo-ellipticum,inapice rotundatum, 
breviter petiolatum. Inflorescentiae singulae vel binae, 
terminales ad basin folii, subdensiflorae; pedunculus cum 
racemo folium permulto excedens, infra racemum pau- 
cibracteatus. Racemus elongatus, multiflorus, floribus 
partim transversalibus carnosis flavidis. Bracteae inflores- 
centiae approximatae, infundibuliformes. Sepala lateralia 
valde coneava, anguste et inaequaliter ovata, usque ad 
medium connata, acuta, apice recurvata. Sepalum dorsale 
sepalis lateralibus longius, anguste ovatum, obtusum. 
Petala flabellata, valde carnosa, supra medium conspicue 
incrassata, trinervia. Labellum valde carnosum, rhombi- 
cum, antice excavatum, apice rotundatum, callo trans- 
verso ornatum. Columna carnosa, antice utrinque lobo 
carnoso stigmatifero instructa. 
Secondary stems densely caespitose, erect, mono- 
phyllous, 3.5-6.5 em. long, almost entirely concealed by 
two or three elongated loosely appressed tubular sheaths 
which are up to 3.5 em. long. Leaf 6-12 cm. long, 2.1-8 
em. wide, rounded at the tip, elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, 
narrowed below into a short sulcate petiole. Peduncles 
one or two, arising from the axil of the leaf, including 
the slender elongated raceme up to 27 cm. long, emerging 
froma short conduplicate scarious sheath. Raceme usual- 
ly about 12 em. long, rarely exceeding 20 cm. in length, 
loosely many-flowered. Floral bracts very shortly infun- 
dibuliform, scarious, 1.8-8 mm. long. lowers greenish 
yellow, more or less transversely inserted on the stiff 
rachis, 7-8.5 mm. from the tip of the dorsal sepal to the 
tip of either lateral sepal. Lateral sepals connate to about 
the middle, 2.9-3.6mm. long,approximately 2 mm. wide, 
asymmetrically ovate, with the acute tips strongly re- 
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