tubulatis pustulatis omnino velatus. Folia disticha, late 
patentia, superne solum praesentia, oblongo-lanceolata 
vel anguste elliptico-lanceolata. Inflorescentiae laterales 
et terminales, laxe pluriflorae. Florum segmenta valde 
patentia. Sepala elliptico-oblonga, lateralia obliqua. Pe- 
tala cuneato-spathulata, subacuta. Labellum columnae 
valde adnatum; lamina trifida, cum lobis lateralibus ob- 
lique obovato-oblongis et lobo medio flabellato-cuneato, 
profunde bilobato. Columna apice quadrialata. 
Plant rather tall, “‘saprophytic.’” Rhizome apparently 
abbreviated. Roots fibrous, numerous, rather stout, gla- 
brous. Stem suberect, rather slender, with one strict 
flower-bearing branch above (the main stem broken off), 
entirely concealed by close tubular pustulose sheaths 
which are leaf-bearing above, about 49 cm. high. Leaves 
several to numerous, distichous, spreading, oblong-lan- 
ceolate or narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse to sub- 
acute, sessile at the shortly cuneate base, 8.5-6.2 em. 
long, about 1.3 cm. or less wide, coriaceous. Inflores- 
cences lateral and terminal; the lateral on the upper part 
of the stem, racemose, short, loosely few-flowered; the 
terminal one loosely paniculate with ascending few- 
flowered branches. Floral bracts minute, concave, ovate 
or oblong-ovate. Flowers medium-sized, rose-pink, with 
widely spreading more or less convex segments. Dorsal 
sepal oblong or elliptic-oblong, broadly obtuse to sub- 
acute, about 7-nerved, rather fleshy, about 9.3 mm. long 
and 3.9 mm. wide. Lateral sepals similar, obliquely 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse to subacute with a blunt dorsal 
mucro, about 10.5 mm. long, measured from the base of 
the dorsal margin to the tip, and 4 mm. wide, about 7- 
nerved. Petals cuneate-spatulate, abruptly rounded 
above with a subacute apex, 3-nerved with the lateral 
nerves branching, slightly oblique, about 10 mm. long 
and 3.2 mm. wide above. Lip adnate to the column up 
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