bracteae lanceolatae, acuminatae, pilosae, ovario pedicel- 
lato breviores. lores erecto-patentes, pallide virides; 
pedicellus cum ovario 10-12 mm. longus, dense pilosus. 
Sepalum intermedium erectum, elliptico-ovatum, apice 
obtusum vel fere rotundatum, circiter 7 mm. longum et 
4 mm. latum, valde convexum; sepala lateralia deflexa, 
oblique et leviter curvatim oblongo-lanceolata, apice sub- 
rotundata, 7.5-8 mm. longa, circiter 38.25 mm. lata; 
omnia sepala trinervia, dorso leviter carinata et pilis pa- 
tentibus longiusculis instructa. Peta/a fere ad basin bi- 
partita, glabra; partitio postica erecta, faleatim ligulata, 
sepalo intermedio aequilonga, circiter 1.5 mm. lata, mar- 
gine postico prope basin dente triangulari vel lineari in- 
structa; partitio antica incurvatim vel falcatim adscen- 
dens, circiter 1 cm. longa, basi circiter 0.75 mm. lata, 
sursum sensim angustata, superne subcarnosa. Labellum 
profunde tripartitum; pars basalis indivisa, 1 mm. longa 
et 1.5 mm. lata; partitio intermedia fere recta, lineari- 
ligulata, apice obtusa, marginibus valde recurvatis, car- 
nosa, 9-10 mm. longa, vix 1 mm. lata; partitiones lat- 
erales dimidio inferiore patentes, superne recurvatim 
adscendentes vel circinatae, subcarnosae, circiter 138 mm. 
longae, inferne 0.7 mm. latae, superne sensim angusta- 
tae; calcar leviter recurvatim sigmoideum, dimidio api- 
cali clavatim inflatum, 13-14 mm. longum, 1-1.5 mm. 
diametro. Anthera erecta, 8—5.5 mm. alta, apice dis- 
tincte apiculata; canales porrecti, circiter 1.5 mm. longi; 
staminodia breviter stipitata, oblongo-elliptica, circiter 
1mm. longa. Brachia stigmatifera antherae canalibus 
breviora, carnosa, flabellatim capitata, = lateraliter com- 
pressa; rostelli lobus intermedius erectus, magnus, an- 
therae antipositus et eam aequans, elongato-triangularis, 
acutus, antice excavatus. 
Niaerta: Oyo Province, Ibadan Fuel Plantation, Sept. 1949, Keay 
Forest Herb. 25395 (Type). 
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