erectus, 1-2 cm. altus, basi radices flexuosas graciles to- 
mentosas emittens, superne cataphyllis paucis laxe vag- 
inantibus apice+recurvatis acutis omnino vestitus, apice 
2-3-foliatus. Folia patentia vel leviter recurvata, fere 
humistrata, sessilia, late ovata vel elliptico-ovata, basi 
caulem amplectentia, apice subacuta vel obtusa, 2.5—5 
em. longa, 1.75-8 cm. lata, siccitate textura tenuiter 
papyracea, plurinervia. Inflorescentia erecta, 8-10 cm. 
longa, superne subdense multiflora; pedunculus 5-6 cm. 
longus, gracilis, inferne fere teres, superne pluri-angula- 
tus et angustissime alatus, cataphyllis 8-5 dissitis lanceo- 
latis acuminatis 8-4 mm. longis instructus; rhachis pluri- 
angulata; bracteae adpressae, lanceolato-ovatae, valde 
acuminatae, 2.5-3.5 mm. longae, 1.5-2.25 mm. latae, 
uninerviae. Fores pro sectione parvi, rhachidi+ adpressi, 
virides, = hyalini; pedicellus cum ovario 2—2.5 mm. 
longus. Sepa/um intermedium erectum, elliptico-lanceo- 
latum, basi = rotundatum, apice subacutum vel obtu- 
sum, 2—2.5 mm. longum, 1-1.25 mm. latum; sepala 
lateralia libera, incurvatim deflexa, oblique ovato-lanceo- 
lata, apice fere acuta, 1.75-2.25 mm. longa, 1.2-1.5 
mm. lata. Peta/a patentia, leviter recurvata, lanceolato- 
ligulata, apice obtusa, inferne leviter ampliata, 1.75—2.25 
mm. longa, 0.8-0.6 mm. lata, marginibus integris vel 
brevissime papilloso-ciliolatis; omnia tepala uninervia. 
Labellum inferum, sessile, ambitu + quadratum, antice 
rotundatum leviter emarginatum, basin versus sensim 
angustatum, basi auriculis semiovatis 0.25-0.45 mm. 
longis columnam amplectentibus instructum, in toto 
(auriculis inclusis) 1.75-2.25 mm. longum, 1.6-1.75 mm. 
latum, 5-nervium, basi tuberculis duobus humilibus, 
medio pulvino dense puberulento quadrato instructum. 
Columna incurvata, 0.7 mm. longa; anthera hemisphae- 
rica; rostellum truncatum. 
Betaran Conco: Katanga Province, Noots Farm, near Elisabeth- 
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