Malaxis Hirschbergii Swmmerhayes sp. nov. affinis 
M. Maclaudi (Finet) Summerh., a qua floribus majori- 
bus, labelli marginibus basalibus incrassatis valde promi- 
nentibus, labelli dimidio antico subito dilatato satis 
distincta. 
Herba terrestris, 10-15 cm. (fide collectoris 25 cm.) 
alta, glaberrima; tubera non visa. Caulis erectus, circiter 
5 cm. altus vel ultra, basi radices graciles flexuosas emit- 
tens, superne cataphyllis 8-4 inferne vaginantibus apice 
subfoliaceis liberis acutis vestitus, apice 2—3-foliatus. 
Folia= patentia, 1-2 cm. petiolata, lanceolata vel ellip- 
tico-lanceolata, apice acuta, in toto 8-7 cm. longa, 1.5— 
3.3 cm. lata, siccitate molliter papyracea, 5-nervia. Jn- 
Jlorescentia erecta, circiter 7-8 cm. longa, apice dense 
multiflora; pedunculus 5-7 cm. longus, basi fere teres, 
superne anguste bialatus, cataphyllis circiter 8 dissitis 
lanceolatis valde vel caudato-acuminatis 6-8 mm. longis 
instructus; rhachis brevis, fere 1 cm. longa; bracteae 
lanceolatae, acuminatae, usque ad 6 mm. longae, ovario 
pedicellato breviores. J/ores erecto-patentes, pseudo- 
umbellati, pallide rubro-purpurei; pedicellus cum ovario 
usque ad 13 mm. longus. Sepa/uwm intermedium oblongo- 
lanceolatum, acutum, 5.5—5.75 mm. longum, 2—2.5 mm. 
latum ; sepala lateralia libera, oblique lanceolato-oblonga, 
subacuta, 5 mm. longa, 2—2.4.mm. lata. Peta/a elliptico- 
lanceolata, apice acuta, 4.5-4.8 mm. longa, 1.75—-2.25 
mm. lata, marginibus ciliolatis; omnia tepala trinervia. 
Labellum inferum, sessile, ambitu late flabellatum, di- 
midio basali marginibus incrassatis, in toto 4-4.5 mm. 
longum, antice 4.7—4.9 mm. latum, dimidio apicali subito 
dilatatum, transverse ellipticum, marginibus_ breviter 
laceratis, basi callis duobus ligulatis humilibus parallelis 
antice sensim dilatatis, callo dentiformi porrecto vel re- 
curvato anteposito instructum, medio nervis tribus paral- 
lelis utrinque nervo arcuato apice convergenti extus 
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