Eggelingia clavata Swmmerhayes sp. nov. ab E. 
hgulifola Summerh. foliis pro rata paulo latioribus, in- 
florescentiis usque ad 6-floris, floribus minoribus, labelli 
dimidio apicali clavatim inflato satis differt. 
Planta epiphytica. Cau/es singuli vel caespitosi, sim- 
plices, saepius + penduli vel e basi descendente sursum 
arcuati, graciles, usque ad 35 cm. longi, 2-8 mm. dia- 
metro, basi radices flexuosas ramosas emittentes, inferne 
foliorum delapsorum vaginis fere omnino vestiti, superne 
laxiuscule foliati. Jota circiter 1 cm. distantia; vagina 
arcta, paulo anceps, leviter transverse rugulosa, interno- 
dium aequans vel paulo brevior, apice laminae opposita 
ligula subulata usque ad 7 mm. longa instructa; lamina 
sessilis, patens vel + recurvata, ligulata vel oblongo- 
ligulata, apice inaequaliter obtuseque bilobulata, lobulo 
longiore usque ad 6 mm. longo, supra secus medium 
canaliculata, subcarnosa, 2—5 cm. longa, 5-9 mm. lata. 
Inflorescentiae ex axillis foliorum ortae, brevissimae, 2— 
6-florae; pedunculus usque ad 38 mm. longus, cataphyllis 
ochreatis 1-2 ovatis obtusis instructus; rhachis fracti- 
flexa, usque ad 8 mm. longa; bracteae e basi breviter 
vaginante triangulari-ovatae, subacutae, pedicello cum 
ovario plus duplo breviores. Flores albi vel flavido-albi; 
pedicellus cum ovario 8-4 mm. longus. Sepalum inter- 
medium late lanceolatum, late oblongo- vel elliptico- 
lanceolatum, acutum vel obtusum, 3-8.75 mm. longum, 
1.6-1.9 mm. latum, trinervium; sepala lateralia oblique 
lanceolata vel late lanceolata, apice acuta, 8.25—4.75 mm. 
longa, 1.25-1.75 mm. lata, 2-3-nervia. Petala oblonga 
vel oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, leviter obliqua, 2.25-8.75 
mm. longa, 1-1.75 mm. lata, 1—8-nervia. Labellum valde 
concavum, late lanceolatum vel ovato-lanceolatum, levi- 
ter acuminatum, 8-3.5 mm. longum, explanatum 2.25— 
3.25 mm. latum, plurinervium; calcar fere rectum, ore 
angustum, dimidio apicali clavato-inflatum, apice rotun- 
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