Liparis cordiformis C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, rhizomate pergracili. Caulis basi in- 
crassatus. Folium singulum, circiter in plantae medio, 
suborbiculari-cordatum, acutum vel obtusum. Peduncu- 
lus filiformis. Racemus brevis, laxe pauciflorus. Flores 
purpurei ut videtur. Sepalum dorsale ovato-lanceolatum, 
trinervium. Sepala lateralia ovato-oblonga, uninervia. 
Petala anguste linearia, basi paulo dilatata. Labellum 
unguiculatum; unguis crassissimus, marginibus erectis 
undulatisque; lamina anguste triangulari-hastata, basi 
retrorse auriculata, apice conspicue mucronata; discus 
valde unicarinatus. Columna crassa, basi dilatata. 
Plant small, up to 14 em. high, erect or somewhat ar- 
cuate, rising from a rhizome which is very slender, long, 
rarely forking and terminating in an ellipsoid swelling. 
Stems slender, closely enveloped by the sheathing peti- 
ole of the leaf, with the swollen or lageniform base con- 
cealed by a loose scarious sheath, 2.5-5.5 em. long. Leaf 
solitary, suborbicular-cordate, at about the middle of the 
plant, spreading from a deeply cordate-clasping base, 
about 2.1—4.1 em. long from the bottom of the basal lob- 
ules to the apex, 2. 1-4.1 em. wide, acute or obtuse, mem- 
branaceous in the dried specimen. Peduncle up to the 
inflorescence about 1.6—5.5 cm. long, filiform, naked, gla- 
brous. Raceme short, loosely 8- to 8-flowered ; rachis up 
to 1.8em. long. Floral bracts spreading, triangular, acu- 
minate, concave at base, membranaceous. Pedicels con- 
spicuously surpassing the bracts, up to 10.5 mm. long 
in fruit. Flowers apparently wine-colored; perianth re- 
flexed, transparent when moistened. Sepals with revolute 
sides, minutely cellular-papillose on the inner surface. 
Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, about 5 mm. long and 1.9 
mm. wide below the middle, narrowed to an obtuse tip, 
3-nerved. Lateral sepals ovate-oblong, narrowed to an 
obtuse tip, 5 mm. long, 1.9 mm. wide, slightly asym- 
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