Summerh. a qua radicibus tenuioribus magis ramosis, 
floribus crebrioribus fragrantibus, tepalis latioribus ob- 
tusioribusque differt. 
Herba epiphytica, aphylla; caulis brevis vel brevissi- 
mus, usque ad 4 cm. longus, 2-4 mm. diametro, apice 
‘cataphyllis scariosis lanceolatis acuminatis arcte imbrica- 
tis vestitus, radices numerosas flexuosas multo ramosas 
1-2 mm. diametro glabras emittens. Inflorescentiae erec- 
tae vel suberectae, simpliciter racemosae, 4-9 cm. longae, 
densiuscule multiflorae; pedunculus 1-2.5 cm. longus, 
vaginis 4—5 obtusis instructus, ut rhachis pluriangulatus 
vel suleatus; bracteae 1-8 mm. distantes, lanceolatae, 
acutissimae vel acuminatae, circiter 1 mm. longae. J/ores 
patentes vel erecto-patentes, albi, caleari apice carnoso, 
suaveolentes; pedicellus cum ovario 2-8 mm. longus. 
Sepala elliptica, rotundata vel brevissime apiculata, basi 
angustata, lateralia leviter obliqua, 2.4-8.4 mm. longa, 
1.38-1.75 mm. lata, uninervia. Petala late elliptica, ro- 
tundata, basi angustata, 2.5-8.25 mm. longa, 1.3-1.85 
mm. lata, uninervia. Labellum ellipticum vel oblongo- 
ellipticum, apice rotundatum vel leviter emarginatum, 
ralde concavum, 2.4-3.3 mm. longum, 1.8—1.6 mm. la- 
tum, trinervium; calcar ex ore latiusculo incurvatim 
conicum, dimidio apicali cylindricum, obtusum, 2.5-38 
mm. longum. Columna brevis, crassa, apice truncata, 
androclinio leviter excavato reclinato; anthera late sub- 
hemisphaerica, antice breviter producta, truncata: pol- 
linia ovoideo-sphaerica, 0.4 mm. longa, stipite uno ligu- 
lato superne subspathulato-dilatato leviter sigmoideo 
0.4-0.6 mm. longo, viscidio quadrato antice latiore trun- 
cato 0.3-0.4 mm. longo; rostellum breviter deorsum 
productum, latum. 
TANGANYIKA Terrirory: Kilimanjaro, Marangu, epiphytic on large 
tree, Nov. 1941, Forest Guard; comm. W. M. & R. E. Moreau 106. 
**Flower white, tip of spur and pedicel pale pink, anther yellow; scent 
like heather’’; same locality, Dec. 1932, Geilinger 4207; Amani, 
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