rotundata, infra sensim angustata, nitentia. Scapi |: 
ales, breves, uniflori, vaginis ventricosis imbricatis 
nino obtecti. Perianthii segmenta patentia. Seps 
dorsale oblongo-lanceolatum, acutum, dorso carinat 
Sepala lateralia oblique oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, e 
nata, basi dilatata et cum columnae pede mentum 
gum formantia. Petala lanceolato-linearia, multo min 
apice valde obtusa, super medium utrinque leviter | 
stricta. Labellum in positu naturali arcuato-recurvat 
super medium trilobatum; lobi laterales erecti, semi 
vati; lobus medius subquadratus, leviter retusus, pla 
Columna in pedem longum producta. 
Plant small but with comparatively large flowers 
parently epiphytic. Rhizome creeping, slender, prov 
with numerous stout fibrous glabrous roots. Pseudob 
more or less crowded, complanate-ovoid, unifoliate, fi 
rugose in the dried specimen, up to 1.2 cm. long, 
tended by a few distichous fleshy sheaths. Leaves | 
able, oblanceolate-oblong or oblanceolate-linear, rour 
at the apex with asomewhat unequally bilobed apict 
tip, gradually narrowed to a conduplicate scarcely | 
oled base, coriaceous, shining above, up to 11.6 cm, I 
0.9-1.4 em. wide, with the mid-nerve prominently 
‘ate above and carinate beneath. Inflorescences 1-f 
ered, short, lateral, basal, much shorter than the ma 
leaves, entirely concealed by several distichous imbr 
ing sheaths which are ventricose, apically truncate 
apiculate and dorsally carinate. Flowers with sprea 
segments. Sepals and petals fleshy-thickened ab 
Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, acute, apiculate, ne 
ular, dorsally carinate especially above, 1.8—1.9 cm. | 
and 6mm. wide. Lateral sepals obliquely oblong-lan 
late, acute, ecarinate, lightly decurved, 1.7—1.8 (ra 
1.4) cm. long, triangular-dilated at the base and | 
decurrent on the column-foot to form a mentum 0 
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