ciculatae, paucae ut videtur, uniflorae. Ovarium praeser- 
tim densissime longe-hirsutum. Flos pro planta magnus. 
Sepala extus dense hirsuta. Sepalum dorsale triangulari- 
lanceolatum, in partem superiorem filiformem apice 
carnoso-clavatam extensum. Sepala lateralia plusminusve 
connata, utrumque semiellipticum, subacutum. Petala 
oblique et anguste lanceolata, sepalo dorsali similia. La- 
bellum panduratum, acutum; lobi laterales prope basim 
late ovato-triangulares, acuti; lobus terminalis late obo- 
vatus, acutus, margine lacerato. Columna arcuata, supra 
dilatata et trilobata. 
Plant small, slender, with an abbreviated rhizome. 
Roots fibrous, glabrous, numerous. Stems caespitose, 
widely spreading, slender, usually 2-jointed, up to 4.5 
em. long, entirely concealed by two to four close tubular 
densely hirsute sheaths. Leaf solitary, usually more or 
less erect, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, sessile, acute or ob- 
tuse, densely hirsute on both surfaces, up to 3.9 cm. long 
and 1.3 cm. wide, finely spotted with purple or brownish 
beneath. Inflorescences abbreviated, fascicled, one to 
five, 1-flowered. Mature ovary ellipsoid-cylindric, very 
densely long-hirsute. ‘‘ Flower translucent pale green 
with purple marks and dots.’’ Sepals densely hirsute 
without. Dorsal sepal triangular-lanceolate, narrowed 
into a purple filament which is clavate and fleshy-thick- 
ened at the apex, 5-nerved, lightly concave, about 10.2 
mm. long and 8 mm. wide near the base. Lateral sepals 
more or less connate, semielliptic and incurved, concave, 
5-nerved with an additional short outer nerve, subacute, 
about 9 mm. long and 3 mm. wide in the middle. Petals 
obliquely and narrowly lanceolate, acuminate and pro- 
duced into a purple filament which is fleshy-thickened 
and clavate at the apex, 3-nerved, about 8.3 mm. long 
and 2 mm. wide below, with the margins above the basal 
portion minutely cellular-ciliate. Lip pandurate, about 
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