racemo paucifloro, Florum bracteae ovato-cucullatae, 
subacutae, scariosae. Flores parvi, cum ovaris pedicel- 
latis gracilibus bracteis subaequalibus. Sepalum dorsale 
triangulari-ovatum, obtusum, supra parce ciliatum. Se- 
pala lateralia fere usque ad apicem connata, laminam late 
ellipticam formantia: lamina obtuse bifida, dorso bicari- 
nata, supra parce ciliata. Petala oblique triangularia, 
breviter acuminata, uninervia. Labellum in positu nat- 
urali arcuato-decurvatum, expansum lineari-oblongum, 
obtusum, infra medium leviter dilatatum, marginibus 
inferioribus leviter incurvatis et marginibus superioribus 
revolutis, basi utrinque cum auricula parva incurvata; 
lamina obscure trinervia, tertia inferiore callo lineari 
supra bifureato ornata. Columna generis. 
Plant small, epiphytic, erect, caespitose, up to 8 em. 
tall. Secondary stem slender, monophyllous, 1.8—5 em. 
long, concealed by three to six lepanthiform sheaths; 
sheaths tubular, acute-apiculate at the dilated apex, his- 
pid along the prominent costae and apical margin. Leaf 
with a short suleate petiole, suborbicular to broadly el- 
liptic, obtuse and retuse at the apex with a cusp in the 
sinus, marginate, glabrous, coriaceous, 2-8 em. long, 
1-1.5 cm. wide. Peduncles several, filiform, glabrous, 
about 1.5 em. long including the few-flowered raceme. 
Floral bracts ovate-cucullate, subacute, scarious, tinged 
with purple, about 2 mm. long. Flowers small, purplish 
white, with slender pedicels which are about as long as 
the bracts. Dorsal sepal triangular-ovate, obtuse, 8- 
nerved, sparingly ciliate on the apical margins, 4 mm. 
long, 2.2 mm. wide at the base. Lateral sepals united 
almost to the apex to form a broadly elliptic lamina; 
lamina obtusely bifid, 4 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, 6- 
nerved, dorsally carinate along the mid-nerve of each 
sepal, sparingly ciliate on the apical margins. Petals ob- 
liquely triangular, shortly acuminate, entire, 1-nerved, 
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