Herba parvula, caespitosa. Caules filiformes, dense 
aggregati, vaginis paucis lepanthiformibus arctis omnino 
velati, Folium obovatum vel oblanceolatum vel ellipti- 
cum, ad basim angustatum, apice obtusum vel rotunda- 
tum, marginatum, valde coriaceum. Inflorescentiae foliis 
multo breviores, racemosae, paucae, bi-vel quadriflorae. 
Flores parvi. Sepalum dorsale valde cucullatum, ovatum, 
longe caudatum. Sepala lateralia reflexa, triangulari- 
linearia, basi breviter connata, uninervia, conduplicata. 
Petala multo breviora, oblique elliptico-lanceolata, levi- 
ter sigmoidea, acuta vel acuminata. Labellum simplex, 
ovatum vel rhombico-ovatum, obtusum, basi cuneatum. 
Columna petalorum dimidio subaequalis, crassa, arcuata. 
Plant small, slender, caespitose. Roots fibrous, gla- 
brous, relatively stout. Stems crowded, filiform, occa- 
sionally superposed, entirely concealed by tubular lepan- 
thiform sheaths, up to 5.5 cm. tall (excluding the upper 
short branches). Cauline sheaths commonly five or six, 
close, glabrous, longitudinally nerved, terminating in an 
infundibuliform marginate hispid mouth. Leaf obovate 
to oblanceolate (sometimes almost elliptic), more or less 
gradually narrowed to a short suleate petiole, obtuse to 
rounded above with a minutely tridenticulate apex, up 
to 3.1 cm. long (rarely) and 7 mm. wide (in the dried 
specimen), thickly coriaceous, marginate. Inflorescences 
racemose, very short and diffuse, commonly two to four, 
about 2- to 4-flowered, very loose, conspicuously shorter 
than the leaf. Flowers small, membranaceous. Dorsal 
sepal strongly cucullate, ovate, about 5 mm. long in nat- 
ural position and 2.4 mm. wide, rather abruptly caudate 
with the tail about 1.8 mm. long, 8-nerved, with the 
nerves slightly carinate. Lateral sepals reflexed above 
the base, linear-triangular, shortly connate near the base, 
very slightly adnate to the dorsal sepal, about 4.4 mm. 
long, slightly falcate, long-attenuate, 1-nerved, condu- 
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