valde coriaceum, apice rotundatum, basi abrupte et bre- 
viter petiolatum. Inflorescentiae saepissime duae, quam 
folium multo longiores, tenues, erectae, supra dense 
racemosae. Flores minuti, semiglobosi. Sepalum dorsale 
valde cucullatum, suborbiculare, trinervium, dorso car- 
inatum. Sepala lateralia parte inferiore connata, valde 
concava, elliptico-ovata, trinervia, dorso carinata. Petala 
minora, oblongo-subquadrata, apice truncato retusa, uni- 
nervia. Labellum tubulari-involutum, basi concavum, 
expansum quadratum, apice late truncatum, crasso cum 
callo angulo exteriore utrinque praeditum. Columna 
pedata. 
Plant small, caespitose, up to 16 cm. high. Roots fi- 
brous, glabrous, numerous. Stems crowded, 2—4 cm. tall, 
monophyllous, mostly concealed by two loose tubular 
sheaths which are imbricating and glabrous. Leaf thickly 
coriaceous, abruptly narrowed toa short petiole; lamina 
oval, up to 3.9 cm. long and 1.9 em. wide, minutely re- 
tuse at the rounded apex, rounded or broadly cuneate at 
the base, marginate; petiole short, slender, channelled, 
up to 8 mm. long. Inflorescences commonly one or two 
(occasionally remnants of old peduncles are present), 
much surpassing the leaf, up to 12.6 cm. long, rather 
densely many-flowered above, very slender, erect or 
nearly so. Floral bracts very small, infundibuliform, 
nearly equaling the pedicels. Flowers minute, rose-red, 
faintly mottled with purple, semiglobose. Dorsal sepal 
strongly cucullate, rounded at the apex, suborbicular, 
about 2.1 mm. long, 8-nerved, dorsally carinate, with 
margins minutely cellular-ciliolate. Lateral sepals con- 
nate to about the middle to form a deeply concave lamina 
about 2.2 mm. long, each sepal elliptic-ovate, 3-nerved, 
dorsally carinate, obtuse or rounded at the apex. Petals 
oblong-subquadrate, retuse at the truncate apex, about 
1.5 mm. long and half as broad, 1-nerved, sometimes 
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