Folia 7-12, 1-2 infima ad vaginas redacta, intermedia 
lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta, usque ad 85 cm. 
longa et 2.5 em. lata, superiora sensim decrescentia in 
bracteas abeuntia. Spica anguste cylindrica, usque ad 56 
em. longa, 1.5—2.5 cm. diametro, densiuscule multiflora ; 
bracteae lanceolatae, acuminatae, inferiores flores super- 
antes, superiores flores aequantes vel breviores. Flores 
suberecti, virides, sessiles vel subsessiles; ovarium 7—10 
mim.longum. Sepa/um intermedium elliptico-lanceolatum 
vel ovatum, acutum vel obtusum, valde concavum, 3.6— 
5.8 mm. longum, 1.9—38.4 mm. latum, uni-vel trinervium ; 
sepala lateralia lanceolato-oblonga, subacuta, deflexa, 3.5— 
5.4mm. longa, 1.8-2 mm. lata, uninervia; omnia sepala 
dorso juxta apicem breviter apiculata. Petala oblique 
triangulari-ovata, basi antice paulo dilatata, secus me- 
dium leviter carinata, 3.4-4.8 mm. longa, 1.8-8.8 mm. 
lata, saepius trinervia, cum sepalo intermedio agglutin- 
ata galeam ovatam vel suborbicularem formantia. Label- 
lum subearnosum, ambitu anguste flabellato-ligulatum, 
dimidio superiore (vel apicali) trilobatum, totum 4.2-6 
mm. longum; lobus intermedius ligulatus, obtusus vel 
subacutus, 1.8-8 mm. longus, 0.6—-1.4 mm. latus; lobi 
laterales leviter divergentes, lineari-ligulati, 0.7—2.8 mm. 
longi, 0.4-0.7 mm. lati; calear dependens, basi cylin- 
dricum, dimidio apicali clavato-inflatum, 5-6.5 mm. 
longum, sub apice 0.7-1.2 mm. diametro. Anthera sub- 
reclinata, 1.2-1.8 mm. alta, loculis parallelis, canalibus 
nullis vel brevissimis; viscidia satis magna, orbicularia; 
staminodia distincta, transverse elliptica, leviter retusa, 
‘rarnosa. Brachia stigmatifera subdeflexa, sursum + 
clavato-incrassata, apice applanata vel leviter concava, 
+tuberculata, 1-1.5 mm. longa; rostelli lobus interme- 
dius brevissimus, globoso-dentiformis, lobi laterales lig- 
ulati, obtusi, 0.7 mm. longi, inferne brachiis stigmatiferis 
adnati. 
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