collect. ), laxiuscule 6—9-foliatus. Folia 1-2 infima+ ad va- 
ginas redacta, intermedia oblongo-vel lineari-lanceolata, 
acuta, apice breviter cuspidato-acuminata, usque ad 13 
cm. longa et 1.7 cm. lata, superiora minora, bracteiformia. 
Racemus 5-11 cm. longus, tere 8 cm. diametro, laxius- 
cule 5—15-florus; bracteae lanceolatae, acuminatae, usque 
ad 2.5 cm. longae et 8 mm. latae, inferiores flores aequan- 
tes vel paulo superantes. Flores adscendentes, luteo- 
virides ; pedicellus cum ovario 1-1.7 em. longus. Sepalum 
intermedium erectum, elliptico-ovatum, apice obtusum, 
leviter retusum, 7 mm. longum, 4.5 mm. latum; sepala 
lateralia deflexa, curvatim semi-ovata, subacuta, circiter 
7.5 mm. longa et 3.5 mm. lata; omnia sepala breviter 
ciliolata. Petala oblique late ovata, margine antico supra 
medium breviter uni-dentata, 7 mm. longa, 5.5—6 mm. 
lata, superne paulo incrassata et atrata. Labellum dimidio 
inferiore ligulatum, indivisum, superne trilobatum; pars 
indivisa 6 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata; lobus intermedius 
ligulatus, apice rotundatus, 4 mm. longus, 1 mm. latus; 
lobi laterales superne divergentes, lineares, 9-10 mm. 
longi, 1 mm. lati; calear dependens, inferne cylindricum, 
dimidio apicali valde inflatum, acutum, 10 mm. longum, 
1.7 mm. diametro. Anthera+reclinata, connectivo lato 
haud alto, loculis valde separatis 1.5 mm. altis, canalibus 
porrectis gracilibus 2.5 mm. longis, staminodiis parvis 
ellipticis. Brachia stigmatifera apice applanato-clavato, 
juxta basin facie superiore appendice hemisphaerica papil- 
losa instructa; rostelli lobus intermedius deltoideus, 1.5 
mm. altus, lobi laterales lineares, oblique truncati, fere 
2 mm. longi; ovarium curvatum, 9-10 mm. longum. 
Ucanpa: Virunga Mts., Muhavura, on lower slopes, 2550 m., in 
short turf on rock, Eggeling 982 (Tyrer). 
An interesting species showing affinities with several 
groups. The sepals and petals are very similar to those in 
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