lipsoidei, 1-2 cm. longi, 0.5-1 cm. diametro, vaginis 
membranaceis obtecti, apice 2-3-phylli, radices flexuosas 
glabras emittentes. Folia anguste oblonga vel elliptico- 
oblonga, apice breviter bilobulata, inferne articulata, 
supra articulum 1.5—-5 cm. longa, 5-10 mm. lata, dorso 
humiliter carinata. Inflorescentia erecta, simpliciter race- 
mosa, usque ad 7 cm. alta, saepius folia superans; pe- 
dunculus usque ad 4.5 cm. longus, ut rhachis subdense 
pubescens, inferne cataphyllis tribus, medio cataphyllo 
singulo, omnibus scariosis = vaginantibus instructus ; 
racemus 1-8 cm. longus, laxe 8-5-florus; bracteae ova- 
tae, acuminatae, subscariosae, usque ad 4 mm. longae, 
floribus multo breviores. Fores cremei, deflexi ; pedicel- 
lus brevissimus, ovario 2-4 mm. longo dense patentim 
albido-piloso. Sepalwm intermedium elliptico-lanceola- 
tum, breviter acuminatum, 7 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum; 
sepala lateralia valde oblique oblongo-lanceolata, apice 
subacuta, basi margine postico rotundato-dilatata, tota 11 
mm. longa, 3mm. lata, cum pede columnae mentum an- 
gustum cylindricum rotundatum 8-4 mm. longum for- 
mantia; omnia sepala extus pubescentia. Petal/a leviter 
curvatim lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, 6 mm. longa, 1.5 
min. lata, glabra. Label/um ex ungue longiusculo ligulato 
fere 4 mm. longo subhastatum, totum 11 mm. longum, 
3.5-4 mm. latum; lobi laterales breves, obtusi, ab inter- 
medio vix sejuncti; lobus intermedius acutus, 4 mm. 
longus, 8 mm. latus, prope apicem marginibus=+ involu- 
tis, pulvino pilorum articulatorum flavidorum fere omni- 
no obtectus ; discus et unguis intus pilis sparsis patentibus 
praeditus. Columna brevis, fere teres, vix 2 mm. alta; 
androclinium leviter excavatum; fovea stigmatica trans- 
verse elliptica. 
TANGANYIKA Territory: Handeni District, Nyogi Mt., 1050 m. 
alt., forest margin on summit of great rocks [precipice], Sept., 1933, 
Burtt 487 4. 
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