We have seen only Reichenbach’s figure, cited above, 
and the various descriptions. Although our specimens 
differ somewhat from Reichenbach’s plate and were col- 
lected some 1600 kilometers distant from previously re- 
corded localities, they will probably be found to be 
identical when they are compared with authentic ma- 
terial in London. 
Erythrodes adscendens L. O. Williams sp. nov. 
Herbae parvae, adscendentes, terrestres, usque ad 35 
cm. longae. Folia breviter petiolata; lamina lanceolata 
vel lanceolato-ovata, obtusa vel acuta; petiolus brevis. 
Sepalum dorsale late ellipticum, cucullatum, apice cla- 
vellatum, carnosum. Sepala lateralia elliptico-oblonga, 
obtusa, leviter obliqua, apice clavellata. Petala late el- 
liptico-oblonga, obtusa, apice carnosa. Labellum calcara- 
tum; lamina oblonga, obtusa, emarginata, apice carnosa, 
puberula, callo V-formi ornata. 
Small ascending, terrestrial herbs up to 85 cm. long. 
Rhizome decumbent, stem-like. Stems repent or ascend- 
ing, slender, leaf-bearing to the middle or beyond. Leaves 
short-petiolate; lamina 2—6.5 cm. long and 0.6—1.5 cm. 
broad, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, obtuse or acute; 
petiole short, up to 5 mm. long, from an amplexicaul, 
membranaceous sheath. Inflorescence a lax, few-flowered 
spike or raceme; the rachis pubescent above; bracts 5-10 
mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous, usu- 
ally exceeding the ovary. Dorsal sepal about 4 mm. long 
and 1.5-2 mm. broad, broadly elliptic, cucullate; the 
apex Clavellate, fleshy and obtuse. Lateral sepals about 
4 mm. long and 1.5—-2.2 mm. broad, elliptic-oblong, ob- 
tuse, slightly oblique, the apex fleshy-thickened. Petals 
about 4 mm. long and 1.5 mm. broad, elliptic-oblong, 
obtuse, the apex fleshy-thickened. Lip spurred; the lam- 
ina 3-3.5 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. broad, oblong, ob- 
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