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long. The pedicels 2 em. in length. Bracts persistent, small. 
Flower 4 cm. in length, light yellow in colour throughout, with 
3.M-Ticlel. 
I. bracteolata, Hook. f.—Fig. 1, axil showing stipular gland; 2, part of 
inflorescence ; 3, outer sepal; 4, inner sepal; 5, spurred sepa) ; 
6, standard; 7, wing. 
_& very contorted appearance. Sepals 4, both pairs very small, 
but one very minute indeed with a dark red spot at the ex- 
tremity. Lip with a long slender straight spur. Standard erect 
or even bent backwards and contorted on itself, not spurred. 
Wings with two narrow lobes, contorted so that the two wings 
cross each other, the terminal lobe having a pit-like depression 
on its margin instead of the dilatation. Pollen light yellow. 
Capsule linear. Seeds only at the apex, dark brown; average 
number found in 28 capsules examined was 11:8 (9-16). 
he distinctive points of this plant are (1) the erect contorted 
standard, (2) the pit-like depression on the terminal lobes of the 
wings. 
49. I. drepanophora, Hook. f.; Hills east of Bhamo at 1700- 
2300 m. Aug.-Sept. In shady places along the watercourses 
and roadsides. Toppin 2778. 
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I. drepanophora, Hook. f—Fig. 1, part of inflorescence ; 2, flower; 3, bract ; 
4, lateral sepal; 5, spurred sepal ; 5, standard; 7, wing. — 
