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Per. posticum, ovar. bract. plureis excedens, erectum sub- 
connivens. 
Sepalo antico (tertio) concavo oblongo, lateribus 2-3 ties 
majoribus, oblongo-ovatis planiusculis cum columnz pedem 
connat. basi valde obliquis. Petal. sepalo antico similia 
sed paullo breviora. 
Labellum carnosum cum pede columns articulatum, basi 
saccata, sacco (longitud. emarginato) columnz faciem pos- 
ticum applicit. cucullatum 3-lobum, lobis lateralibus minus 
carnosis acinaciformibus, apice dentatis, centrale subdeflexo, 
conoideo solido-papilloso celluloso. Crista carnosa. Proces- 
susve intus labellum versus basin lobi centralis, (the floor of 
labellum) pubescent along the centre. 
olumna nana, pede planiuscula, longa, apicem utrinque 
insert. articulumve labello dente aucta. 
linandrio integro, supeficiali, margines postice incrassati, 
(over the stigma.)  Rostellum subintegrum. 
Flores spicati, pedunculo simplice e basin vaginarium 
erumpent. (the outer being the same as the lamina, hence they 
are truly axillary) hinc illinc squamati vaginat. Rhachis flori- 
gere compressa, acute tetragona flexuosa, bracteis squamifor- 
mibus carinatis vaginantibus distichis approximatis, or the 
rachisis flexuose, and excavated, on its two narrower mar- 
gins. | 
Flores postici mediocres pallide lilacini. 
Per. explanatum, "e oblongis concaviusculis lateralibus 
majoribus basi obliqui 
Petala paullo minore ушын ы 
Labellum, (perpendiculum) cum pede columnz elongat. ar- 
ticulat. saccoque basilari magn. emarginat. 3-lobum, lobis 
lateralibus scimitar-shaped, small ; centrale carnosissime, callus 
elevatus transversis medium labell. versus. 
Ant. membranacea profunde terminalis, bilocular. 
Pollinia 4, obovata incumbentia, posticis multo minoribus 
flattened, in gladula triangulare reniformia reticulata! sessilia. 
