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lateralia obovato-oblonga, complicato-acuta. Sepalum dorsale 

 multo minus, lanceolatum, longissime acuminatum. Petala mi- 

 nuta, oblonga, abrupte acuta. Labellum sub medio leviter re- 

 flexum marginibus inferioribus involutis, expansum oblongum, 

 apice rotundato levissime retusum, parte anteriore papillis raris 

 praedita. Gynostemium minutum, brachiis binis deltoideis acu- 

 minatis et pede recto praeditum. 



Plant minute. Rhizome very slender, creeping, deeply rugose, 

 partially surrounded by the long fibres of sheaths. Roots rather 

 sparse, fibrous, flexuous, about .4 mm. thick. Pseudobulbs 4-5 

 mm. distant, cylindric, about 2.5 mm. long, obliquely reclin- 

 ing, monophyllous. Leaf up to 2.2 cm. long, 4.5 mm. wide, ob- 

 lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, apex rounded and minutely 

 bilobed, gradually narrowed below to a short petiole, coriace- 

 ous, the mid-nerve sulcate above and carinate beneath. Scapes 

 solitary or in pairs, one-flowered, about 1.9 cm. long, filiform, 

 the decumbent base clothed with sheaths that become fibrous, 

 provided with a minute infundibuliform sheath just below the 

 flower. Flower comparatively large, pellucid in the dried speci- 

 men. Lateral sepals about 1 cm. long, 4.5 mm. broad above the 

 middle, obovate-oblong, complicate-acute, five-nerved. Dorsal 

 sepal about 6.5 mm. long, 1.8 mm. broad near the base, much 

 smaller than the lateral sepals, lanceolate, very long acuminate, 

 concave at the base, three-nerved. Petals minute, about 2.4 mm. 

 long, 1.2 mm. wide, oblong, abruptly acute at the apex, three- 

 nerved. Lip in natural position gently reflexed with the lower 

 margins incurved below the middle, when expanded about 7 mm. 

 long, 3.5 mm. wide above the middle, oblong, rounded and very 

 shallowly and obscurely retuse at the slightly thickened apex, 

 anterior portion with scattered papillae, about seven-nerved. Col- 

 umn minute, with a pair of short arms which are deltoid acumi- 



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