g^round, 1 •5-3*5 cm. long' ; scape nude, rather stout for the genus, 

 subflexuous, rarely straight ; spike subsecund, densely many 

 flowered ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute long ciliate ; sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate 0"4-0"5 cm. long ; petals erect, oblong 

 below, trifid at the apex, the laciniie linear, 0-7-1 cm. long ; lip in 

 outline cuneate multifid, segments similar to each other and sub- 

 equal, spur cylindrical obtuse recurved at the apex, one-third of 

 the length of the lip ; pollinia clavate, the caudicles attached to 

 one filiform transverse gland. 



Described from several living and dried specimens, from the 

 largest of which gathered by Mr. Flanagan on or near the summit 

 of the lofty Mont aux Sources, about 5)000 feet or 2740 meters. 



Petals and lip white-greenish at base ; sepals and bracts 

 reddish at the tip, green below. 



