densely 4-many-flowered ; bracts leaf-like, marg-ins membranous, 

 ovate erect, very acuminate, exceeding' the flowers ; lateral sepals 

 spreading- oblong- obtuse, 0*5 cm. long ; odd sepal suberect 

 galeate, mouth obovate, as longf as the lateral sepals or a little 

 shorter, produced at the back into a cylindrical straight ordecurved 

 spur, as long as the limb ; petals erect, obliquely and broadly 

 ovate or suborbicular, acute, 0'2-0"8 cm. long ; lip porrect linear- 

 oblong, slightly dilated at the apex, 0*?>-0*4 cm. long ; rostellum 

 abbreviate, the gland-bearing lobes very short approximate ; 

 anther resupinate. 



Described from several living and dried specimens. The flowers 

 are pinkish purple in colour, or more rarely white. 



