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diametro), longitudiner nervosa, transverse reticulata; 

 petiolis (cum vaginis) + 5 cm., basi vaginiformibus 

 dilatatis ; caula . . . ; spica + 24 cm. longa, mediocriter 

 dense fioriferi; floribus sessilibus; bracteis subulatis + 

 15 mm. longis flores superantibas; rhache ovario et flori- 

 bus extus liispidulis ; ovario gracili + 11 mm.; flore + 

 7'5 mm. ; sepalis lateralibus liberis, late falcatis, 3-5 

 nervosis, + 7 '5 mm.; sepalo dorsali + 7'5 mm., auguste 

 cucullato, basi leviter contracto, 3-nervoso; petalis later- 

 alibus + 6*5 mm., spatliulo-falcatis, 1-nervosis, cum 

 sepalo dorsali in galeam cohaerentibus; labello sessile, 

 inferne, ad basin ventricoso, ovato, apice in processus 

 ligulatum producto, in toto + 6*5 mm. longo, margine 

 membranacea indivisa, lamina longitudiner multi-nervosa 

 in ventriculo pilosa, extus glabro; columna (excepto ros- 

 tello) + 4 mm. longa, rostello (cum glar;'ula) erecto, 

 circa + 2 mm., anthera erecta postica, testa angustata 

 stigmate in altitudine aequali, pollinia 2 sectilia, caudi- 

 cula aliquanto longa; stigmate prominente quadrato- 

 ovato. Habitat— 'DiXd.wd. (C. T. White, No. 603). 



Leaves about 6, on definite petioles with dilated sheathing 

 scarious bases, ovate-elliptical, accuminate, with marked 

 longitudinal veins and much intermediate reticulation ; lamina 

 9-13 cm. long and 3'5-55 cm. broad in widest part, petioles 

 + 5 cm. Stem incomplete in specimen under examination. 

 Spike + 24 cm. (+ 9-J inches) long, moderately dense. 

 Flowers sessile, each subtended by a characteristic narrow 

 subulate bract about 15 mm. long exceeding in length the 

 summit of the flower; axis of spike, bracts, ovary, and outside 

 of flowers densely beset with short glandular hairs. Ovary 

 rather slender + 11 mm.; flower + 7"5 mm. 



Lateral sepals + 7*5 mm., free, broadly falcate with 

 rather blunt tips, 3 -5 -nerved ;. dorsal sepal of equal length, 

 narrowly cucullate, erect, slightly contracted at base, 3-nerved, 

 partly connate with lateral petals to form a hood. Lateral 

 petals rather shorter and more membranous than the other 

 segments, not hairy, narrower at base than in upper half, 

 spathulo-falcate, 1-nerved. Labellum sessile, inferior, not 

 adnate to column, with ventricose base projecting between 

 lateral sepals, ovate with ligulate apical projection 2'5 mm. 

 long, total length + 6'5 mm.; margins entire membranous 

 slightly crenulate; lamina hairy in the concave portion of 

 upper surface, multi-nerved. 



Column (excluding rostellum) about 4 mm. long, ros- 

 tellum and gland slightly exceeding 2 mm., vertical; anther 

 posticous, anther-case narrow reaching to about level of upper 



