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acutissima crassiuscula rigidula viridia nee glauca, margini- 

 bus carindque Icsvibus : hasibus dilatatis incrassatis in bul- 

 bum emersum connatis, scapo aliquoties brevioru. Scapus 

 vaffinatus teres viridis solidus, fasciculis vasorum sparsis. 

 Vaginse distantes stricta foliacece, in foliola lanceolata, 

 appressa, acuta longitudine viw ipsius vagina productce. 

 Spica racemosa simplicissima erecta laxa sesquipedalis. 

 Bractead/oliacece lanceolatce, patulce scepiHsve divaricatce, im- 

 merse nervosce, marginibus Icevibus, infimce in scapiim paulb 

 decurrentes ovarium cum pedicello suo superantes, reliquce 

 sessiles, siiperiores ovario breviores. Flores speciosi, e 

 torsione pjedicelli baseosque ovarii vere resupinati, labello 

 antico. Perianthii foliola 3 exteriora utrinque viridia caly- 

 cina, distincta arete rejlexa ovata acutiuscida immerse ner- 

 vosa, postico piano, lateralia paulb latiora lavissime con- 

 cava ; interiorum lateralia petaloidea, flava, immaculata, 

 divaricatissima, oblongo-ovata, obtusiuscula, limbo parilm 

 rejlexo, disco hinc convexiusculo ; nervosa nervis lateralibus 

 aUernatim. simplicibus bifidisque, ipsa basi alba. Labellum 

 lateralibus interiorum vix brevius, basi subtus calcarato- 

 saccatum cornu brevissimo compresso albo : lamina sessilis, 

 circu7nscriptione ovato-oblonga, jlava basi albicante venis 

 purpureis, apice subretuso, basi alte cordata lobis posticis 

 rotundatis dimidio inferiore liberis superiore cum basi 

 columns coharentibus suturis manifestis, lateribus subpa- 

 ' allelo-rejlexis plicatis plicis paulo tantum elevatis obtusis 

 sulcis intersticialibus angustis : disco convexo axi gibbo- 

 smsculo. Columna proportionata semiteres e basi alba 

 pallide virens, aptera apice edentulo postice rotundato. 

 Anthera terminalis mobilis decidua, in expanso flore apicem 

 antice declivem columncB operiens, didyma, dorso incrassato 

 dilute viridi apice retuso, bilocularis loculis approximatis 

 septula partiali incompleto contrario in latere exteriore 

 instruciis. Massse poUinis in singula loculo singulcB, in 

 gemma Jlorali juniori minutissime granulosa, in expanso 

 tore cereacecB ovata, post impragnationem in apice obliquo 

 columna [clinandrio) inversa, postice {respectu anthera 

 antice) instructa lobulo minore operiente majoris cavitatem 

 illitam materia viscidd elasticd flavescenti processus cujus 



