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tubulosis acute acuminatis pallidis superne accrescentibus oranino 

 incluso. Bractea ovarium includens et superans, triangula, acutis- 

 sima, membranacea, semipellucida, c. 0.35 cm. longa. Flores 

 carnosuli, extus nitiduli, c. 0.8 cm. lati, 0,9 cm. longi, sepalis 

 petalisque pallide flavo-viridibus, apice excepto minute et incon- 

 spicue purpureo-punctatis. Sepalum dorsale ovarium continuum, 

 medio leviter obtusangule recurvulum, ovatum, obtusum, apicu- 

 latum, approximato-trinervium, c. 0.43 cm. longum, 0.27 cm. 

 latum. Sepala lateralia cum pede gynostemii mentum conspicuum 

 conicum obtusum cum ovario angulum acutum faciens leviter 

 incurvulum c. 0.37 cm. longum formantia, margine antico omnino 

 libera, apice recurvula, oblique triangula, acuta, subulato-apicu- 

 lata, trinervia, dimidiis proximis tantum purpureo-punctata, 

 dorso sparse cinnamomee furfuracea, c. 0.475 cm. longa, margine 

 antico bene 0.7 cm. metientia, basi 0.53 cm. lata. Petala diver- 

 gentia, subelliptico oblonga, breviter subulato-acuminata, irregu- 

 lariter marginata, Inervia, convexa, membranacea, albida, parce 

 purpureo-punctata, c. 0.33 cm. longa, 0.15 cm. lata. Labellum 

 patens, simplex, concavulum, in ^j^ partibus supra basin vix 

 obtusangule recurvulum et intus sensim leviter transverse in- 

 crassatum, subtus convexum cum sulco longitudinali inconspi- 

 cuo, explanatum ambitu subspathulato-oblongum, apice carnoso- 

 conicum, obtusum, parte superiore (epichylio) marginibus incurvis 

 incrassatis et costis 2 margini parallelis apice A formiter confluen- 

 tibus verruGOSO-undulatis minute papillosis opacis ornatum, basi 

 truncatum, 2/^ partibus inferioribus margine papillosum, carnosum, 

 nitidura, flavescenti-album, margine pallide purpureo-suffusum, 

 intus purpureo-punctatum, incrassationibus epichylii rubris, c. 

 0.625 cm. longum, superne 0.26 cm. latum. Gynostemium brevis- 

 simum, latum, dorso convexum, virescens, absque anthera c. 0.1 

 cm. longum, filamento subulato, purpureo, auriculis brevibus, latis, 

 subtruncatis, vix purpurascentibus. Anthera cucullata, oblique coni- 

 ca, antice plana, apice producta et late truncâta, rubra, c. 0.075 cm. 

 lata. Pollinia 4, parva, lateraliter compressa, oblique suborbicularia, 

 exteriora extus convexa, interiora multo minora et tenuiora, se- 

 mipellucide flava, bene 0.03 cm. diam. Stigma transversum, 

 semilunatum. Pes gynostemii cum ovario angulum acutum faciens, 

 incurvulus," linearioblongus, apicem versus leviter angustatus, 

 obtusus, pallide viridis, apice atropurpureus, c. 0.37 cm. longus. 



