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ulus), subglabra, sub lente fortiore ad costam snbtus minu- 

 tissime paree puberula, oblonga breviter abrupte acuminata 

 basi nunc subinaequali-rotundata, in vivo supra laete viridia, 

 subtus pallidiora, circ. J M. longa (inferiora minora), 10 cM. 

 lata, acumine 1.5 — 2.5 cm. longo. Ligula petiolo fere dimidio 

 brevior ovata, rotundata subcoriacea glabra 15 — 20 mm. longa, 

 explicata 10 mm. lata, dorso ad petioli basia verrucoso-incras- 

 sata (gemmam simulans). Inflorescentiae brevi-pedunculatae e 

 rhizomate lateraliter oriundae per anthesin cylindraceo-fusi- 

 formes, fructiferae bulbiformes (unde nomen). 



Pedunculus (subterraneus) 30 mm. longus, 8 — 10 mm. crassus, 

 squamis vaginantibus pallide carneis apice rotundatis 5— 10 mm. 

 longis dense minute sericeis dense imbricatus. Spica florens 

 cum flore 110 mm. longa, medio 25 mm. lata. Bracteae ste- 

 riles involucrantes ovatae exteriores circ. 40 mm. longae, 35 mm. 

 latae, increscentes, acutiusculae medio appresse pallide tomen- 

 tellae, margine roseo minute sericeo 3 mm. lato cinctae, sub 

 apicem leviter complicatum mucronatae (mucro i — 1 mm. lon- 

 gus). Bracteae steriles interiores 85 mm. longae membranaceae 

 glabrae ovato-lanceolatae, apice distincte mucronato tantum 

 exsertae et tubum flores vaginantem sistens. Flores receptaculo 

 plano sessiles secundi, singuli eodem tempore aperti 100 mm. 

 longi; pars exserta pulchre rosea 20 mm. longa. 



Bracteae interiores fertiles (bracteolae) lanceolatae tenuiter 

 membranaceae flores vaginantes versus centrum capituli inde 

 a 80 m. ad 25 mm. decrescentes ultimi tenerrimi. Alabastra 

 calyce apice acuminato 10 — 15 mm. longo calyptriformi hyalino 

 inclusa. Calyx cum ovario puberulus spathaceus apice demum 

 bifido minute vel vix tridentulus, in flore aperto 65 mm. longo. 

 Tubus corollinus calycem vix superans (70 mm.) complanatus 

 albus. Petala 25 — 30 mm. longa, pulchre rosea, aequilonga, 

 erecta quasi labium superius tripartitum erectum sistentia, 

 apice rotundata, dorsale oblongum 7 mm. latum, lateralia 

 antice basi connata lineari-oblonga 5 mm. lata. Labellum petalis 

 longius, e basi erecta incurvo-patens, intus paree pilosum, basi 

 airtheram petalis multo breviorem, includens, marginibus erectis 



