NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
similibus retrorso-hispidulis obtecti, monophylli, basi radi- 
cantes. Folia vix coriacea, anguste linearia, utrinque an- 
gustata, apice minute tridenticulata. Flores ex axillis 
foliorum orientes, bracteis spathaceis rufis glandulosis sub- 
tendentibus. Sepala lateralia usque ad medium plus minusve 
cohaerentia, elliptico-oblonga, trinervia, acuta vel sub- 
obtusa, extus glandulosa. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, 
acutum, trinervium. Petala triangularia, subacuta, tri¬ 
nervia, margine obscure et sparse glandulosa, apice in- 
crassata. Labellum carnosum, subpanduratum, obtusum, 
glandulosum, per medium bicarinatum. Columna in pedem 
elongatum producta, usque ad apicem dilatata; clinandrium 
post antheram sparse et breviter laciniatum vel breviter 
excisum. Pollinia duo. 
A scandent herb with the primary stems up to 30 cm. 
long, terminated at the growing point by a grass-like leaf 
7-8 cm. long and bearing — at intervals of 10-18 cm. — 
fascicles of three or four secondary stems. Sheaths of the 
primary stem closely oppressed, about 1 mm. in diameter, 
rusty-red when dry, the younger sheaths densely retrorse- 
hispidulous, becoming minutely verruculose as they mature. 
Secondary stems monophyllous, proliferous, 2-6 cm. long, 
slender, concealed by about four cylindrical closely op¬ 
pressed sheaths of which the lower two are provided with 
retrorse bristles; uppermost sheath dilated toward the 
apex, the expanded portion clasping the base of the leaf. 
Leaf 5-7 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide, linear, gramineous when 
dry, minutely tridenticulate at the tip, narrowed and con- 
duplicate at the base. Flowers with abbreviated peduncles 
clustered near the axil of the leaf, subtended by dilated 
rufous spathaceous glandular bracts. Pedicels 2 mm. long. 
Ovary 1.5 mm. long. Lateral sepals united to about the 
middle, 4 mm. long, 1 mm. wide above the middle, elliptic- 
oblong, 3-nerved, forming a concave base. Dorsal sepal 
about 5 mm. long, up to 2 mm. wide, lanceolate, acute, 
3-nerved, each lateral nerve branched. Petals 5 mm. long, 
1 mm. wide near the base, long-triangular, thickened near 
the apex, subacute, 3-nerved, with the margin obscurely, 
sparsely and irregularly glandulose. Labellum 1.5 mm. long. 
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