NKW OH NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
infra folia conferla abbreviali. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 
acuta, membranacea, sessilia, plus minusve tria. Peduncu- 
lus vel pars caulis supra folios valde elongatus, foliolis 
decrescentibus instructus, in racemum strictiim terminans. 
Racemus mulliflorus, nonnihil secundiflorus. Bracteae in- 
(loresccntiac llores aequantes. Flores albidi. Sepala lat- 
eralia oblonga, obtusa, uninervia, plus minusve carnosa. 
Sepalum dorsale simile, valde concavum. Petala ovata vel 
anguste ovata, obtusa, uninervia. Labellum variabile, 
supra medium trilobatum; lobis lateralibus lobo medio 
minoribus. Discus callo magno infra medium ornatus. 
Calcar labelli abbrcviatum, quam limbus labelli multo 
brevius. Columna abbreviata. 
A slender herb up to 39 cm. tall (when measured to the 
tip of the slender raceme), arising from a small ellipsoidal 
tuber. Subterranean part of the stem clothed with several 
dilated sheaths through which the villous roots break forth. 
Leaves usually three, clustered near the ground, 8-12 cm. 
long, up to 2 cm. wide, oblong-lanceolate, acute, mem¬ 
branaceous when dry. Peduncle 12.5-32 cm. long, sparsely 
or closely beset with foliar bracts which are 1.5-4 cm. long. 
Pedicel with the ovary about 12 mm. long. Raceme 8-15 cm. 
long, less than 1 cm. in diameter, bearing from ten to 
tw'enty or more small white flowers. Bracts of the raceme 
about 12 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, equaling or 
slightly exceeding the flowers. Lateral sepals 3.5-4 mm. 
long, about 1 mm. wide near the middle, oblong, obtuse, 
1-nerved. Dorsal sepal similar, strongly concave. Petals 
3 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide near the middle, ovate or nar¬ 
rowly ovate, obtuse, 1-nerved. Labellum il mm. long, 
fleshy, 3-lobed above the middle, the lobes more or less 
porrect; lateral lobes smaller than the middle one, .75 mm. 
long to the sinus formed with the middle lobe, .5 mm. wide, 
triangular, obtuse; middle lobe 1 mm. long, .75 mm. wide, 
tapering gradually to a blunt tip; base of the labellum 
cuneate with a large callus on the disc. Column 1.25 mm. 
long. Spur 1.5 mm. long. 
To this species I refer the specimens from the Philippines 
that I previously identified as Habenaria lacertifera (Lindl.) 
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