NEW OR NO'l'KWOHTIIY ORCHIDS 
caulis aphylla gracilis, breviter albido-villosus, paucibrac- 
lealus. Racemus satis elongatus, sublaxiflorus. Bracteae 
inflorescentiac anguste lanceolatae, ovarium acquantes vel 
excedenles. Ovarium breviter glandulosum. Sepala lat- 
eralia ovata, subobtusa, extus per medium leviter carinata, 
plus minusve concava, trinervia. Sepalum dorsale valde 
concavum, cum petalis galeam formans, extus per medium 
leviter carinatum et minute glandulosum. Petala impariter 
et late ovata, margine anteriore protuberantia, mem- 
branacea, nervo prope marginem posteriorem leviter promi- 
nenli. Labellum basi ventricosum, prope medium valde 
constrictum, deinde in laminam transversam expansum, 
intus prope sacci basim utrinque appendice carnosa orna- 
tum. Columna abbreviata, rostello profunde exciso. 
Terrestrial herb up to 30 cm. or more tall from an 
elongated, creeping rhizome. Roots about 3 cm. long 
arising from the nodes of the rhizome, villose, about 3 mm. 
in diameter. Nodes of the rhizome 3 cm. more or less apart. 
Stems succulent, ascending, erect, about 4 mm. thick, 
leafy. Leaves asymmetrically lanceolate, contracted into 
a slender petiole which at base forms a tubular sheath. 
Lamina of the leaf 5-6.5 cm. long, 2.4 cm. wide just below 
Lhe middle, acuminate, acute, rounded at the base. Petioles 
including the sheathing base 2-2.2 cm. long, about 2 cm. 
apart on the stem. Peduncle or lealless part of the stem 
15-16 cm. long, slender, covered with soft whitish hairs, 
few-bracteate, the bracts 1-12 mm. long, closely oppressed, 
lanceolate, acute. Raceme about 5 cm. long, loosely 
flowered, the flowers opening in succession, greenish white, 
odorless. Bracts of the raceme 6 mm. long, equaling or ex¬ 
ceeding the ovary, lanceolate, acuminate, acute. Ovary 
shortly pedicellate, 9 mm. long, glandular-pubescent. Lat¬ 
eral sepals 4.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, ovate, obtuse and 
slightly thickened at the tip, 3-nerved with the median 
nerve prominent on the outer surface. Dorsal sepal 4 mm. 
long, strongly concave, forming with the petals a deep hood, 
externally glandular-pubescent. Petals lightly adherent to 
the upper sepal, 4 mm. long, 2.75 mm. wide near the middle, 
unefRially and broadly ovate, rounded on the anterior 
