NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
filiformis, usque ad racemum nudus. Racemus gracilis, dis- 
tichiflorus. Bracteae racemi glumaceae, ovarium pedicel- 
latum superantes, late ovatae, abrupte acutae, nervosae. 
Sepala lateralia anguste triangulari-lanceolata, valde acuta, 
trinervia, petalis longiora. Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala 
oblongo-lanceolata, acuta. Labellum trilobatum, saccatum; 
lobis lateralibus semicrescentiformibus, obtusis, erectis, 
membranaceis; lobo medio anguste reniformi, antice brev- 
iter apiculato. Discus prope basim lobi lateralis ulriusque 
callo papilliformi instructus et in depressions disci callo 
minuto ornatus. Columna generis. 
Epiphytic herb. Roots spreading, fibrous, much 
branched, smooth. Pseudobulbs 1.5-2 cm. long; caespitose, 
when dry about 2 mm. in diameter near the base and 1 mm. 
in diameter at the summit, semifusiform, longitudinally 
wrinkled, unifoliate. Leaf 7.5-11 cm. long, 6-9 mm. wide 
near the middle; narrowly lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 
with an apiculate tip, contracted below into a slender petiole 
which is 1-1.5 cm. long. Peduncle terminal, naked up 
to the raceme, including the raceme up to 15 cm. long. 
Raceme about 7.5 cm. long, about 5 mm. in diameter, com¬ 
posed of numerous distichously arranged whitish flowers. 
Bracts of the raceme 2.5 mm. long, broadly ovate from a 
wide base, abruptly acute, nervose, glumaccous, exceeding 
the fedicellate ovary. Lateral sepals 3.5 mm. long, about 
1 mm. wide at the base, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, 
acuminate, acute, 3-ncrved. Dorsal sepal 3.5 mm. long, 
similar to the laterals. Petals 3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, 
oblong-lanceolate from a broad base, acuminate, acute, 
membranaceous, mid-nerve .evident. Labellum about 1 mm. 
long, ascending, saccate, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, curved 
slightly forward, semicrescentiform, .5 mm. long, obtuse, 
exceeding the middle lobe, membranaceous; middle lobe 
narrowly reniform, apiculate, about 1 mm. wide when spread 
out, somewhat fleshier than the lateral lobes. Disc with 
a f apilliform callus at the base of each lateral lobe near the 
sinus formed with the middle lobe, and with a small papilla 
in the center. Column about 1 mm. long, cbrachiate. 
[Fig. d.] 
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