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Folium valde coriaceum, anguste oblongo-ellipticum, apice 
inaequaliter bilobatum, basi in petiolum gracilem contrac- 
tum, pedunculo cum racemo multo brevius. Pedunculus 
singulus, valde elongatus, gracilis, e bractea spathacea 
oriens. Flores in racemo laxo dispositi. Bracteae racemi 
inaequaliter infundibuliformes, in sicco scariosae. Pedicelli 
graciles, bracleas subtendentes multo superantes. Sepala 
lateralia late ovata, subacuta, trinervia, carnosa, intus con- 
spicue glanduloso-pubescentia. Sepalum dorsale simile. 
PeLala cuneato-flabellata, valde carnosa, trinervia. Labellum 
rhombicum, obtusum, valde incrassatum, infra medium 
glanduloso-pubescens, callo transverse in medio disci. 
Columna dilatata, apice trilobata. 
Roots very coarsely fibrous, spreading, copious, whitish 
and smooth. Rhizome abbreviated. Secondary stems 
caespitose, erect, 4-6 cm. long, entirely concealed by ample 
tubular loosely appressed sheaths. Sheaths two, the upper 
one 3-4 cm. long, brownish when dry, reaching to the base 
of the petiole of the leaf, prominently nerved. Leaf with the 
petiole 6-9 cm. long, up to 2 cm. wide, narrowly oblong- 
elliptic, obtusely bilobulate at the tip, very coriaceous, much 
shorter than the inflorescence. Peduncle with the raceme 
16-20 cm. long, emerging from a brownish spathaceous bract 
in the axil of the leaf. Raceme 8-12 cm. long, with a slender 
flexuose rachis. Flowers dull purple, about 5 mm. apart. 
Bracts of the raceme about 1.75 mm. long, unequally in- 
fundibuliform, shorter than the slender pedicels of the 
flowers. Lateral sepals about 2 mm. long, 2 mm. wdde, 
broadly ovate, acute or subacute, densely glandular-pubescent 
on the inner surface, 3-nerved, very fleshy. Idorsal sepal 
2 mm. long, similar to the laterals, densely glandular- 
pubescent within. Petals 1 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide across 
the tip, very fleshy, cuneate-flabelliform, 3-nerved. La¬ 
bellum 1 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, rhombic in outline, con¬ 
spicuously thickened through the middle with the margins 
more or less hyaline. Disc glandular-pubescent on the basal 
half behind the transverse callus which extends forward 
almost to the apex of the labellum. Column fleshy, dilated 
upward, 3-lobed at the summit. 
