NKW OH NOTliWOl^TIlY OHCIIIDS 
infra laminam arete appressae el ciliatae. Folium anguste 
elliplicum, subaculum, coriaceum. Pedunculi fasciculali, 
folio mulLo breviores, plus minusve quadrillori, paucibrac- 
teali. Flores in racemo abbreviate approximati, minute 
glandulosi. Bracteae llores subtendentes scariosae, in- 
fundibuliformes. Sepala lateralia usque ad medium co- 
haerentia, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, extus glandulosa, car- 
nosa, leviter concava. Sepalum dorsale oblongo-ovatum, 
acutum, uninervium, extus minute glandulosum. Petala 
oblonga, supra medium bene ciliata, sepalis multo breviora, 
membranacea. Labellum breviter unguiculatum, oblongum, 
basi subsagittatum, margine supra medium labelli valde 
dellexa, breviter ciliata. Discus glaber, carina gnomoni- 
formi ornatus. Columna elongata, apice bicuspidata. 
Epiphytic herb about 12 cm. tall. Secondary stems 
up to 8 cm. long, wholly concealed by closely appressed 
hispid sheaths which become dilated into ovale acute 
marginate hispid spreading laminae, monophyllous. Leaf 
narrowly elliptical, about 4.5 cm. long, 1.7 cm. wide, nar¬ 
rowed at both ends, subacute. Peduncles including the few- 
flowered raceme up to 2 cm. long, fasciculate in the axil 
of the leaf. Flowers minutely glandular, with olive green 
sepals and red petals, approximate. Bracts of the in¬ 
florescence infundibuliform, scarious. Lateral sepals 3 mm. 
long, hardly 1 mm. wide, united up to the middle, elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, densely glandular on the outer surface, 
rather fleshy above the middle, slightly concave. Dorsal 
sepal 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide near the middle, ovate- 
oblong, acute, glandular on the margin and outer surface, 
1-nerved, membranaceous. Petals about 1.25 mm. long, 
oblong, ciliate-fringed above the middle, without con¬ 
spicuous neuralion. Labellum 1.5 mm. long, less than 1 mm. 
wide, shortly unguiculate; lamina narrowly oblong, obtuse, 
with the margin of the apical half sharply dellcxed and 
minutely glandular, basal portion subsagittate. Disc smooth, 
with a gnomon-like keel extending from the base to about 
the middle, where it becomes dilated. Eolumn 1.5 mm. long, 
with a stelidium on each side at the summit in front. 
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