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intus sparse et longe pilosum. PeLala oblonga, usque ad 
apicem acutum attenuata, carnosa, glabra, alropurpurea. 
Labellum trilobatum; lobi laterales falcati, porrecli, aculi, 
basi roLundati, dense glandulosi, vinacei; lobus medius 
spathulalus, obLusus, infra medium LricarinaLus, carinis 
lateralibus valde prominenlibus, margine minute fimbriata. 
Discus prope basim labelli bicallosus. Columna petalis 
brevier, apice inaequaliter fimbriata. 
Roots and secondary stems wanting. Leaf 8.2 cm. long, 
9 mm. wide near the middle, narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse, 
coriaceous, mid-nerve prominent. Peduncle with the ra¬ 
ceme 14 cm. long, slender, arising from the axil of the leaf, 
provided with several closely oppressed tubular sheaths. 
Raceme 4-6 cm. long, exceeding the leaf, seven to fourteen 
or more flowered, secund, with the rachis slender and 
slightly flexuose. Bracts of the raceme 5 mm. apart between 
the points of insertion, about 5 mm. long, obliquely in- 
fundibuliform, drawn out into an acute tip. Pedicel and 
ovary 6 mm. long, smooth, green. Lateral sepals 9 mm. 
long, 1.75 mm. wide near the middle, narrowdy lanceolate, 
coherent for about one half their length, acute, conspicuously 
and sharply carinate along the middle on the outer surface, 
the keels continued at the apex into a rostrate point, upper 
surface on and near the outer margin sparsely pilose, inner 
margin more or less minutely glandulosc. Dorsal sepal 
about 9 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, distinctly carinate 
along the middle of the outer surface, acute, strongly con¬ 
cave, with the margin sparsely pilose. Petals 5 mm. long, 
1.5 mm. wide, oblong, acuminate, acute, smooth, vinaceous, 
with the middle nerve conspicuous. Labellum 5 mm. long, 
3-lobed, vinaceous; lateral lobes 2 mm. long, narrowly 
falcate from a broad, rounded base, acute, minutely glandu- 
lose; middle lobe 3 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide above the 
middle, spatulate, very shortly fimbriate on the margin, 
3-carinate to about the middle, with the lateral keels 
shorter and more prominent than the middle one. Disc 
conspicuously bicallose near the base of the labellum. 
Column 3 mm. long, vinaceous, shortly ragged-fringed at 
the summit. 
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