NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
disticha, oblique ascendentia, angustc oblonga, plus minusve 
decern, supra profunde concava vel late sulcata, subtus 
rotunda, apice obtusa, valde carnosa,. vaginis complanatis 
elongatis arete appressis articulata, in sicco valde condupli- 
cata ut videtur. Flores subumbellati, in speciminibus 
nostris duo, longipedicellati, albidi, pedicellis cum ovario 
folium subtendens superantibus. Bracteae florcs sub- 
tendentes valde abbreviatae, in sicco albidae, membranaccae, 
concavae, ovatae. Pedicellus valde gracilis, elongatus. Se- 
pala lateralia oblanceolata, acuta, apice levitcr incras- 
sata et bene triquetra, trinervia, nervo medio in sicco sub¬ 
tus prominenti. Sepalum dorsale anguste oblanccolatum, 
acutum, trinervium, apice incrassatum. Petala lineari- 
spathulata, acuta, uninervia nervo subtus prominenti. La- 
bellum reniforme vel subacqualiter trilobatum, basi corda- 
tum; lobis lateralibus suborbicularibus; lobo medio ro- 
tundato-triangulari, apice breviter apiculato. Discus prope 
basim labelli bicallosus, callis papilliformibus obtusis. Col- 
umna gracilis, usque ad apicem labcllo adnata, apice in- 
aequaliter fimbriata. Anthera minute ct dense glandulosa. 
Roots fibrous, smooth. Stems up to 16 cm. long, ap¬ 
proximate, erect, slender, terete at base, somewhat com- 
planate above, wholly concealed by the leaf sheaths, about 
10-leaved in flowering specimens. Leaves distichous, about 
2.5 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, narrowly oblong, obtuse, some¬ 
times obscurely bilobed at the tip, rounded beneath, deeply 
concave above, obliquely ascending, rigid, jointed to com- 
planate sheaths which arc about 1.5 cm. long, and nigro- 
annulate at the base. Inflorescence terminal, subumbellate, 
few-flowered (2-flowered m the type). Floral bracts minute, 
about 3 mm. long, scarious, concave, acute. Pedicel with the 
ovary about 2 cm. long, very slender, ascending, hardly 
1 mm. in diarreter, smooth. Lateral sepals 1 cm. long, 3 mm. 
wide above the middle, oblanceolate, acute, fleshy, trique- 
trously thickened at the apex, mid-nerve somewhat promi¬ 
nent beneath in dried specimens. Dorsal sepal 1 cm. long, 
similar to the laterals, triquetrously thickened at the apex. 
Petals 9 mm. long, 1 mm. wide above the middle, linear- 
spatulate, acute, 1-nerved. Labellum adnate to the column. 
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