NKW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
satis dislantes, monophylli. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, 
acuta, apice obscure mucronulata, oblique descendentia, 
coriacea. Pedunculus ascendens, cum racemo folium super- 
ans, e basi pseudobulbi oriens, infra racemum bi- vel tri- 
bracteatus, bracteis in sicco, diaphanis, infundibuliformibus. 
Bracteae racemi flores subtendentes anguste lanceolatae, 
ovarium excedentes. Racemus laxus, plus minusve quin- 
decimllorus. Sepala lateralia basi valde concava, triangularia, 
in caudam spongiosam terminantia, mentum obtusum for- 
mantia. Sepalum dorsale anguste lanceolatum, basi con- 
cavum, in caudam spongiosam productum. Petala sepalis 
multo breviora, lanceolata, apice leviter spongiosa. La- 
bellum simplex, e pede columnae oriens, dcmum valde de- 
flexum, ligulato-lanceolatum, obtusum, supra per medium 
leviter sulcatum, subtus carinatum. Columna valde ab- 
breviata, in pcdem elongatum producta. 
Roots filiform, elongated, branching. Rhizome pendent, 
26 cm. long more or less, slender, covered with yellowish 
marcescent sheaths which (as they mature) break up into 
coarse fibres. Pseudobulbs about 1.5 mm. long, hardly at¬ 
tenuated upward, monophyllous, about 1 cm. apart, at first 
entirely concealed by the marcescent sheaths. Leaf 3.5-4 
cm. long, up to 11 mm. wide below the middle, lanceolate, 
acuminate, acute, obscurely mucronulate at the apex, 
coriaceous, contracted at base into a short, obscure, sulcate 
petiole. Peduncle with the raceme 4-5 cm. long, bearing 
from two to three infundibuliform bracts below the ra¬ 
ceme, slender, ascending. Raceme about 2.5 cm. long, 
loosely dowered. Flowers about fifteen, 6 mm. long, yel¬ 
lowish, subtended by lanceolate scarious bracts which 
exceed the shortly pedicellate ovaries. Lateral sepals 
6 mm. long, including the obtuse mentum 2.5 mm. wide at 
the base, abruptly contracted to form a spongy tail-like 
lip, concave at the wide base, porrect. Dorsal sepal 6 mm. 
long, narrowly lanceolate, terminating in a spongy tail. 
Mentum 2 mm. long. Petals hardly 2 mm. long, 1 mm. 
wide, lanceolate, apex somewhat spongy, acute. Labellum 
3.5 mm. long, simple, narrowly lanceolate, about 1 mm. 
wide, strongly curved or arcuate, grooved along the middle 
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