NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
tusum, scapo subaequale, nervo medio subtus prominenti. 
Scapus prope basim pseudobulbi oriens, erectus, plus 
minusve decemflorus, folium aequans vel nonnihil longior. 
Racemus elongatus, bracteis triangulari-lanceolatis, pa- 
tentibus, acutis. Flores subalbi, inter se satis distantes. 
Pedicellus cum ovario racemi bracteas subaequans. Sepala 
lateralia mentum obtusum formantia, triangulari-ovata, 
apice leviter incrassata, acuta, trincrvia. Sepalum dorsale 
oblongum, trinervium, apice leviter iiicrassatum, acutum. 
Petala spathulata, acuta, incrassata, binervia, supra medium 
minute papillosa. Labellum simplex, ecallosum, lingui- 
forme, valde obtusum, conspicue trinervium, glabrum. 
Columna valida, antice breviter triangulari-bidentata, postice 
in lobum rotundatum terminans. 
Epiphytic herb. Roots numerous, fibrous, smooth. 
Pseudobulbs subobsolete, approximate, shortly cylindrical, 
hardly 2 mm. tall, about 2.5 mm. in diameter, yellowish 
when dry, monophyllous. Leaf with the petiole 10-16 cm. 
long, 14-21 mm. wide, very coriaceous, narrowly elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, with the lamina 7.5-11 cm. long, brownish 
when dry. Petiole 3-5 cm. long, slender. Scape arising 
from the base of a pseudobulb, equaling or slightly exceeding 
the leaf, including the raceme about 12 cm. long, sheathed 
below by several approximate, tubular, loosely oppressed 
bracts. Raceme 4-6 cm. long, about 10-llowered, slender. 
Bracts of the raceme triangular-lanceolate, 2-5 mm. apart, 
acute, scarious when dry, 3.5 mm. long, spreading. Pedicel 
with the ovary 3.75 mm. long. Flowers whitish tinged with 
yellow, rather fleshy. Lateral sepals 6 mm. long, 3 mm. 
wide near the middle, triangular-ovate, acute, thickened at 
the tip, 3-nervcd, forming a distinct mentum. Mentum 
about 3 mm. long. Dorsal sepal 6 mm. long, 2.5 mm wide 
near the middle, oblong, very slightly narrowed toward the 
base, acute, with the apex somewhat thickened, 3-nerved. 
Petals 3.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide above the middle, 
spatulate, subacute, much thickened, densely but incon¬ 
spicuously papillose from the tip to about the middle, other¬ 
wise smooth, mid-nerve conspicuous, with a supplementary 
nerve between it and the posterior margin of the petal. La- 
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