NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
ovata, obliqua. Sepalum dorsale obovato-oblongum. Petala 
cuneata, in apice rotundato subacuta. Labellum columnae 
valde adnatum; lamina trilobata; lobi laterales rotundato- 
dolabriformes; lobus intermedins ovatus, acutus. 
Plant tall, exceeding 44 cm. in height. Stem apparently 
simple, entirely concealed by leaf-sheaths, terete, shining. 
Leaf-sheaths close, usually densely verrucose with dark 
warts. Leaves distichous, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 4.3- 
9.8 cm. long, 1.1-1.7 cm. wide (the uppermost leaf fre¬ 
quently much shorter), rounded and minutely bilobed at 
the apex, sessile or subclasping at the base, subcoriaceous, 
widely spreading, many-nerved with the mid-nerve rather 
conspicuous beneath, 1-4.5 cm. apart. Inflorescences lateral 
and terminal on the upper portion of the stem; terminal in¬ 
florescence always very loosely paniculate, 4.9-12 cm. long, 
the rachis gently fractiflex, the lowest internode between 
the branches of the panicle up to 4.3 cm. long; lateral in¬ 
florescences loose, paniculate or racemose, with the rachis 
up to 6 cm. long, usually springing from the nodes opposite 
the leaves, widely spreading, commonly exceeding the 
leaves. Floral bracts minute, triangular-ovate. Pedicellate 
ovary long and slender, 1.4 cm. or more long. Perianth seg¬ 
ments horizontally spreading, rather fleshy. Flowers small. 
Lateral sepals obliquely obovate, 7-8.5 mm. long, 3.2-3.7 
mm. wide above the middle, thickened above, acute, very 
oblique at base, 7-8-nerved. Dorsal sepal similar, obovate- 
oblong, rather obtuse with a thickened apex. Petals ob¬ 
liquely cuneate, more or less acute at the broadly rounded 
tip, 6.6-8 mm. long, 2.1-3 mm. wide near the apex, with 3 
main nerves. Labellum adnate to the column nearly to its 
apex; lamina 3-lobed with subequal lobes; lateral lobes 
erect and embracing the column in natural position, ob¬ 
liquely rounded-dolabriform to ovate, 3-4 mm. long, about 
2.7 mm. wide near the broad apex, posterior and lateral mar¬ 
gins rounded, the latter sometimes slightly lobed, anterior 
margin straight; middle lobe ovate or oblong-ovate, acute, 
about 2-2.6 mm. long and wide near the base. Disc bical- 
lose below, the calli extending to the base of the middle lobe. 
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