Grows on the ground, not on trees; bulb coated; 
conical. Two-three /eaves on each bulb, which are nearly 
upright, stiff, lanceolate, a foot and a half high, lively 
- green, plicate; with three or several nerves. Scape twice 
shorter than the leaves, stiff, upright, sheathed at the base. 
Spike thickly 8-10-flowered. Bractes the length of the 
_ germen, ovate, taper-pointed, membranous. Flowers 
longish, pale, brownish, straight, according to authors, re- 
versed. Segments of the corolla oblong, obtuse, recurved. 
Label fleshy, channelled, green, middle lobe obtuse, purple, 
still thicker. The column and other parts as usual in the 
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