Plant a span in height. Zwber roundish. Leaves cau- 
line, several (5-6) lanceolate upright slightly concave. Spike 
~ manyflowered two inches long. Bractes about the height 
(a little higher) than the flower; foliaceous, lanceolate with 
a short point. Germen cylindrical, twisted when the flower 
is expanded, subsessile. lowers small, yellowish-green 
with a pale brown casque, upright. Casque upright oval 
obtuse moderately concave, with a spur three times shorter 
than the casque itself inclining downwards obtuse brown. 
Two lower outside petals closely reflected lanceolately-sub- 
ovate rather pointed flat: fwo anner upper ones thickish con- 
nivent lanceolately linear green gradually broader towards 
the base, where they embrace the column of the fructifica- 
tion, the top part linear entire withering before the lower 
portion. Label lingulately linear obtuse quite entire flat 
dependent, at first green, afterwards decaying earlier at the. 
upper part than the other. 
