rif lateral veins conspicuous above 5 still more so below the mid-rib being rounded & obtuse. Younger pubescent both sides esp. towards base below. Younger wings pubescent. Whole pubescent milky. Axillary spikes Peduncle 2in Splais 2-3in hence shorter than subtending fl. Spikes erect making slight angle with peduncle. Bracts very conspicuous, leaf fl being outfl of a large 3/4 x 3/8 in broad ovate, acute diffuse bract. Bract light green definitely not em- specially rimed. Inside this attach- ed laterally at base of calyx are 2 lance- olate bracts 1/2 in long. Calyx about 5/8 in of 5 narrow thong lobes, triangular at apex, inside glabrous & shining, but edgewise outside white woolly (20%). Corolla tube hidden by bract is stoutish. 3/4 in long to sinus. Limb simply 2-lipped. Upper lip strongly curved forward 3/4 in long, 1/2 in broad at base, 1/4 in broad at tip, & having 2-veined down- narrow center forming grooves with 3 slender stems on each side. Pubescent on back, white, the back turned greenish, the inside with the side veins purple or then purple fleckings. Tip to blunt slightly emarginate. Lower lip 3/4 in x 3/4 in, strongly curved forward with 3 equal oblong lobes, the middle lobe having marked purple with purple veined. Stamens 2, staminodes 0. Anthers on broad disk, connective & pointed at base. Style filiform simple, the terminal disc. by 2 lobed stigma no larger than style. Style & stamens a little shorter than upper lip. Very spotted inside, 2- celled with 2 ovules or parallel axile placentas in each cell. One anther cell seems to stand higher.