Euthystachys abbreviata A.Dc.

Branches with prominent leaf-scars, pubescent or puberulous; leaves in whorls of 4, erect, linear-subulate or-triquetrous, acute, glabrous, 4 1/2-6 lin. long, 1/2-2/3 lin. broad at the base; spike terminal or lateral, 6-10-flowered, subglobose, with a densely silky-pubescent axis, about 4 lin. in diam.; flowering bract linear and sheathing towards the base, triquetrous towards the apex, acute, with a median ridge on the upper surface extending from the middle to the apex, puberulous on the margins of the sheath and at the base, 6-7 lin. long; 1 lin. broad near the base; bracteoles narrowly boat-shaped, acuminate, acute, strongly keeled, puberulous on the margins, 3-3 1/2 lin. long, 1/3-1/2 lin. broad; flowers concealed by the bracts and leaves; calyx membranous, puberulous within and along the free margins; posterior lip ovate, with 3 (or 2) short deltoid-acuminate teeth, 2 1/2 lin. long, 1 1/4 lin. broad; anterior lip 2-lobed almost to the base; lobes ovate-elliptic, acuminate, acute, 1-nerved, 2 1/2 lin. long, 1/2-3/4 lin. broad; corolla narrowly campanulate, equally 5-lobed, glabrous without, marked with scattered groups of dark cells; lobes elliptic, obtuse, obscurely nerved, with thickened and revolute margins, keeled, villous on the inner face; tube 1 1/2-2 lin. long; lobes 1 lin. long, 1/2 lin. broad at the base; stamens included; ovary obscurely angled, glabrous; style 2 lin. long.