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Volume 14, 1881
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Epiblema grandiflorum, R. Br.

Stem erect, 1–15 inches high, with one long narrow leaf and two short sheathing leaves. Flowers 3–4, pedicillate in a short raceme, dark purple, bracts shorter than the ovary. Sepals and petals alike, ½ inch long, narrow-linear, acute, finely veined. Labellum as long as the sepals. Anther erect, or slightly bent forward, the cells distinct, with a short recurved point.