The most curious point of structure in this species is the 
unusual length of its spur, which measures nine inches from 
its base to its two-lobed apex. The only parallels to this 
among all the Orchideous plants I am acquainted with are 
those of Habenaria longicauda figured in the Botanical Maga- 
zine, t. 2957, and of Angrecum sesquipedale of Du Petit 
Thouars’s Mascaren Orchidez, t. 66 and 67. For what wise 
purpose these extraordinary appendages may have been 
destined by nature, we may well be unable to imagine. It 
would seem that they must be added to the vast list of objects 
which, to our confined apprehension, appear merely intended 
to exhibit the endless diversity of power of the Creator. 
