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in June 1835, by Captain Sutton 

 others from the same pi 



presented 



wi th 



to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart, in . 

 whose collection it flowered in July 1836. 



" Pseudo-hulbsy when young, round and slender, one inch 

 and a half long, gradually swelling at the base as they get 

 old, and diminishing from it upwards ; sometimes sur- 

 mounted by three narrow, thinnish, rigid leaves, but more 

 frequently, to judge from the original specimens, by only 

 one flat, oblong-lanceolate leaf, from three to five inches in 

 length, and a quarter of an inch in breadth, nearly upright, 

 or but slightly curved towards the point. Scape abeut half 

 the length of the leaves, slender, somewhat angular, and 

 curved, three-flowered, with a small acuminate bractea to 

 each. Pedicels three-angled, seldom exceeding one-fourth 

 of an inch in length. Sepals spreading, concave, roundish 

 oblong, of a dingy brown outside, becoming paler towards 

 the point, which is acute and of a deep green colour ; . they 

 are each about one-fourth of an inch long, and one- eighth 

 broad, except the two inner divisions which are rather smaller 

 than the others ; the inside is of a pale brownish green. 

 Lahellum three-lobed, nearly white, or a very pale yellow ; 

 the middle lobe the smallest ; the other two rise nearly up- 

 right, so as to embrace the column, which is triangular, and 

 about the length of the sepals, green at the base, becoming 

 of a pale yellow as it thickens outwardly, and having a small 

 projecting acute point. 



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"In cultivating this species, and others of a like nature 

 which grow on the trunks of trees in their native country. 



I have found nothing equal to 



tying 



them, by means of a 



piece of small copper wire, to the branches of an old apple 

 or pear tree^ sufficiently large to protect them from the 

 scorching heat of the sun, covering them with moss, and 

 keeping them in a close, moist stove." 



Fig. 1 . is a magnified 



of the front of the column 



with the lahellum, &;c. cut away ; it shews the three teeth 

 of the column, and the curious fringed anther-bed within 

 them ; fig. 2. is a view of the upper part of the lahellum ; 

 fig. 3. is a transverse section of the ovary, shewing the posi 



of the three flattened 

 presents the poll 



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sides 



fig. 4 



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