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marked with darker spots. Leaves upright, from two to 
three inches long, lanceolate acute, thick and leathery, nearly 
flat, of a deep green above, a little paler beneath, and some- 
what rusty. Flowers one or two, very small, of a dull dingy 
yellow, striated with reddish purple lines, and issuing from 
a thin, keel-shaped, acute, brownish, spotted spathe at the 
base of the leaf. Pedicels short and round, nearly sessile, 
with a small acuminate, spotted bractea. Sepals two, the 
upper one slightly arched, lanceolate acute; the lower one 
similar to the other, but rather larger and more hollowed at 
the base. Petals ovate, acuminate, thin, and shining, striated 
like the sepals, and about half their length. Labellum dull 
reddish purple, a little longer than the petals, spathulate, 
and rounded at the point. Column very short, nearly con- 
cealed by the upper sepal and the two petals which support 
it on either side.” 
THE END. 
NORMAN AND SKEEN, PRINTERS, MAIDEN LANE, COVENT GARDEN, 
