great perfection, and in the brilliancy and magnitude of its 
blossoms far surpasses the figure of it in Wallich’s Plante 
Asiatice rariores ; in other respects the representation there 
given is singularly characteristic. The pseudo-bulb has much 
the form and hue of a truffle, and loses its leaf before 
the appearance of the flowers; which come up, one on either 
side. They are almost as large as those of Cattleya labiata, 
and are of a uniformly rich transparent rose-colour, except in 
the interior of the lip which is decorated with a broad streak 
of yellow on its disk, and traversed by five parallel ridges of 
white tubercles. There are also a few deep crimson stains 
scattered on its surface. The plant appears to be of the 
easiest cultivation, and its flowers very durable.” 
The examination of fresh specimens of this and other 
species of Coelogyne has satisfied me that the genus belongs to 
Epidendree rather than to Malaxidee, and that it should be 
stationed near Phaius ; for the pollen-masses do not lie loose 
and free in the inside of the anther, on the contrary they 
adhere to two thin plates of pulverulent matter, bent back 
upon themselves, as is represented at fig. 3. of the accom- 
panying plate; where fig. 1. is a view of the interior of the 
labellum, and fig. 2. of the column with the projecting hollow 
stigma, and the anther lifted up, and turned back. In the 
Indian figure published by Dr. Wallich the lower lip of the 
stigma is represented 3-toothed, and this supposed peculiarity 
forms part of the specific character originally framed for the 
species ; I now find, however, that no such structure exists. 
