

oblongis petalisque conformibus acutis, labelli semicylindracei sepalis 

 oequalis laciniis lateralibus acuminatis obtusis intermedia cuneata. apice 



carnosa 



villosa Mexico. The flowers are yellowish-orange colour, scarcely 



spotted even inside the lip, which has two rows of hairs along its inner 

 face. 



In the annexed plate, Fig. 1. represents the lip spread 

 open ; 2. is the column, which is hairy, although the engraver 

 has neglected to shew the hairs. 



, As may be expected, the habits of this very fine species 

 are the same as those of M. aromatica y and it requires the 

 same treatment. It does very well in the cool orchidaceous 

 stove, where plants from Mexico and Guatemala are now 

 generally grown, and wants a season of dryness after it has 

 made its pseudo-bulbs, but plenty of water during its growth. 

 The flowering time is winter and spring. 



The finest specimen I have yet seen flowered with Sir C. 

 Lemon at Carclew, where one of the flower-stalks bore two 

 blossoms, a very unusual circumstance among the species with 

 this habit. 







