Sepals lanceolate, acuminate ; lateral ones deflexed, twice as large 
as the superior one, and approximate. Peta/s small, from a broad 
base, suddenly subulate. zp oblong-ligulate, shorter than the 
lateral sepals, almost blood-coloured, having a short gibbous spur 
at the base beneath; lateral lobes short, acute ; intermediate one 
obtuse, with a sharp longitudinal lamina, or keel, on the upper 
side ; downy at the margins. Co/wmn short, semicylindrical, the 
margin on each side terminating in a subulate lobe, extending 
much beyond the anther. 
Fig. 1. Front view of a flower. 2. Side view of ditto, with bractea. 3. 
Flower, with sepals removed. 4. Front view of the lip :—magnified. 
