dulous, rather distantly jointed, attenuated downwards ; articu- 

 lations cylindrical, long, upper rather tumid, green, striated, the 

 older purplish. Leaves alternate, one to two inches long, a 

 quarter to one-third of an inch broad, spreading, recurved, linear 

 or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, pale-green. Flowers on the naked 

 stems, solitary or in pairs, one and a half inch in diameter, pure 

 white, speckled with purple at the base of the lip and on its 

 claw. Bract small, tumid, clasping the base of the ovary, which 

 is slender, three-quarters to an inch long. Sepals nearly equal, 

 dorsal oblong, acute, lateral, ovate, lanceolate, acuminate. Pe- 

 tals oblong, acute, rather broader than the sepals. Lip white, 

 speckled with purple, and pubescent in the middle line above 

 the limb ; limb ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, subrecurved. Column 

 very short. 



Fig. 1. Ovary, base of lip, and column. 2. Front; and 3. Side view of lip: 

 -all magnified. 



