the petals being banded with dark purple, not speckled with 

 crimson. 



Desck. Pseudobulbs elongate-ovoid, compressed, smooth 

 and even, two to three inches long. Leaves from the apex 

 and base of the pseudobulbs, lanceolate, acuminate, six to 

 nine inches long, an inch and a half to two inches broad. 

 Scape radical, clothed with imbricating, rather ] turgid, acute 

 sheaths, an inch to an inch and a half long, two- to three- 

 flowered. Flowers subglobose, when fully expanded two 

 inches in diameter. Sepals broadly oblong, almost rounded, 

 obtuse, pale cream-colour. Petals obovate-oblong, shortly 

 unguiculate, obtuse, white, thickly studded with short, trans- 

 verse, black-purple bands. Lip smaller than the petals, 

 shortly unguiculate, velvety and covered with fleshy ridges, 

 three-lobed ; lateral lobes small, banded longitudinally with 

 dark purple spots ; middle lobe semicircular, streaked and 

 splashed with dark purple. Column villous in front. — J. L). 11. 



Fig. 1. Lip. 2. Column. 3. Polliuia and caudicle : — all magnified. 



