two inches long, of a dark purplish-green, crowned with soli- 

 tary, narrow, and rather long acuminate dark green leaves. 

 Peduncle one-flowered, at first enclosed in a pale violet bract, 

 which afterwards shrivels up and leaves the peduncle naked. 

 Sepals and petals open, linear-lanceolate, smooth and even at 

 edges, white faintly tinted with rose. Lip fringed in its 

 upper portion, emarginate, of the same colour as the petals, 

 except where it is traversed by six parallel veins (that are 

 also fringed), and between each of which rich crimson streaks 

 are interposed. Column clavate, distinctly adnate to the 

 base of the lip, of which it is not much more than half the 

 length. — /. B. 



Fig. 1. Lip spread out. 2. Side view of column and ovary. 3. Front 

 view of ditto. 4, 5. Pollen masses : — all more or less magnified. 



