lanceolate, somewhat coriaceous, distichous, and more or 
less reflexed, acute, exhibiting no nerves, sheathing the 
stem with the base. Peduncle from the apex of the stem, 
deflexed, rounded, bearing flowers almost from the base. 
These are moderately large, greenish-white when young, 
cream-coloured when fully expanded, and then soon be- 
coming tinged with reddish-brown, as shown in Lopp1cEs’ 
figure. Petals and Sepals nearly equal and uniform, ob- 
long, acute, spreading horizontally, the margins deflexed, 
so that the upper side is convex or semiterete. Column 
short, clavate. Free portion of the lip cut into three nearly 
equal lobes, the sides or margins deflexed, so as to be con- 
vex above, with two tubercles at the base, very concave 
beneath: the side lobes roundish, entire, the intermediate 
lobe bifid, the lacinie rather spreading, obtuse. 
Fig. 1. Upper side of the Column and Lip. 2. Under view of ditto:— _ | 
magnified. ge, 
