in foliage, which here can scarcely be distinguished from 

 the stem either in form or colour. It is a native of trees in 

 Sylhet, where it was discovered by Dr. Wallich, who 

 introduced it to our English gardens, and of the Burmese 

 Empire, where Mr. Griffith discovered it. It grows well 

 with us when attached to a crooked branch, and suspended 

 in a moist stove. 



Descr. Epiphytal : stem rounded, terete, dark-green ; 

 leaves also terete, elongate, obtuse, dark-green, with a 

 depressed line on the upper side, the base forming a sheath 

 round the stem, which is decurrent. Pedicels lateral, with 

 one or two joints, and a small bractea at the joint, curved 

 upwards, and bearing five to six large, showy flowers, of 

 the most delicate waxy texture. Sepals nearly orbicular, 

 white, with a slight tinge of rose, the upper one erect, the 

 lateral ones placed under the base of the lip, all spreading. 

 Petals spreading, nearly of the same shape as the sepals, 

 slightly contorted at the base, deep rose-colour, with pale, 

 almost white margins. Lip spreading, or standing forward 

 at the base, ending in a conical spur ; three-lobed, beau- 

 tifully variegated with yellow and rose-colour, and spotted 

 and streaked with red : side-lobes incurved so as to meet 

 over the column: terminal lobe dilated and bifid, the 

 whole downy within. Column short. Anther-case hemi- 

 spherical, with a beak. Pollen-masses triangular. 



i f 1 ?' V Sl ol " mn and Section of the Lip. 2. Column, with Anther-case 

 laid back. 3. Pollen-masses '.—magnified. 



