Sepals broad, rotundato-ovate, very concave, the lateral ones 

 the largest, united at their lower margin, and produced or 

 gibbous at the base. Petals applied to the sides of the lip, 

 broad-ovate, much smaller than the sepals. Lip with a broad, 

 thick claw, very fleshy, gibbous at the back, deeply three- 

 Iobed : central lobe ovate, obtuse ; lateral lobes large, sub- 

 rotund, much incurved, each having a projecting lobule 

 at its base within. The color of the lip is a brighter yellow 

 than the rest of the flower, and the spots are deep purple. 

 A large, purple, oblong gland is situated near the base of 

 the intermediate lobe, on the disk. Column short, with a 

 projecting, rounded wing on each side. Anther-case rostrate. 

 Pollen-masses linear-oblong, broader upwards, attached to a 

 conspicuous stipes, and that to a large, somewhat lunate 

 gland. 



■ Fig 'r 1 lu S i d 1 TJ ew of the Vellum and Column. 2. Front or inner 

 view ot the Labellum. 3. Front view of the Column. 4. Pollen-masses: 

 — magnified. 



