a little reflexed ; the upper, or inner ones, large, fewer, obovato- 
spathulate, concave ; all of them pale, somewhat glaucous green 
colour. Scapes 3-5 from the same root, 4-5 inches high, each 
bearing a handsome purple flower, with a white throat and _red- 
purple lines. Calyx 4-fid, the lower lobe bifid. Corolla of five 
nearly equal, reflexo-patent, retuse lobes, the two upper ones 
forming the upper lip, the three lower ones the lower lip. Spur 
as long as the corolla, porrected, curved, cylindrical and acumi- 
nate. Stamens two, as in the genus. Pistil hairy. 
Fig. 1. Calyx, stamens, and pistil. 2. Pistil :—magnified. 
