Descr.—Stem none (pseudo-bulbs may form later, as in the © 
case of B. Colleyi, Bot. Reg. t. 1714). Leaves all radical, 
nearly distichous, narrowly elliptic-oblong, acute, eight to 
fourteen inches long, by one and a half to two inches broad, 
bright green, nerves faint. Flowers three inches broad ; pe- 
duncles radical, stout, cylindric, erect, with several appressed 
green obtuse sheathing bracts. Ovary straight, one inch 
long, deeply grooved. ‘Sepals and petals nearly equal, spread- 
ing, ‘broadly elliptic-ovate, acute, fleshy, undulate, rich red- 
brown, with yellow rounded spots and yellow bases; the 
petals rather the shortest and broadest, and having dark 
purple confluent streaks above the base. ip white, except 
the distal half of the blade, which is dull brownish purple, 
with darker spots; claw white, with a transverse, semilunar, 
2-lobed, white auricle, that is cut into slender incurved purple 
setiform teeth. Column hooded, white, tip green, dorsally 
keeled, margins and narrow wings jagged.— J. D. H. 
