the Royal Gardens are indebted to Dr. Wendland, of the 
Royal Gardens of Herrnhausen, Hanover, for the plant. 
Desor. Pseudo-bulbs narrowly ovoid, three to four inches 
long, smooth (till aged), compressed. Leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, nerved, plaited. Pe- 
duncle from the base of the pseudo-bulb, ascending, then 
decurved with a pendulous raceme of nine or more flowers, 
stout, pubescent; bracts half an inch long, oblong, appressed 
to the pubescent ovary, and shorter than it. Perianth 
galeate, one inch in diameter, white suffused with pink, 
sprinkled with minute purple specks. Sepals orbicular- 
ovate, obtuse, concave. Petals smaller, clawed, trulliform, 
obtuse, connivent. Lip equalling the petals, clawed; claw 
slender, articulate with the base of the column ; lateral 
lobes rounded, incurved, disk between them with a promi- 
nent horn that is concave in front; mid-lobe stipitate, 
trulliform, closely speckled with purple. Column winged, 
hooded at the top. Pollen-masses two, narrowly pyriform ; 
pedicel linear, dilated upwards, gland very small.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Front view of flowers with the sepals spread out; 2, ditto of column and 
lip; 3, side view of column and lip; 4 and 5, front and back view of pollinia ; 
8, anther :—all but fig. 1 enlarged. 
