of C. cristata, but are firmer in texture and remain longer 
fresh. In habit, however, C. Mooreana differs a good deal 
from C. cristata, and is much more like the Malayan 
C. Sanderiana, Reichb. f. The species is likely to become 
popular in Orchid collections. 
Descriprion.—Herb; pseudobulbs clustered, ovoid-oblong, 
obtusely 4-angled and channelled, about 3 in. long, narrowed 
towards the tip, 2-leaved. Leaves long lanceolate, acute, 
7-nerved, narrowed below into a petiole ; 10-20 in. long, 
1}-2 in. wide, arcuate. Scapes erect, 12-16 in. long; 
racemes 4—8-flowered; bracts deciduous; pedicels 1—14 in. 
long. Flowers handsome, white, the disk of the lip with a 
golden yellow blotch and beset with yellow subclavate 
processes. Sepals elliptic-oblong, acute, faintly keeled, 
1g-2 in. long. Petals elliptic, acute, 18-2 in. long. Lip 
3-lobed, 14-13 in. long, base concave, pouched ; lateral 
lobes oblong, incurved and embracing the column; mid- 
lobe ovate, obtuse ; disk closely beset with slender processes 
about 2 lin. long, clavate at the tip. Column slender, 
widely winged, about 1 in. long. 
Fig. 1, lip; 2, one of the lip papillae; 8, column; 4, anther-cap; 5, pollinia: 
6, whole plant, showing habit :—1-5 enlarged, 6 much reduced, 
