striated, and between the striz is alternately, in blotches, green 
and white (or whitish-green) ; the substance subcoriaceous. Scape 
from a small upright sheathing central leaf, eight to ten inches 
long, terete, purple, naked, pubescenti-hirsute. Flower large, 
solitary, termimal. .At the base of the long, club-shaped, fur- 
rowed, downy ovary is a rather large green upright dract. Sepals 
spreading, two upper ones very large, subrotund, much acumi- 
nated, white, richly striped with purple; /ower sepal (two com- 
bined) small, oblong, lanceolate, directed downwards. Sepals 
large, spreading, oblong, acute, brownish-purple, streaked, at the 
base spotted with deeper purple. Zadellum large, unguiculate, 
helmet-shaped, greenish-purple, obscurely veined. Sterile stamen 
very large, reniform. | 
