gested by Dr. Lindley, to be probably only a pale-flowered va- 
riety of the same species, of which we have represented a flower 
of the natural size at fig. 3. 
Descr. Plant growing in dense tufts. Stems, rather than 
pseudo-bulbs, elongated, one and a half to two feet tall, sheathed 
with the long bases of the leaves, which are ribbed with ele- 
vated lines. Leaves, mostly from the upper part of the stem, a 
foot and more long, an inch and a half to two inches broad, 
ligulato-lanceolate, more or less recurved, firm and somewhat 
coriaceous, striated with five parallel lines, prominent on the 
under side. Panicles ample, terminal, much branched almost 
to the base, drooping. //owers numerous, large. Petals and 
sepals moderately spreading, but incurved, oblong, obtuse, pale 
yellowish-green, internally varied with numerous irregular spots 
or blotches, mostly transversely oblong, of a deep purple colour, 
externally with very faint, indistinct, greyish blotches ; the petals 
are a good deal broader than the sepals. zp oblong, three- 
lobed, side-lobes erect, rounded, streaked within with purple; 
the disc has two, elevated, longitudinal plaits or lamellz ; middle 
lobe deep yellow, ovate, rather crisped, recurved at the apex. 
Column elongated, subsemiterete, dilated upwards, pale yellow, 
spotted or blotched with purple; the base is protruded (when 
the lip is articulated upon it), yellow, with a slightly elevated 
margin, edged with red, forming a very short obtuse lobe on 
each side. Anther-case with a short beak. Pol/en-masses four ; 
two very small, attached to a transverse gland. 
Fig. 1. Column. 2. Front view of the labellum :—magnified. 3. Flower of 
var. B.:—nat. size. 
