to the distinct view of the beholder.” Little of this beauty, it 
must be acknowledged, is visible in our present variety. 
Descr. Stems clustered, inclined, a span to a foot and more 
long, terete or subcompressed, jointed, furrowed, the younger 
ones chiefly, leafy at the top. Leaves distichous, few, narrow- 
oblong, coriaceous, obtuse, and obliquely emarginate at the 
point ; their sheaths thin, transparent, clothing the articulations. 
Peduncles spreading, short, single-flowered in our variety. 
Flowers nodding in bud, two to three inches in diameter when 
fully expanded, white, tipped with rose-colour. Sepals ‘oblong, 
spreading. Petals broader, nearly ovate. ip downy, rather 
long, broadly obovate, obscurely three-lobed, the sides at the 
base rolled in, streaked with purple, the middle lip large, broad, 
oboyate, pale sulphur-yellow, quite wanting the dark blood-red 
spot within the tube, so conspicuous in Dr. Lindley’s plant. 
Column and anther as in the genus. 
Fig. 1. Labellum. 2. Column and stamen. 3. Pollen-masses :—muagnified. 
