Lobbii, Lindl., in Bot. Reg. and in Bot. Mag. t. 4532, and Bol- 

 bophi/lhim leopardinum, Lindl., Dendrobium, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 

 v. 1. p. 39. t. 23, allied to our species. To the latter our plant 

 seems most nearly allied, differing much in the shape of the 

 leaves and the less globose unspotted flowers. The present spe- 

 cies was sent by the Rev. C. S. P. Parish from Moulmein, to 

 Mr. Low, of the Clapton Nursery, and also to Kew. The spe- 

 cific name we have adopted was communicated in a letter to 

 Mr. Low, by Professor Reichenbach, fil. 



Descr. A creeping caudex is clothed with numerous ovate 

 pseudobulbs, which, while young, have a large and monophyllous 

 submembranaceous but fibrous sheath investing them, and which 

 in age becomes a beautiful network of fibre. Leaves three to 

 four inches long, two to two and a half broad, elliptical, thick, 

 coriaceous, long-petioled, solitary from the apex of the bulb. 

 Scapes short, from the base of the bulb, bearing two pedicellate 

 flowers, having two large ovate bracts at the base. Flowers yel- 

 low, tinged with green, beautifully streaked with lines of red. 

 Sepals and petals subequal, ovate, moderately spreading, con- 

 cave. Lip shorter than the sepals and petals, mottled and 

 blotched with deep red, very concave at the base, articulate on 

 the bidentate apex of the long decurrent column, subovate, three- 

 lobed ; side lobes short, middle lobe much recurved, channelled, 

 having a dark elevated thickened ridge on the disk ; column two- 

 dentate at the summit. Pollen-masses four. 



Fig. 1. Flower, with the sepals and petals removed. 2. The column, with 

 its produced base. 3. Pollen-masses. 4. Front view of the lip. 5. Side view 

 of the lip : — all magnified. 



