hairy, purple, scarcely raised above the leaves, usually two-flow- 

 ered. Bracts large and pointed, one at the base of each flower, 

 covered with minute hairs. Flowers fully two inches across, of 

 a uniform pale-yellow, sprinkled over with minute crimson dots. 

 Dorsal sepal nearly round, about the same size as the lower 

 sepal, the latter being of a more ovate form. Petals oblong, 

 obtuse, fringed — as are also the sepals — with minute hairs. Lip 

 small for the genus, not quite so long as the petals, forming a 

 narrow conical pouch, which occupies nearly three-fourths of its 

 entire length. — /. B. 



Fig. 1. Upper end of sterile stamen. 2. Side-view of ditto. 3. Side-view 

 of lip : — magnified. 



