petals and sepals altogether cinnamon-colour and to which he 

 gives the name of " ochracea /'• the other (as in the case of the 

 specimen represented) with the lower bars of a fine amethyst tint 

 which he calls " delicata." Our drawing was taken from a spe- 

 cimen exhibited by Mr. Day. 



Descr. Leaves polished and leathery, from four to six inches 

 or more in length, ^distinguishable from those of Phalaenopsis 

 equestris (P. rosea). Flower-stem very short (for the genus) and 

 few-flowered. Sepals and petals oblong-acute (the petals being 

 slightly smaller than the petals), white at the margin, but marked 

 with transverse bars, which are generally of an amethyst colour 

 near the base and cinnamon in the upper parts. Lip three- 

 lobed, the lateral portions being erect, ligulate, and deeply 

 double-toothed, while the middle lobe is oblong, and near its 

 apex (which is slightly bent inwards) angular and entire or in 

 certain varieties somewhat serrulate ; on the disk between the 

 lateral partitions are a series of small scales, with two forceps-like 

 appendages in front. The middle lobe of the lip is intense 

 violet, but there are yellow blotches on the side lobes. Column 

 white or violet, with an angular projection near the base on 

 either side. — /. B. 



Fig. 1. Side-view of lip and column. 2. Front-view of ditto. 3. Pollen- 

 masses :— all somewhat magnified. 



