upon the subject by the constant discovery of new species, 
and we shall therefore ere long be in a far better position to 
deal with the question in all its bearings. 
P. cornu-cervi flowers freely in the summer months, and is 
readily grown among other Indian Orchids. Not more than 
four or five flowers on the same scape are ever open at the 
same time. 
Descr. An epiphyte with the habit of Phalenopsis. Leaves 
nearly a span long, distichous, leathery, cuneate, oblong, 
about equal to the peduncles, which are nearly erect, clavate, 
and forming a broad rachis, on which from six to a dozen or 
more flowers open in succession. Sepals expanded, fleshy, 
narrow, acute, the lateral ones partially falcate. Petals simi- 
lar to the sepals but rather smaller, of a yellowish-green 
barred with reddish-brown. Jip whitish, unguiculate, hol- 
lowed on the disk, continuous with the column, fleshy, 
folded inwards, tripartite, the lateral divisions being inclined 
from the apex and the centre one crescent-shaped and apicu- 
late. By the hollow of the disk is a somewhat cup-shaped 
membranaceous appendage, usually furnished with five ariste 
(awns) and two teeth, one in front the other in the rear. 
Column erect, elongated, half-rounded, with two tubercles at 
its base ; the clinandrium lying low and flat, with an extended 
decurved beak.—J. B. 
Fig. 1. Lip and column (magnified) seen in front, 2.. Ditto, ditto, seen 
sideways. 
