petals (which are smaller than the sepals) unguiculate, ob- 
ovate, obtuse, white on the outside, and of a yellowish-green 
on the inside, where they are marked with numerous reddish- 
brown dots. Jip about the same length as the sepals, with 
two small, triangular, rather blunt side-lobes or auricles at 
its base, from in front of which it is ovate, convex, traversed 
by three lamella, and terminated by a kidney-shaped, broad, 
bifid apex, which is of a beautiful violet colour, while the 
auricles and conical spur at the base are white—J. B. 
Oe es Ce aoe a a Pe By? ee a 
Fig. 1. Lip and column, seen sideways. 2. Ditto, seen in front:— 
magnified, 
