Esmeralda represent those of other species of the genus, 

 but this is a morphological question requiring a comparative 

 study of the development of the lip of Phalmnopsis and 

 allied genera for its satisfactory determination. They 

 may represent the two small lateral lobes of the lip of 

 P. Parishii, in which case the so-called cirrhi of the 

 lip of P. Esmeralda are mere dilations of the mid-lobe. 

 Describing the lip of P. Esmeralda in the Flora of British 

 India, from dried specimens, I have said that the disk 

 presents a two-awned callus in front of the auricles (cirrhi) ; 

 in the living plant I find the callus but not the awns. With 

 regard to the auricles they vary much in shape, straight 

 and almost subulate in the specimen here drawn, to falcate 

 and subpathulate in others. 



P. Esmeralda was introduced from Cochin China in 1874 

 by M. G-odefroy. It has also been found in Cambodia and 

 in the Island of Langkawi between Sumatra and the 

 Malayan Peninsula. It is also a reputed native of Burma. 

 The specimen here figured was received from M. A. 

 Kegnier, of Avenue de Marigny, of Fontenay sous Bois, 

 Seine, the importer of P. Buissoniana and P. Regnieriana ; 

 it flowered in the Royal Gardens in November, 1890. 

 /. P. E. 



Fig. 1, Flower with the sepals and petals removed ; 2, column and its foot ; 

 3, anther ; 4 and 5, pollinia -.—all enlarged. 



