Glasnevin, in August, 1909. Mr. Moore, to whom we are 
indebted for the material, informs us that this plant, con- 
sisting then of two fair-sized pseudobulbs, was presented by 
Dr. R. Schlechter to the Irish national collection in 
September, 1906, and was stated to have come direct from 
New Caledonia. In 1907 it made but weak growth, in 
1908 a slightly stronger growth, and in 1909 a vigorous 
fresh growth, about two-thirds the size of the imported 
pseudobulb, was perfected and produced the inflorescence _ 
shown in our figure. The hard, firm nature of the pseudo- 
bulbs and the thick coriaceous leaves indicate that it is a 
light-loving species. At Glasnevin, Mr. Moore bas grown 
it in a pan suspended near the glass in the intermediate 
orchid-house where it gets abundant light and a fair supply 
of air. In this position, potted in a mixture of Osmunda 
fibre and fibrous peat, with some broken crocks and a little 
fresh sphagnum worked through, the plant thrives well. 
DescriptTion.—JLerb ; epiphytic ; rootstock stout, giving 
out muricate roots. Pseudobulbs ovoid-oblong, 13-24 in. 
long, about 1 in. thick, clothed with membranous striate 
imbricate sheaths which ultimately are reduced to hispid 
shreds or disappear, leaving the pseudobulb marked by 
5-7 annular scars. Leaves 1-2, terminal, elliptic-oblong, 
leathery, recurved and somewhat pointed at the tip,  « 
narrowed downwards into a short petiole, 3-9 in. long, | 
1}-23 in. wide. Scapes almost terminal, curved, 8-16 in. 
long, clothed below with a few short sheaths; racemes 
many-flowered ; bracts triangular, acute, 1 lin. long; 
pedicels 3 in. long. Sepals spreading, oblong, apiculate, 
about 2 in. long, greenish and with brown blotches. Petals 
spreading, oblong, rather blunt, as long as the sepals, 
greenish with smaller brown spots. Lip jointed, slightly 
mobile, 3-lobed, nearly as long as the petals; lateral lobes 
erect, quadrate, truncate, somewhat concave, 1} lin. long, 
greenish with a purple streaked margin; isthmus cuneate- 
oblong, } in. long, reddish-purple ; central Jobe ovate-orbi- 
cular, concave, 4-5 lin, long, margin crenulate-undulate, 
yellow ; the disk 2-auricled near the base. Column broad, 
2 lin, long, with hardly any mentum. 
Fig. 1, lip; 2 and 3, column; 4, anther cap; 5, pollinia :—al/ enlarged. 
