Burma. They flowered in a warm house in April and 
May, 1905, and showed various shades of colour between 
the extremes represented on the plate. 
The genus, which is now held to include Cyrtopera, 
Lindl., is widely diffused through the tropics, and is 
nearly allied to Lissochilus, but the species are generally 
less showy, and are not much cultivated. Six others, 
however, have been figured in the Botanical Magazine, 
namely :—H_ virens, Lindl. (t. 5579), H. macrostachya, 
Lindl. (t. 6246), H. sanguinea, Hook. f. (Cyrtopera san- 
guinea, Lindl., t. 6161), EH. euglossa, Reichb. f. (t. 5561), 
Hi. Geyheri, Reichb. f. & Sond. (t. 7330), and H. Woodfordii, 
Rolfe (Cyrtopodium Woodfordit, Sims, t. 1814). 
Descr.—A. terrestrial herb, with thickened tuber-bearing 
rhizomes, the tubers depressed-globose, and somewhat 
angled. Shoots bearing two or three leaves, surrounded 
by several tubular protecting sheaths, having a lanceolate, 
acute apex. eaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 
acuminate, plicate, narrowed at the base into the petiole ; 
blade from about four to over twelve inches long, half to 
two and a half inches broad, bright green; petioles four 
to nine inches long. Scape appearing from the lower | 
sheath together with the leaves, one to about two feet 
high, with several lanceolate spathaceous sheaths towards 
the base; racemes lax, many-flowered. Practs linear-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, half to one and a quarter inches long. 
Pedicels an inch to an inch and a half long. Flowers very 
variable in colour, ranging from rose-purple to pink, and 
even yellow-green. Sepals erect, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
an inch to an inch and a quarter long. Petals incurved, 
forming with the column a hood over the tip, elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse or apiculate, three-quarters to an inch long. 
Lip nearly entire, recurved, obtuse, and somewhat undu- 
late, longer than the petals; disc bearing several dwarf 
linear keels ; spur conical, acute, or somewhat obtuse, from 
a quarter to nearly three-quarters of an inch. Column 
clavate, and somewhat curved, about half an inch long; 
anther-case two-horned at the apex, base produced into a 
foot.—R. A. Rotrg. 
Fig. 1, flower with the greater part of the segments removed; 2, anther 
case; 3, pollinarium; 4, whole plant; 5, pink-flowered form; 6, green- 
flowered form :—4, much reduced ; the rest enlarged. 
