the species were formerly referred to Vanda, under which 
the two former were figured. 
Descr.—A stout, erect plant, about eighteen inches high, 
- producing stout roots below. Leaves distichous, recurved, 
linear-oblong, somewhat bilobed at the apex, coriaceous, 
nine to eleven inches long by an inch broad, bright green, 
Inflorescence over a foot long, six-flowered in the upper 
half. Bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse, nearly half an inch long. 
Pedicels about an inch long, suffused with light pink, 
Flowers large and handsome, ground colour bright red- | 
brown, with numerous irregular, mostly transverse, yellow 
bands. Dorsal sepal subspathulate-oblong, subobtuse, 
over two and a quarter inches long by nearly half an 
inch broad at the apex; lateral pair similar, but rather 
Shorter, strongly falcate and approximate at the apex. 
Petals spathulate-oblong, sub-obtuse, faleate, an inch and 
a half long by half an inch broad at the apex. Lip 
mobile, strongly three-lobed, about three-quarters of an ~ 
inch long; side lobes triangular, acute, incurved, nearly 
meeting at the apex, over half an inch long; front lobe 
fleshy, compressed and keeled, with an oblong auricle 
over a line long on either side of the base, bifurcate at the 
apex, the lower tooth short and fleshy, the upper subu- 
late, acute, suberect, quarter of an inch long; crest 
consisting of an erect, oblong, dorsally-compressed callus, 
Situated at the base of the front lobe, and terminating 
in a short, acute tooth at either angle. Column very 
stout.—R. A. Rorrr. 
Fig. 1, lip; 2, the same, with one side lobe removed ; 3, column; 4, anther- 
cap; 5 and 6, pollinarium, seen from the back and front; 7, whole plant 
(from a photograph) :—fig. 7, much reduced, the rest enlarged. 
