short, campanulate tube, and five spreading lobes, exter- 
nally green, spotted with purple, internally velvety, of a 
rich, deep, vinous-purple colour; lobes ovate, apiculate, 
margins revolute, Outer corona cupular, acutely five- 
angled, truncate, purple; inner of five erect and conniving, 
shortly clavate lobes, which are adnate at the base to the 
base of the outer corona.—.J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, portion of a mamilla and leaf; 2, back, and 3, front view of flower}- 
4, corona; 5, pollinia :—All enlarged. 
