~ Kew in December, 1889, a few months before others were 
received from Mr. Moore, though the fact was not known 
until later. . 
The plant figured was flowered by Mr. 
of the present year. : 
Duscr. Pseudobulbs one and a half inches long, ovoid, 
grooved, green. Leaves two, attaining three feet in length 
by eight inches broad, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, plicate, 
with five principal nerves, narrowed at the base into a 
petiole of variable length. Scape from the base of the 
pseudobulb, ‘much shorter than the leaves, suberect, as 
stout as a swan’s quill, terete, green; sheaths three to five, 
rather distant, one to one and a half inches long, brown. 
Raceme erect, six to ten inches long laxly many-fid. ; 
rachis stout, terete, green; bracts one to one and a half 
inches, elliptic-cymbiform, acute, thinly coriaceous, persis- 
tent; pedicel and ovary one and a half inches long, stout, 
ascending or decurved, green. Flowers two inches in 
diameter. Sepals and petals subsimilar, spreading, con- 
cave, elliptic-ovate, acute, orange-brown, pale at the base. 
Tip much smaller, sessile, articulate on the very short 
broad foot of the column, broader than long, deeply three- 
lobed ; lateral lobes ear-shaped, yellow banded and spotted 
with purple ; mid-lobe styliform ; disk with a horseshoe- 
like erect appendage, consisting of two linear-oblong obtuse 
yellow arms spotted with red, between which are three 
collateral oblong calli. Column stout, pale, incurved. 
Anther hemispheric; pollinia of two very unequal oblong 
pairs ona slender linear strap that terminates below in 
an acute glandular tip, and bears no defined gland ; the 
strap projects far beyond the anther and obscure rostellum, 
and overhangs the broad stigmatic depression.—J. De A. 
Moore in March 
Fig. 1, Lip spread open ; 2, processes and calli of the disk of the lip ; 3, column ; 
4 and 5, anther; 6 and 7, pollinia:—all enlarged; 8, view of whole plant, 
about one-fourth of the natural size, 
