Oaxaca, at an elevation of 4000 ft. The plant figured was 

 received at the Royal Gardens from Messrs. F. Sander & 

 Co. of St. Albans in 1892, and flowered in a warm house 

 in April, 1894. 



Descr. — A small epiphyte. Stems tnfted, two to six 

 inches high, clothed throughout with distichous, imbricat- 

 ing, persistent, acute bracts below, and leaves above, and 

 terminating in a small oblong, 2-leaved pseudobulb, which 

 is sunk between the uppermost pair of leaves. Leaves two 

 to four inches long, ovate- oblong, acuminate, bright green, 

 with a few brown stripes, jointed on the compressed short 

 sheaths. Racemes axillary from the base of the pseudobulb, 

 slender, decurved, loosely many-flowered; peduncle long, 

 with many lanceolate, spreading, amplexicaul, rigid sheaths 

 one-third of an inch long; bracts like the sheaths, but 

 smaller ; pedicels as long as the bracts, slender. Flowers 

 two-thirds of an inch in diam. Sepals very small, dorsal 

 galeate acuminate ; lateral connate at the base, linear- 

 oblong, herbaceous, diverging, concealed under the lip. 

 Petals ovate, acuminate, green, reflexed. Lip very large, 

 flat, deeply 3-lobed, lobes subequal. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, Front, and 2, back view of flower; 3, column and base of lip; 

 4 anther cap; b and 6, pollinia -.—All enlarged. 



