was discovered by the indefatigable collector, Warscewicz, © 
half a century ago. 
The specimen figured was obtained from the celebrated 
establishment of M. Linden at Brussels, ‘* L’ Horticulture 
Internationale” in 1893. It flowered in the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, in July, 1894, and perfected its leaves in 
March, 1895. 
Descr.—Pseudobulbs two to two and a half inches long, 
flagon-shaped. Leaves ten inches long by four broad, 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 7-nerved, margins 
undulate ; petiole two to three inches long. Raceme three 
to five-flowered ; peduncle, bracts, ovary and back of the 
sepals covered with minute black dots ; bracts on the green 
peduncle and at the base of the ovary one to two inches 
long, boat-shaped, obtuse, dirty yellow; ovary two inches 
long, grey. lowers six inches long from the tips of the 
reflexed sepals to that of the lip. Sepals three inches long, 
lateral nearly orbicular, obtuselycuspidate, pale grey dorsally, 
ventrally dull yellowish, and covered with scattered annular 
pale rose-colrd. spots one-eighth of an inch in diameter, with 
dark red irregular crenulate borders; dorsal sepal rather 
narrower, arched over the column, margins recurved. 
Petals nearly as long as the sepals, obovate-oblong, obtusely 
cuspidate, spotted like the sepals. Lip as long as the 
sepals, pendulous, fleshy, curved with a double flexure, 
pale neutral-tint with dark purple spots; hypochile sub- 
quadrate, saccate at the base, and with three smooth 
ridges in front; sac fimbriate within; epichile as long as 
the hypochile, tripartite; lateral segments curved like 
horns ; terminal broadly orbicular-ovate, suddenly narrowed 
into an obtuse cusp. Column as long as the lip, spotted 
with purple, narrowly winged from the middle upwards, — 
top bicuspidate. Anthers shortly obtusely beaked. Pol- 
linia narrowly pyriform, about as long as the strap; gland 
ovate-oblong.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Top of column; 2 
, anther; 3 and 4, pollinia :— BIER, 
5, reduced fig. of whole plant. ; - pollinia :—All enlarged ; 
