Descr.—An erect epiphyte, nearly a foot high. Leaves 
distichous, spreading or recurved, coriaceous, oblong, very 
shortly and unequally bilobed, 5—6 in. long, 1-1} in. broad. 
Scapes nearly erect, 6-7 in. high ; racemes 3-5 in. long, 
ery: flowered. Bracts ovate, obtuse, concave, scarcely 
go in. long. Pedicels # in. long. Flowers 2 in. long » hight 
rose-purple. Dorsal sepal broadly elliptical, obtuse, 5 
long; lateral sepals ovate, broader than the dorsal. 
Petals broadly elliptical, obtuse, § in. long. Lip 3-lobed; 
side lobes transversely oblong, very obtuse, incurved, 
short; front lobe GTate-ODION subacute, spreading at the 
base, incurved at the apex, so ee long; spur straight or 
slightly curved, obtuse, under } in. long. Column very 
short.—R. A. Rote. 
Fig. 1, flower ; 2, column ; 3 and 4, pollinarium, seen from front and back :— 
all enlarged. 
