Annamese importations have proved surprisingly rich in 
novelties, and there are other geographical problems on 
which they may throw light when the results are better 
known, 
Descr.—A dwarf tufted herb, about a foot high. Leaves 
erect or arching, linear-oblong, bidentate at the apex, 
coriaceous, 8-16 in. long, nearly an inch broad, dull green, 
spotted with brown at the conduplicate base. Scape 
stout, erect, villous, 6-10 in. high, green, spotted with 
brown, one-flowered. Bracts elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, 
conduplicate, over 14 in. long. Flowers large. Ovary 
shaggy. Upper sepal erect, obovate-orbicular, obtuse, 
slightly ciliate, nearly 2 in. long, with the margin some- 
what incurved at the apex and recurved at the base, 
cream-coloured, veined and suffused with dark purple on 
the disc, which is slightly margined with green; lower 
elliptic-oblong, acute, about as long as the lip. Petals 
spreading, obovate-oblong, obtuse, ciliolate, slightly un- 
dulate, about 2} in. long, light yellow, veined and re- 
ticulated with brown. Lip slipper-shaped, about 1} in. 
long, yellow, suffused with brown in front, mouth some- — 
what dilated, side lobes nearly $ in. long. Column some- — 
what villous; staminode orbicular-elliptic, } in. long, — 
somewhat concave, tridentate at the apex, bilobed at the 
base, and with an erect fleshy tooth in the centre.— 
R. A. Rotre. : 
Fig. 1, column, showing stamens, staminode, and stigma; 2, the whole 
plant :—I, enlarged, 2, much reduced. 
