rivers of Bengal and Pegu, where it is found on the trunks 
of trees in swampy low situations ; and whence it was intro- 
duced by Dr. Watticn to the gardens of the Horticultural 
Society. In the Stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden its 
blossoming season is the month of May. We have received 
fine specimens, also blossoming at the same season, from 
the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. 
Descr. Stems, several from the same root, six to eight 
inches long, pendulous on its native trees, compressed, 
jointed, leafy throughout the whole length. Leaves, ovato- 
lanceolate, compressed, fleshy, very acute, distichous, 
sheathing at the base. Flowers arising from the sheaths, 
solitary, having two bracteas at the base, at first greenish, 
then pale, almost lemon-yellow. Sepals three, combined 
from above the middle downwards with the back of the 
column, and running down into an obtuse spur ; the middle 
sepal much the smallest ; two lateral petals, very small, ovate, 
close pressed against the calyx. Lip erect, articulated to 
the base of the column, cuneate, three-lobed ; middle lobe 
the largest, its apex reflexed and crisped at the margin. 
Fig. 1. Back view of a Flower. 2. Front view of ditto :-—magnified. 
