« Annales,” which professes to bring the subject down to 
1855; and who but Dr. Reichenbach knows how many have 
been published since—and where ? 
Dzscr. Rhizome creeping, stout, as thick as a goosequill, 
staooth, woody, annulate. Pseudobulbs globose-ovoid, deeply 
channelled, with rounded ridges. JZeaf shortly petioled, 
three to four inches long, by one quarter to two inches broad, 
thickly coriaceous, almost fleshy, oblong, tip obtuse, recurved ; 
midrib stout and convex below, deep green above, purplish 
beneath, nerveless. Jowers about three in a very shortly 
peduncled raceme or umbel from the base of the pseudobulb, 
one inch in diameter. Ovary curved, pedicel short, stout. 
Sepals spreading, ovate, obtuse, ciliate, with long spreading 
hairs, yellow-green, with six rows of dark purple spots. Petals 
about one quarter the size of the sepals, spreading, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, ciliate, purple with green edges. Li very 
small, shortly clawed, pale purple edged with green, lateral 
lobes small oblong crenulate ; midlobe broadly oblong obtuse 
crenate, with three longitudinal crests in the disk, of which 
the lateral are raised towards the base into flat erect crenate 
plates ; there are also three rows of spinous processes on each 
side of the lip—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower; 2, sepal; 3, column and lip; 4, lip :—all magnified. 
