. deeply bifid, lobes obtuse, sinus acute. Raceme axillary, 
five to six inches long, drooping, shortly peduncled; peduncle 
and rachis green, the latter viscid. Flowers very numerous, 
half an inch in diameter, ascending from the pendulous 
rachis, pale pink with darker tips to the perianth-segments, 
and purple mid-lobe of the lip; bracts minute; pedicels 
and ovary together one inch long, slender, slightly curved, 
pink. Perianth-segments short, incurved, all with rounded 
tips. Upper sepal obovate-oblong, lateral much broader, 
more ovate. Petals obovate-oblong, rather larger than the 
dorsal sepal. Lip adnate to the produced base of the 
column, funnel-shaped, thus passing into the stout obtuse 
incurved spur; lateral lobes large, erect, rounded, quite 
entire; median one very small, tongue-shaped, incurved 
and almost concealed between the lateral lobes.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Side view of column and lip; 2, front view of column; 3 and 4, pollinia 
with stalk and gland :—all enlarged. 
