Mrs. Horsratt. In the general structure of the flower it 
resembles my Encycria * patens (Bot. Mag. t. 3013.), that 
is, it has, like that, the lip distinct from, not united with, the 
column, and the two lateral lobes of the lip enfolding the 
column. The two species are, however, totally distinct, 
the flowers here being thrice the size of the other, and the 
lip of a totally different form and colour. 
Descr. Bulbs clustered, ovate, about the size of a 
pigeon’s egg, the older ones wrinkled ; the younger ones 
bearing two leaves at the extremity about six to eight 
inches long, linear-oblong, rather obtuse, recurved, some- 
what coriaceous. Scape arising from between the two 
leaves, a span or more high, bearing a raceme of three to 
four large, handsome inodorous flowers. Sepals and side- 
petals uniform, spreading, obovato-lanceolate, or nearly 
spathulate, singularly incurved at the extremity, as well 
represented in Mrs. Horsraux’s drawing, of a greenish- 
brown, paler on the outside, and pale green at the base. 
Lip very large, of three lobes: the two side lobes, at the 
very base, ovate, acute (the apices reflexed) completely en- 
veloping the column, and even crossing each other on the 
upper side of the column, the middle one is very large, 
broadly ovate, or rather obcordate, having a deep notch at 
the base, the sides bent back : this lip is pure white (chang- 
ing to cream-colour in age), having a red purple spot at 
the base, where there is a flattened fleshy disk, and another 
near the middle. Column quite distinct from the lip, tri- 
angular, compressed, wingless. Anthers deep yellow, large: 
cells small, each containing two pollen-masses of a bright 
orange colour. 
* More correctly an EPIDENDRUM, as suggested by Professor LINDLEY, 
and the E. odoratissimum of that author. 
Fig. 1. Lip. 2. Column. 3. Anther inverted. 4. Two of the Pollen- 
masses :—magnified. 
