That species, however, has the middle lobe of the lip much 
broader at the base and deeply fimbriated for the greater 
part of its length, having the apex alone entire. In our 
plant the lobe in question is subulate and almost quite 
entire. 
Descr. Root? Stem slender, rounded, jointed. Leaf 
terete, subulate, flattened above, and there furnished with a 
deep groove for its whole length, a span long. From the 
base of this leaf, and at the bottom of the groove arises a 
short peduncle, (enclosed in a membranous sheath or bractea ) 
about half an inch long, rounded, bearing a single flower. 
Germen terete, thickened at the base : or rather this thick- 
ened base is alone the germen, all above is the tube of the 
periauth, which is slender, pedunculiform, and less green 
than the germen. Sepals lanceolate, very much acuminate, 
soon reflexed, cream-coloured, tinged with red. Petals 
similar in shape and size to the sepals, but a little narrower 
and white. Lip white, three-lobed, the base involute, the 
lateral lobes spreading, rounded, and dentato-fim briate, the 
middle lobe very long and narrow, forming a long, straight, 
cuspidate point. Colwmn nearly as long as the lateral 
lobes of the lip, and surrounded by its base, white, rounded 
at the back, presenting in front two longitudinal, marginal. 
wings, dilated upwards, and ending in two teeth, one on _ 
each side the anther, to which they are appressed : a third 
tooth arises from the back of the column, and is appressed 
to the back of the anther. Anther-case hemispherical, 
white. Pollen-masses with four larger and four smaller 
lobes. 
entities seal 
Fig. 1. Column and Lip. 2. Column. 3. Anther-case. 4. Pollen- 
masses :—magnified. 
