-in having the colours less bright, and the interior of the 
lip spotted to the very base. 
Descr. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, somewhat curved, com- 
pressed, scarcely striated, clothed with membranous sheaths, 
which are covered with small brown spots. Leaves oblong, 
acute, somewhat coriaceous, smooth, solitary at the apex 
of the younger bulbs. Peduneles, from the base of the 
bulbs, solitary, single-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 
Flowers drooping, large, handsome. Sepals spreading, 
horizontal, narrow-lanceolate, spirally twisted, yellow- 
green, blotched with dingy purple ; two and a half to three 
inches long. Lip equalling the sepals in length, yellowish- 
white, within spotted with rose-colour, and blotched with 
yellow, the lower half convolute about the column, the rest 
spreading, three-lobed ; lobes broad, obtuse, the middle 
lobe the largest, and itself two-lobed. Column nearly cy- 
lindrical, green, broader upwards, and bearing a beautiful 
white, fimbriated crest at the back of the anther. Pollen- 
masses two, pyriform, on a long caudicle, which has an 
ovate gland at its base. : 
Fig. 1. Column. 2. Pollen-masses :—magnified. 
