into view, has, at first sight, so very much the appearance, 
not only in regard to form, but to size and colour, of the 
wild éulip of our country, (Turipa sylvestris,) that we were 
for a moment deceived by it. These flowers are scentless. 
The plant is of easy growth, and is undoubtedly a most 
valuable addition to our ornamental stove plants. It does 
not appear to have been hitherto known to European Botan- 
ists either in a living or dried state: but in Mexico its 
beauty seems to have attracted the attention of the natives, 
and it has, according to HernanpeEz, received a vernacular 
name, which it would be difficult for us to pronounce. 
Descr. Pseudo-bulbs small, clustered, scarcely so big as 
a pigeon’s egg, clothed with a pale scariose membrane, 
bearing two leaves at the summit, five to six inches long, 
between strap-shaped and lanceolate, acute, somewhat cori- 
aceous, very glaucous. Peduncle short, bracteated, from 
between the two leaves, single-flowered. Germen long, 
pedunculiform, thickened upwards, curved downwards, 
Flower large, handsome, except the lip of a uniform full 
yellow tint. Petals and sepals erect, or very slightly ex- 
panded, thick and fleshy, oblong-elliptical, the former 
somewhat broader, especially upwards. Lip a little longer 
than the rest of the flower, large, three-lobed, the side- 
lobes involute, and indistinctly waved; the intermediate 
one spreading, ovate, acute, waved, orange-coloured, the 
rest of the lip yellow: a broad slightly-elevated line runs 
through the centre of the lip, of the same deep color as the 
middle lobe. Column not half the length of the lip, con- 
cave in front, somewhat winged upwards, at the apex three- 
toothed. Anther sunk in a cavity above the stigma, four- 
celled. Pollen-masses four, stipitate. 
Fig. 1. Lip. 2, Column. 3. Pollen-masses :—more or less magnified. 
