-rascens and L. atropurpurea, and is distinguished from the 
former by its spike, and from the latter by its acutely 
angled, almost winged stem. 
Descr. Terrestrial. Pseudo-bulbs conical, sheathed by 
about three scales, (the bases of abortive leaves) dark pur- 
ple. Leaves two to three, with striated petioles, which are 
sheathing at the base, subrotundo-ovate, cucullate, acute, 
oblique at the base, plicate, about eleven-nerved, lurid- 
green above, paler below. Stalk terminal, acutely angled. 
Spike many-flowered, cylindrical, longer than the leaves. 
Rachis green, with many waved acute angles or wings. 
Bracteas ovato-deltoid, acute. Germen purple, longer than 
the bracteas. Sepals dark purple, oblong, oblique, revolute 
in the edges, spreading at right angles to the germen to 
which they are equal, at first nearly equidistant, afterwards, 
when beginning to decay, the two lower ones project 
downwards parallel and in contact below the lip, the third 
upwards behind the column. Petals equal to the sepals, 
slender, filiform, spreading laterally and afterwards reflexed. 
Lap subrotund, bituberculate on the upper side near the 
base, reflexed, dark purple in the middle, yellow and cre- 
nulate at the edges. Column erect, slightly curved forwards, 
about half as long as the sepals, purple below, colourless 
above where there is a conical tooth projecting along each 
side of’the stigma. Anther-case hinged at the apex, with 
two rounded cells, containing the sessile, yellow, hard 
pollen-masses. Graham. 
Seen eres ee sepals atipediitoncnsc bib. elisa biuii 
Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower. 2. Lip. 3. Column :—magnified. 
