stems, from which the leaves have fallen, bear the flowers, two 
from each joint, spreading, moderately large. Sepals spreading, 
lanceolate, moderately acuminate, and white, tipped with purple 
rose-colour : petals the same, but broader, a little larger and 
more obtuse. Lp larger than either sepals or petals, oblong- 
ovate, tapering to its jointed base, also white; the recurved 
obtuse apex tinged with rose; the sides (two obscure lobes) in- 
volute ; the margins waved, ciliated ; the upper or inner surface 
pubescent, with a double elevated line down the centre, and 
bearing on the white disc a large dark purple or blood-red spot, 
passing into oblique striae at the edges. Column very short, 
but the base much extended into the sywr. Anther-case hemi- 
spherical, white. 
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Fig. 1. Ovary, column, and lip :— magnified. 
