upwards, while the lateral sepals are directed downwards, so as 
to give the perianth a somewhat two-lipped appearance. Lip a 
pure, unspotted, pale, yellow-ochre colour, united to the column 
at the base in a very slight degree, narrowly oblong, convolute, 
three-lobed ; the lateral lobes narrow, recurved, somewhat falcate, 
blunt, very much smaller than the middle lobe, which is broader 
than long, two-lobed, and excessively undulated or crisp; from 
the base of the lip towards the end run two raised lines, curving 
slightly away from each other, then approaching, and disappear- 
ing on the sides of a small cavity at the base of the middle lobe. 
Jointed airs clothe the lower part of the hollow of the lip; sim- 
ple, fragile, slightly stalked, free cells, sparkle upon the upper 
part between and about the.lobes. The column is white, about 
half as long as the dorsal sepal, truncate, half-terete, channelled 
im the middle, and densely covered with a glittering deciduous 
wool, composed of jointed hairs in all respects like those of the 
lip. Stigma a transverse cleft in the anterior upper angle of 
the column. Anther vertical, membranous, eight-celled. Pollen- 
masses eight, adhering in two parcels to a common circular 
reddish-brown gland.” ind. 
La 
Fig. 1. Flower from which the sepals and petals are removed. 2. Pollen- 
masses :-—maguified. } 
