scariose elongated scales. Raceme lax, of four or five large, hand- 
some flowers. Lowers spreading. Petals and sepals large, spread- 
ing, obovate or obovato-lanceolate, nearly equal, almost white, with 
a tinge of bluish within, delicate lilac-purple outside. Zip large, 
deflexed, broadly obovate, obtuse, with a mucro, having at its 
base an oblong callus, ending in three elevated lines; the colour 
is nearly white, with deep rose-coloured large blotches towards 
the apex. Column bent down as it were upon the lip, spathulate, 
petaloid, white, dotted with purple, and stained with yellow at 
the apex. 
Fig. 1. Front view of the column. 2. Lip :—magnified. 
