or scapes are single-flowered. Its nearest affinity is with 7! for- 
“ilis ; from which the last-mentioned author observes it differs 
“ principally in its larger and rich carmine flowers, slightly twisted 
sepals and petals, and the equal size of the fringed lobes of the 
anther-hood.” , 
Descr. Pseudobulbs clustered, oblong, compressed, smooth, 
dark green. Leaves solitary, from the apex of the pseudobulb, 
broad-lanceolate, coriaceous, suddenly acuminate ; near the base 
often somewhat spreading, so as to be subauriculate. Peduncle 
from the base of the pseudobulb, about three-flowered. FYowers 
large, handsome, in our specimen white externally, reddish-purple 
within. Pefals and sepals spreading, linear-lanceolate ; sepals 
of the same shape, but slightly twisted, all margined with white 
above. Lip trumpet-shaped, the mouth oblong, large, spreading ; 
the four lobes broad, rounded, waved. Column included within 
the convolute claw of the lip, white, terete. Hood of the anther 
three-lobed ; /odes nearly equal in size, fringed. 
Fig. 1. Column. 2. Pollen-masses :—magnified. 
