inches long, gradually thickening into the long, slender 

 ovary. Perianth white, suffused with rose-purple, four inches 

 in diameter. Upper sepal erect, linear-oblong, obtuse, covered 

 with transversely oblong purple blotches; lateral sepals 

 broader, deflexed, subfalcate, similarly coloured, but with 

 larger blotches. Petals broadly obovate, rounded at the 

 apex, their purple blotches large and often confluent Lip 

 short; lateral lobes erect, with spreading apices; middle 

 expanded, broader than long, very broadly obcordate or two- 

 lobed, the lobes deep violet-purple, with raised radiating cor- 

 rugated papillose ridges. — J, 1). H. 



Fig. 1. Column. 2. Lip :r— both magnified. 



