sepals ; pedicel shorter than the leaves, with short bracts on 

 the middle ; ovary three-winged. Sepals and petals cinnabar- 

 red ; upper sepal oblong, obtuse, somewhat recurved ; lateral 

 joined nearly to their apices, also slightly recurved, their free 

 parts short, subacute. Petals projected forward, like the 

 upper sepal, rather conniving. Lip much shorter than the 

 sepals, broadly obovate-cuneate, retuse, yellow, with a two- 

 lobed shield of a bright orange colour at the base. Wings 

 of the column dilated, irregularly cut and toothed. — J. I). H. 



Fig. 1. Leaf. 2. Flower with petals and sepals removed. 3. Lip and 

 column. 4. Lip. 5. Column. 6. Anther. 7 and 8. Polliilia -.—all mag- 

 nified. 



