pressed. Panicle much branched ; rachis and branches slen- 
der, flexuous; bracts ovate-lanceolate, nearly half an inch 
long. Ovary and pedicel together slender, nearly two inches 
long. Flowers one inch and a half in diameter, of a rich 
chocolate-brown colour, with golden crisped and crenate 
edges. Petals and sepals very similar, waved and reflexed, 
clawed; blade broadly ovate, rounded or almost hastate at 
the base. Jp smaller and narrower than the petals; basal 
portion irregularly quadrate, sessile, two-lobed at the apex; 
disc very prominent, with several tubercular calli which 
are yellow, shining, and viscid; blade spathulate, recurved, 
acute, of the same colour as the sepals and petals. Column 
short, curved like the letter s, with small lateral wings at 
the apex.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Lip and column :—magnified. 
