plant from which our plate has been prepared was commu- — 
nicated in 1908 to Kew, and came into flower there in — 
October of that year. It thrives satisfactorily under the — 
tropical conditions suited to other species of the genus from 
south-east Asia. 
Drscriprion.— Herb, epiphytic ; pseudobulbs rather close- 
set, ovoid-oblong, obscurely 4-angled, 3-1 in. long, mono- 
phyllous. Leaves oblong, obtuse, leathery, 3-34 in. long, 
about 2 in. wide, purple beneath. Scapes slender, suberect 
with decurved apices, about 3 in. long and about 10-flowered. 
flowers umbellate, their pedicels 23 lin. long, radiating, 
recurved so as to form a somewhat campanulate inflo- 
rescence; bracts subulate-lanceolate, recurved, 2—24 lin. 
ong. Sepals, posterior elliptic-ovate, acuminate, long- 
ciliate, concave, 3 lin. long; lateral connate decurved, 
oblong, subacute, convex, with subrecurved tips, 8 lin. long, 
4 lin. wide. Petals ovate, subacute or apiculate, ciliate, 
2-23 lin. long. Jip recurved, fleshy, oblong, subacute, 
13-2 lin. long; Column broad, 14 lin. long ; stelidia obtuse 
or truncate. ae hige 
Fig. 1, flower; 2, column and lip; 3, lip; 4, column; 5, pollinia:-—all enlarged, 
