producing the inflorescence of four blooms here figured: 
which agree exactly with those of the wild presumed 
natural hybrid collected in Mexico. 
Descriprion.—Herb, epiphytic ; pseudobulbs clustered, ovoid-elliptic, some- 
what flattened, 13-2} in. long, clothed at the base with ovate-lanceolate 
sheaths, 2-foliate at the apex. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute, conduplicate 
and narrowed at the base, 3-8 in. long, 1-1} in. wide. Peduncele erect or 
curved, 6-8 in. long, 8-4-flowered. Flowers showy, pale yellow with the sepals 
and the bases of the petals blotched with brown; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, #-1 in. long; pedicels 1}-2 in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, 13-1} in. long. Petals elliptic, acute, somewhat undulate, 1} in. 
long, somewhat recurved at the tip. Lip wide-clawed, 8-lobed, 14 in. long and 
as much across; lateral lobes small, rather concave ; mid-lobe broadly 
subeordate-orbicular, somewhat undulate ; disk with a thick 2-lobed crest. 
Column clavate, % in. long; wings nearly obsolete. 
Tap. 8873.—Fig. 1, base of lip; 2, column; 8, anther-cap; 4, pollinia :—all 
enlarged. 
