forests of Cotejo, Colombia. There are several species 
of the. genus Gongora only known from the descriptions 
written by the late Professor Reichenbach. The plant 
now described cannot be identified with any of these, 
and it is therefore regarded as a new species for which 
the name G. latisepala is employed with reference to its 
relatively broad sepals. It bears a certain resemblance 
to (7. yratulabunda, Reichb. f., figured at t. 7224 of this 
work, but in addition to having sepals of a different — 
shape that species may readily be distinguished by the 
absence of the pair of short horns at the base of the 
hypochile of the lip, a character of some value in this 
genus. In the possession of these horns our species 
comes nearer to G. odoratissima, Lem., which, however, 
has longer and narrower unspotted sepals. At Kew 
G. latisepala thrives well in the tropical house under the 
conditions suitable for its congeners and for the species of 
Stanhopea. 
Description.—Herb, epiphytic. Pseudobulbs clustered, ovoid, somewhat 
compressed, slightly suleate, 13-2 in. long, 3-1 in. wide, clothed with ovate 
acute sheaths, 2-foliate. Leaves shortly petioled, elliptic or lanceolate- 
elliptic, acuminate, somewhat recurved, plicate, about 10 in. long, 2 in. wide. 
Scapes curved or somewhat pendulous, clothed below with short sheaths, 
6-73 in. long ; racemes many-flowered ; bracts ovate-oblong, acute, 1}-2 in. long ; 
pedicels slender, curved, -1} in. long. Flowers showy, abundantly dotted with 
brown spots. Sepals: posterior adnate to the base of the column, elliptic- 
lanceolate, acute, 2-3 in. long, with recurved edges; lateral adnate at the base 
to the foot of the column, strongly reflexed, ovate, acuminate, 1-1} in. long, 
with recurved edges. Petals adnate along with the posterior sepal to the base 
of the column, obliquely falcate-linear, acuminate, about 3 in. long. Lip — 
continuous with the foot of the column, spreading, narrow, laterally compressed, 
fleshy, about } in. long, shortly clawed at the base, jointed in the middle; 
hypochile obovate-oblong, with a short incurved horn below the middle on 
each side, and with bristle-like teeth about 4 in. long at the apex on each 
side ; epichile laterally compressed, narrow-triangular, acuminate, about } in. 
long, angled at the base. Colwmn curved, slender, about 3 in. long, angled at 
the apex ; pollinia 2, narrowly ovoid-oblong; stipe oblong; gland scale-like. 
Tas. 8766.—Fig. 1, lip and column ; 2, anther-cap; 8 and 4, pollinarium, 
seen from in front and from behind :—all enlarged. 
