but rather broader, and blunt'with a smaller point, project- 
ing forwards, nearly horizontal, bright yellow on the out- 
side, paler within. “Labellwm articulated at the base of the 
column, of three segments, the two lateral the smallest, 
erect, broad and blunt, reflected’ in the edge, pale yellow 
on the outside, brownish within, with a few dark streaks at 
the base, crenate where it joins the central lobe, which is 
subrotund, reflected at the sides, crisped, but entire at the 
edge, excepting at the apex, where it is subcrenate, on the 
outside having nearly the same colour with the outside of 
the inner perianth, but darker and somewhat orange within, 
thicker than any other part of the perianth, all of which is 
somewhat fleshy, the green outer segments ‘the least so. 
Spur very short, straight, conical, but gibbous on both 
sides towards the apex. Column projecting horizontally 
into the centre of the flower, nearly white, clavato-oblong, 
thick and fleshy, rounded above, flat below. Anther-case 
terminal, pear-shaped, emarginate, having two cysts for the 
pollen-masses, and in the middle. of each an imperfect lon- 
gitudinal septum. Pollen-Masses two, waxy, orange, peat- 
shaped, furrowed on the side ext the anther-case for the 
reception of the imperfect septum, simple, arising by @ 
common, thin, colourless, oblong pedicel longer than them- 
selves, froma scale of similarappearance, oval, and glutinous. 
Germen (one inch long) rather slender, green, twisted, fur- 
rowed, flat on one side, rounded on the other. 
In one of the flowers on our specimen, there is a remark- 
able mansions: One of the segments of the inner perl: 
anth is reflected, and assumes the appearance of the outer 
perianth, and on each. side of the perfect anther there is aD 
abortive but distinct appearance of two others, making the 
whole number five. Mr. Brown remarks, that the appeal” 
ance of one. abortive stamen on each side of the perfect one 
in many Orcuiwex, brings them within the ternary arrang® 
ment so common in monocotyledonous plants ; and  Dr- 
Hooker shows, that in Erienprum fuscatum, Bot. Mag. 
2844, the three anthers are all perfected ; but the singular 
monstrosity which I have noticed, would show that the tea- 
dency exists to carry our plant forward to the quinaly 
arrangement of DicoryLepongs. | 
We received our plant in 1828 from the garden at Kew, 
where so much has been done lately to extend the high re- 
nulanon f iat pohie collection. “It has been kept in the 
» and flowered in Apri ing ina O 
pieces of bark. Graham. DFM ERQIRE AP AP On 97 " 
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Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower, fro: : Labellum is removed. 2. 
Labellum. 3, Pollen-Mass,— Magnified. —— “ 
