more, as long as tbe petiole, stout, sub-fiexuons, rather 

 thickened upwards ; internodes sheathed ; lower sheaths 

 short, tubular, upper, more campanulate, acute. Flowers 

 inclined, three to four inches long. Pevianih thickly 

 coriaceous ; tube two-thirds of an inch long, saccate, base 

 rounded, yellow green, suffused with purple. Dorsal 

 sepal sub-erect, narrowed from a broadly ovate base into 

 a stout pale yellow tail two inches long ; lateral sub- 

 similar, but with larger limb, dark red purple within, and 

 a shorter recurved yellowish tail. Petals spathulate, 

 midrib dorsally very stout. Lip oblong, obtuse, densely 

 clothed with very dark purple, elongate papillaa. — /. D. H. 



Fip. 1, flower with the sepals removed; 2, column; 3, pollinia :— a^^ 

 enlarged. 



