acuminate bracts, forming a joint at their junction with 

 the stem. Flowers before expansion liaving some resem- 

 blance to the beak of a bird, pale green with a brownish 

 tinge at the spur. Perianth of a gi^eenish yellow, 

 becoming of an orange colour when expanded. Sepals 

 narrow and pointed, the three exterior ones being each 

 about the same size and length, with their edges turned 

 back. The two interior ones are rather shorter than the 

 others, somewhat curved, and crossing so as almost to 

 conceal the column. Lahellum about half the length of the 

 sepals, thick and fleshy, connected to the lengthened base of 

 the column, which forms the spur ; cucullate and crisp at 

 the margin, which is rather paler than the sepals, otherwise 

 it is of a brownish red colour, together with the column. 



" It is obviously allied to M.picta and punctata, from both 

 which the character assigned to it, abundantly distinguish 

 it. 



'^ Like most of the terrestrial Orchideous plants from 

 Tropical countries, it requires the constant heat of the stove, 

 and to be kept rather moist. It seems to flourish in the soil 

 we find in the hollow decayed trunks of trees, mixed wdth 

 some finely chopped moss ; and promises to increase freely 

 by off*-sets/' 



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