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marked with darker spots. Leaves iipriglit, from two to 

 three iiiclies long, lanceolate acute, thick and leathery, nearly 

 flat, of a deep green above, a little paler beneath, and some- 

 what rusty. Flowers one or two, very small, of a dull dingy 

 yellow, striated with reddish purple lines, and issuing from 

 a thin, keel-shaped, acute, brownish, spotted spathe at the 

 base of the leaf. Pedicels short and round, nearly sessile, 

 with a small acuminate, spotted bractea. Sepals two, the 

 upper one slightly arched, lanceolate acute ; the lower one 

 similar to the other, but rather larger and more hollowed at 

 the base- Petals ovate, acuminate, thin, and shining, striated 

 like the sepals, and about half their length. Lahellum dull 

 reddish purple, a little longer than the petals, spathulate, 

 and rounded at the point. Column very short, nearly con- 

 cealed by the upper sepal and the two petals which support 

 it on either side." 



THE END. 



NOnMAN ANl> SKEEN, PIIINTKIIS, MAIDEN J ASK, (.OVINl CAUOrN. 



