in June 1835, by Captain Sutton, who presented it with 

 others from the same place to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart, in 

 whose collection it flowered in July 1836. 



" Pseudo-bulbs, when young, round and slender, one inch 

 and a half long, gradually swelling at the base as they get 

 old, and diminishing from it upwards ; sometimes sur- 

 mounted by three narrow, thinnish, rigid leaves, but more 

 frequently, to judge from the original specimens, by only 

 one flat, oblong-lanceolate leaf, from three to five inches in 

 length, and a quarter of an inch in breadth, nearly upright, 

 or but slightly curved towards the point. Scape about half 

 the length of the leaves, slender, somewhat angular, and 

 curved, three-flowered, with a small acuminate bractea to 

 each. Pedicels three-angled, seldom exceeding one-fourth 

 of an inch in length. Sepals spreading, concave, roundish 

 oblong, of a dingy brown outside, becoming paler towards 

 the point, which is acute and of a deep green colour ; they 

 are each about one-fourth of an inch long, and one eighth 

 broad, except the two inner divisions which are rather smaller 

 than the others ; the inside is of a pale brownish green. 

 Labellum tin ee-lobed, nearly white, or a very pale yellow ; 

 the middle lobe the smallest ; the other two rise nearly up- 

 right, so as to embrace the column, which is triangular, and 

 about the length of the sepals, green at the base, becoming 

 of a pale yellow as it thickens outwardly, and having a small 

 projecting acute point. 



" In cultivating this species, and others of a like nature 

 which grow on the trunks of trees in their native country, 

 I have found nothing equal to tying them, by means of a 

 piece of small copper wire, to the branches of an old apple 

 or pear tree, sufficiently large to protect them from the 

 scorching heat of the sun, covering them with moss, and 

 keeping them in a close, moist stove." 



Fig. 1. is a magnified view of the front of the column, 

 with the labellum, &c. cut away ; it shews the three teeth 

 of the column, and the curious fringed anther-bed within 

 them ; fig. 2. is a view of the upper part of the labellum ; 

 fig. 3. is a transverse section of the ovary, shewing the posi- 

 tion of the three flattened wings that cover its sides ; fig. 4. 

 represents the pollen-masses. 



