visable to state any thing further upon the subject until the 

 whole classification of Vandeous Orchidacea) can be brought 

 under consideration. 



Figure 1, in the accompanying plate, represents the upper 

 side of the labcllum. At the base of the hypochiliura is a 

 downy tubercle, which projects towards a small three -toothed 

 plate, which is directed backwards from the base of the meta- 

 chilium. The latter has two falcate lobes which curve for- 

 wards, and have, in the recess formed by their junction, a 

 triangular fleshy tooth. The epichilium is membranous, 

 lozenge-shaped, and rounded at the point. 



