252 ORCHIDS. 
ovate pseudo-bulbs are about 3in. high, deeply furrowed, 
and tapering towards the top; they each bear a solitary, pale 
green leaf, 1ft. to 14ft. in length, broadly lance-shaped and 
plaited. The flower-stems originate at the base of the 
pseudo-bulbs, are about 2ft. long, and bear from ten to 
twelve flowers. The oblong sepals and petals are concave, 
usually of a rich reddish brown, thickly marked with spots 
of a purplish tinge. The basal part of the lip is yellow, 
freely spotted with purplish brown, and has two pointed, 
Fig. 68. Flower of Houlletia Brocklehurstiana 
(2 nat. size). 
recurving horns at the sides; the somewhat triangular 
terminal lobe is almost entirely purple. In some forms the 
colour is much darker, and in others the ground-colour of 
the lip is nearly white, striped and spotted with purple. 
A native of Brazil; introduced in 1841. Syn. Maxzllaria 
Brocklehurstiana. 
Fig. 63; Botanical Magazine, t. 4072. 
H. odoratissima.—A handsome-flowered species, having 
ovate pseudo-buls, light green, lance-shaped, plaited leaves, 
