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long, and taller scapes supporting one horizontal orange-yellow 

 flower, which has a subcylindraceous tube and shortly caudate 

 sepals, of which the upper one is smaller ovate, contracted 

 into a slender erect tail an inch long, and the lateral ones 

 are two and a half inches long, nearly parallel, ending 

 in a short tail a quarter of an inch long, the limb oblong ; the 

 small lip is linear-oblong obtuse and three-keeled. A very 

 valuable addition to this class of plants, its distinct colour 

 forming a lively contrast with those of other popular kinds. — 

 Peru. 



'Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 6190 : Xenia Or-ch., iii., t. 203 ; Orchid Album, ii. t. 

 76. 



Mo eleplianticeps, Bchh. f. et Warsc. — A species of bold 

 and striking character, having tufts of acute cuneate-spathulate 

 leathery leaves eight or nine inches long, and stout peduncles 

 a foot high, each bearing a solitary horizontal flower three to 

 four inches long of peculiar form, and which has been com- 

 pared to an elephant's head. The tubular portion of the 

 perianth is produced into a chin at the lower base, and with 

 the lower sepals is of a dark rich crimson-purple, pale purple 

 on the outer side, united for about one-third of their length, 

 the tail lobe continuations yellow on the inner surface, and 

 gently curving upwards ; the upper sepal, which stands 

 nearly parallel to the lower one, is bright yellow both inside 

 and out, separated much lower down, the three-cornered basal 

 part gradually narrowing into the yellow tail, which has a 

 sHght upward curve ; the small lip is obtusely rhomboid, its 

 front half densely papillose. The variety named pachysepala 

 has the tails of the sepals broader. — Neiv GrerMcla. 



Fig.— Xenia Orch., i. t. 3 ; Id., t. 74, figs. 3, 4 (pachysepala) ; Flore dcs 

 Sevres, t. 997. 



M. Ephippium, BcM. /. — A very curious species of robust 

 and striking character, forming a dense tuft of spathulate- 

 oblong three-nerved leaves a span long, and winged ancipitous 

 or triquetrous peduncles upwards of a foot high, bearing each 

 a large flower, four inches long, with the dorsal sepal small, 

 yellow, roundish, ending in a long reflexed yellow tail, and 

 the two lateral sepals reddish or chestnut brown, broad and 

 cj^mbiform at the base, each abruptly attenuated into a long 

 yellow tail ; thus there is a purplish brown pouch-like base, 

 with a few paler streaks, and three divergent orange-yellow 

 tails from three to four inches long. On the inside of the 

 lateral sepals are five corrugated ribs, which meet at the apex 



