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emarginate, with the lobes nearly equal. The racemes are 

 axillary, about half the length of the leaves, bearing showy 

 flowers three inches across, with oblong obovate blunt-ended 

 sepals and petals of a rich golden yellow freely and irregularly 

 marked with rich cinnamon-brown blotches ; and a white fleshy 

 lip, which is small incurved channelled dolabriform, with short 

 rounded basal auricles. It blooms in the spring months, and 



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continues a long time in full perfection if the flowers are kept 

 dry. The flowers of this plant have not"given general satis- 

 faction to Orchid growers, but a large plant which we had in 

 our collection some years ago produced two long spikes, each 

 bearing a dozen blossoms of large size and good substance, 

 and we have known it produce seventeen^blossoms on one 



