Descr. Flant about a foot high 



Lea 



thick 



ound and tapering, six inches 



long. Flowers produced, two or three in succession, on a very short spike. Sepals and 



petals a' pale yellowish-green, the dorsal sepal being 



concave and broader th 



the side 



pal 



hich 



are 



& 



ulate, keeled along th 



back, and blunt at th 



ex- 



tremities, and not half the length of the petals ; the latter, which hang down like the 



are more than an inch long, cuneate-oblong, and rather sharp at the 



end 



f a rabbit, are 

 Li]p not so long as the petals, fleshy 



two 



icles at its base, the 



portion above which is transversely obovate, and slightly cordate, its disk is beautifullv 

 marked — after the manner of some species of Ophrys — with dark \dolet-purple spots on 



v^ 



ground. Column very dwarf. 



Fig. 1. Front view of flower. 2. PoUen-raasses : — magnified. 



