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sh3i]ld,l>e -without it. It is an evergreen, d-srarf in 

 hatit, and remarkably free in flotrering; pseudo-bnlbs 

 somewhat oblong, smooth and light, shining green, 

 bearing on the summit a pair of rather narrow- 

 spreadxng, dark green, leathery leares ; the raceme is 

 produced from the base of the newly-formed pseudo- 



bulb, drooping, and bearing five to eight flowers 

 measuring from three to four inches in diameter; 

 sepals and petals pure snow-white ; Up also white, 

 but stained in the middle with rich yellow, and 

 ornamented on the disc with seTeral fringed lines 

 of golden-yellow. These flowers are admirably 



