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pui'ple ; the scape is pubescent, purple, the flowers solitary, from 2 to 3 inches in 

 diameter, the dorsal sepal very large, about 2 inches across, green at the base, 

 otherwise pure white, with a broad purple stripe extending from the base to 

 the apex ; the petals are pale green with beautifully undulated margins, striped 

 and spotted with purple; and the lip is a deep brownish-purple. The staminodo 



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is very cons])icuous, being of a bright magenta-purple margined with white. It 

 flowers in October, November, and December. Some of the varieties are tinged 

 with rose on the dorsal sepal. — India : Assam. 



ViG. — Jliit. Mai/., t. (1-1',)0 ; OrcUid Album, iii. t. IJl) ; Oiin}. /'Jiroii.. N.S., xiii. p. 41, 

 ng. 7 ; 7.' III. IIort.','in\ sev., 18.S3, xxx. t. 473 ; Xenia 6';t/(., iii. t.231 ; riiiri.st and Pom.. 

 1882, ji. 179, with fiff. ; The Garden, xvii. p. 169, with fig. ; Id., xxiii. t. 378 (Ijlush var.) ; 

 Rerve Hurt. IJrlgrj'tKSJ, p. 12 ; Yeitch's Man. OrcJl. PL, iv. p. 47 ; L' Orckidi'i>liilr, 1890, 

 p. 14.-,. 



