Descr. Leaves dictichous, six to ten inches long, linear- 
oblong, about one and a half inches broad, suberect, keeled, 
obtuse and 2 -toothed at the tip, dark green, very coriaceous. 
Scape solitary, one to one and a half feet high, strict, two- or 
more-flowered, clothed with soft long spreading hairs, as are 
the bracts and ovary ; bracts one to one and a quarter inch 
long, elliptic or ovate-oblong, shorter than the ovary. Flower 
six to seven inches across the petals, greenish white, except 
the lo wer half of the ciliated upper sepal and petals, which 
are blotched with dark brown, and their upper halves are 
faintly rosy and white. Upper sepal suberect, oblong, obtuse, 
lower half with recurved margins, upper almost hooded. 
Lower sepal (of two combined) broadly ovate, obtuse, much 
shorter than the lip. Petals almost twice as long as the upper 
sepal, linear, suddenly twisted beyond the middle with a 
recurved apex. Lip green, saccate, with a rounded base ; 
mouth with two broad obtuse elongated lips, and a broadly 
triangular sinus between them, at the base of which is a tooth. 
Staminode 2-lobed, green. — J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Staminode and stigma, enlarged. 
