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tomentosus ; bracteae deltoideae, persistentes, fusco- 
tornentosae. Flores flavi, pellueidi, tomento fusco extus 
praediti. Sepaium dorsale oblongum, obtusum, circa 7mm 
longiim, marginibus incurvatis. Sepala lateralia triangul- 
aria. obtnsa, circa 8mm longa, cum pede cohminae mentum 
obtusum breve formaiis. Petala elliptica, obtiisa, circa 7mm 
longa. Labellum quam petala brevius, ad pedem columnae 
mobile sed sessile, trilobatnm ; iobi laterales ampli, erecti, 
marginibns anticis excnrvis; lobus medius crassus, oblatus, 
obtusus,; lamina ad basem canaliculata ,ad bases lobornm 
lateraliiim crassissima. Columna brevissima, robusta, alba; 
pes columnam aeqiians ; stigma latum, profunde depressum ; 
alae breves albae ; rostellnm breve, sufflavum; pollinia 
alba. 
Cook District: Garradiniga Swamp, Victory Creek, a 
tributary of tlie Johnstone F., S. F. GoessUng-St. Cloud, 
11/51, flowered in cultivation at Cairns 10/53. TYPE 
ill Brisbane Herbarium. 
Pseudo-bulbs crowded, robust, about 15cm long and 
2. 5-3. 0cm wide, furroAved, covered Avith the searious re- 
mains of sheathing scales. Leaves 4, green, about 35cm 
long and 5cm Avide, oblanceolate, sub-acute, channelled 
and slender toAvards the base, multi-nerved, mid-rib prom- 
inent. Bacemes about 30cm long, many-floAvered, erect, pale 
green, broAvn tomentose, flOAvering almost to the base; 
bracts deltoid, brown tomentose, persistent. Flowers pale 
yelloAv, all segments translucent ; pedicels, ovaries, and the 
exterior surfaces of the sepals hairy. Dorsal sepal abotu 
7mm long, oblong, obtuse, margins incurved. Lateral sepals 
about 8mm long, forming Avith the column foot a blunt 
spur, broad-triangular, obtuse. Petals elliptical, obtuse, 
about as long as the dorsal sepal. Labellum shorter than 
the other segments, mobile hut sessile at the end of the 
column foot, trilobate; lateral lobes large, erect, anterior 
margins curved outAvards and appearing from the front like 
tAA^o horns; mid-lobe yelloAv, thicker in texture than the 
lateral lobes, broader than long, recurved strongly to give 
the appearance that the labellum is bent through 90 de- 
grees, obtuse, a small reddish-broAvn marking in the middle ; 
plate depressed somewhat at the base and ornamented with 
two small broAvn spots, canaliculate aboA^e and thickened 
at the bases of the two lateral lobes. Column very short and 
stout, Avhite ; stigma broad and deep ; Avings short, Avhite ; 
rostellnm short, yellowish, continued as an erect low septum 
across the clinandrium ; pollen masses oblong, Avhite ; 
column foot as long as the column. 
E. fitzalayii F. MueL, E. linariiflora Rupp, E. inorn- 
ata Hunt, and E. liparoides Hunt could not with any de- 
