attractive than the one here represented, whose characters may be described 
as follows : — 
The pseudobulbs are ovoid-oblong, from i to i j inches long, and bear 
a single lanceolate acute plicate leaf, of 7 to 10 inches in length. At the apex 
of the green pseudobulb is a dark brown ring, just belovv where the leaf joins it. 
The scapes, which are borne from the base of the pseudobulbs, are from itoi| 
feet high, bear from about nine to thirteen flowers, which measure 1 j inches 
across their broadest diameter. The sepals are white, tinged with light purple- 
blue, more especially on the latéral ones, while the petals are of a bright purple- 
blue. The broadly pandurate lip is a third of an inch in diameter with a white 
ground. The roundish-oblong obtuse side lobes are radiately lined with purple, 
while the broad front lobe has three transverse purple-blue lines. The erect fleshy 
slightly bilobed crest is white with a few light purple spots, while the foot of the 
column, sometimes said to be absent, but which is here distinctly developed, 
is of a deep purple-blue colour. It is a very attractive little plant. 
R. A. Rolfe. 
