flowered, very short, not exceeding two inches. Bracts triangular, 
much shorter than the stalked ovaries. Flowers of a very firm 
texture, white; the disk of the lip deep violet or amethyst colour, 
the lateral partitions of lip white outside, yellow with brownish 
purple dots inside. ‘The broad base of column white, with violet 
spots. Upper sepal oblong-ligulate, acute; lateral sepals nearly 
triangular, keeled on the middle line outside. T'epals broadly 
spatulate, blunt-acute or nearly retuse. Lp three-partite. Basilar 
partition cuneate-ligulate, obliquely retuse, callous inside. Middle 
partition nearly or quite heart-shaped triangular. A ligulate 
callus is terminated by four bristles: we have never seen them so 
long as represented by the artist. Before it stands a transverse 
semiovate ridge, broken up into numerous fringes: we have 
never seen it so long asin the figure. Column trigonous, extended 
below into a wider part. Stigmatic hollow more or less hexagonal, 
not so circular as figured. fFostellum beaked. Anther beaked. 
Pollinaria with a triangular caudicula, a cordiform glandula, and 
pollinta of unequal sizes and forms. 
Materials :—Two wild specimens and four garden ones, toge- 
ther with three sketches made at various times. 
Tab. 85.—The plant. 1, oblique view of the flower, with a part of the 
rachis + ; 2, side view of flower, the sepals, tepals and base of ovary 
removed +; 38, front view of column and lip +; 4, pollinarium, side 
view +.—H. G. Rf. f. 
T am indebted to my friend Mr. J. Day, of Tottenham, whose 
‘rich collection of Orchids is so well known, for the opportunity 
of figuring this pretty and interesting species of Phalenopsis.— 
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