connate with column, hollowed out at its base in a blunt sac, and 
then bent inwards. The free lamina is oblongo-triangular or 
cordato-triangular, involved and with lobed plaits at its base. 
Column trigonous. Androcliniwm trilobed. Side wings occasion- 
ally much developed. Stigma transverse, covered by the de- 
pendent rostellum. Anther-case and pollinaria as in Hpidendrum. 
Materials :— My sketches, the oldest one made in 1844; living 
specimens in the Botanic Garden; and copious dried specimens 
(twenty-seven). 
Tab. 94.—A plant. 1, oblique anterior view of a flower; 2, side view 
of a flower; 3, the same, both sepals and tepals removed; 4, the lip, the 
superior part cut away from the column; 5, column, front view, the lip 
removed; 6, pollinaria, upper view; 7, the same, side view: all mag- 
nified.—H. G. fi. f. 
—— 
A beautiful little plant, with richly spotted leaves. Its small 
bright rosy purple flowers are produced on thin stems, sometimes 
two feet or more in length, and are to be found on the plant at 
all seasons of the year. It is very easy of cultivation when 
placed on a block of wood, or in a small basket filled with 
charcoal, peat and sphagnum. It requires a cool temperature. 
My plants were obtained from Guatemala through the late Mr. 
G. U. Skinner.—W. W. S. 
