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LALIA furfuracea. 
Scurfy-stalked Lelia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACER, $ EPIDENDREZ. 
LZELIA. Botanical Register, vol. 21. fol. 1751. 
L. furfuracea; pseudobulbis ovatis striatis submonophyllis, foliis angusté ob- 
longis erectis acutis scapo multo brevioribus, scapo unifloro (?) tereti, brac- 
teis oblongis membranaceis acutis, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis patentissi- 
mis, petalis subrhombeis lanceolatis undulatis sublobatis, labelli trilobi bila- 
mellati lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis truncatis intermedio oblongo revo- 
luto, ovario glandulis nigris furfuraceo. 
This plant was imported by Mr. Barker of Birmingham, 
from whom I received it in November 1838, as a new species. 
It is very like L. autumnalis, represented in the next plate, 
but its pseudo-bulbs are merely ovate and slightly furrowed, 
instead of having a long neck and being deeply furrowed ; 
the leaves are solitary or in pairs, and not in twos or threes; 
they are erect and straight, not spreading and curved; the 
flowers have little or no smell; the petals are so much more 
undulated as to appear lobed, and they are distinctly rhom- 
boidal, and finally the ovary is closely covered with black 
mealy glands. It would seem moreover that the scape does 
not bear more than one flower instead of several, but of this 
I cannot so well judge. 
It was found near Oaxaca, by Count Karwinski, and is 
probably not uncommon in collections, large quantities 
having been received by various persons from Mexico, espe- 
cially by the Horticultural Society, who have distributed it 
among their fellows. 
A. and B. are varieties differing in colour, but apparently 
in nothing more. The species is hgured in the next plate to 
