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LALÍA rubescens. 
Blushing Lela. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACER, $ EPIDENDREZ. 
LALIA. Botanical Register, vol. xxi. fol. 1751. : 
Lelia rubescens; pseudo-bulbis subrotundis compressis utrinque angulo ele- 
vato, foliis oblongis obtusis scapo tereti vaginato brevioribus, racemo 
multifloro, bracteis ovario plus dupló brevioribus, sepalis linearibus, 
petalis lanceolatis subundulatis, labello conformi auriculato medio pube- 
scente: lineis duabus elevatis. Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. no. 25. 
Pseudobulbi oblongi, compresse tetragoni, vix sesquiunciam longi. Folium 
solitarium, coriaceum, oblongum, planiusculum, quasi emarginatum, scapo gra- 
cili erecto squamato multó brevius. Racemus brevis, multiflorus. Bracteze 
lineares, murcescentes, ovario plus duplo breviores, carinate, pilis brevissimis mi- 
nutissimis fasciculatis pubescentes. Flores L. primulind paulo minores et minus 
patentes. Sepala linearia, obtusa, pollicaria, basi rubescentia, apice virescentia, 
recta, petalis paululim longiora. Petala lanceolata. acuta, subundulata, secus 
margines rubentia. Labellum ovato-lanceolatum, versus basin auriculatum, api- 
cem versus undulatum, acutum, medio luteum et subpubescens, lineis duabus 
elevatis tertidque intermedid minus conspicud, basi atropurpureum convolutum. 
This pretty species of Lzlia has the smallest flowers of 
any yet discovered, and they are wholly scentless. It was 
bought at the nursery of Mr. Joseph Knight, in the King's 
Road, by Mr. Barker of Birmingham, to whom I am indebted 
for a specimen. No wild specimen has yet been seen, and I 
am unacquainted with the source from which Mr. Knight 
obtained 1t. 
It is most nearly related to the fragrant Z. primulina, 
from which it differs in the form of its pseudo-bulbs, leaves 
and labellum, in the size of the flowers, and in the petals not 
being at all revolute. 
In the specific character originally given it the bracts 
were described as pubescent. This appearance arises from 
the presence of minute patches of extremely delicate hairs, 
July, 1840. P 
