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L^ELIA flava 



Yellow Lcelia. 



OYJSANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. ORCHiDACEiE § Epidendre^e. 

 LJELIA. Botanical Register, vol. 2 1 . foL 1 75 1 



L.Jlava; pseudobulbis ovatis 1-2-phyllis foliis oblongis carnosis coriaceis 

 planis subconvexis brevioribus, scapo erecto foliis longiore sqtiamulis 

 quibusdam distantibus vaginato, racemo cylindraceo, bracteis minimis 

 acutis, sepalis petalisque oblongo-linearibus obtusis, labelli oblongi lobo 

 medio sessili oblongo crispo recurvo lateralibus obtusis undulatis lon- 

 giore venis 4 elevatis apice divergentibus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839* 

 misc. 143. 



L. caulescens. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, sub t. 1. 



A pretty epiphyte, the accompanying drawing of which 

 was made from a specimen in the possession of Sigismund 

 Rucker, Esq. It originally appeared in the garden of Sir 

 Charles Lemon, and an account of it was published in this 

 work, at the place above referred to, from materials supplied 

 by Mr. Booth, the gardener at Carclew. At that time it was 

 said to be a native of Mexico, and it flowered in a very im- 

 perfect manner. I therefore trust I may be excused for not 

 having recognized it when, in the year 1841, I found it among 

 the dried Brazilian specimens belonging to the Herbarium of 

 Dr. Von Martius, and republished it under the name of X. 

 caulescens ; upon the supposition, moreover, that the flowers 

 were purple. 



It is in reality near L. cinnabarina, a noble species, with 

 orange-coloured flowers, also from Brazil. From that plant 

 it is distinguished by the shortness of the pseudo-bulbs, and 

 of the sepals and petals ; and also by the bluntness of the 

 middle lobe of the lip, whose veins are more elevated and 

 diverge considerably at the point, instead of being nearly 

 straight as in L cinnabarina. 



The native situation of this species appears from Dr. Von 

 Martius' herbarium to be the Serra de Piedade, in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes ; I also possess a fine specimen 



