from Prof. Gardner, collected in elevated rocky places in the 

 Serra do Frio, in the Diamond District of Brazil. 



Fig. 1. gives a view of the upper side of the lip. 



This is one of those plants which ought to be grown in a 

 cool stove, or at least at the cool end of the common Orchida- 

 ceous house. A temperature which suits Dendrobiums, and 

 plants of that kind is very injurious to this species, and hence 

 most persons who grow many of it have a cool-house and a 

 warm one. It should be tied to a block of wood, or placed 

 in a basket, and hung from the rafters. Like the rest of the 

 family it is propagated by dividing the pseudobulbs. 



As the genus Laelia is one of the finest in cultivation, and 

 now consists of many species which have not latelv been 

 brought into one view, the following enumeration of them 

 will probably be found useful. 



LAELIA. Lindl 



Sect. 1. G 



Petals distinctly larger than th 



pals ; all but one are natives of Mexico and Guatemala 



diflora (L. no. 1. Bletia grandi/li 



membranacei8 



— - ~ —, "lauuo mciuuittuaueis ampjexicauu- 



bus sepahs lanceolatis, petalis ovatis majoribus carnosis venosis late- 

 raliter emargmatis, labello purpureoviolaceo ad basin et medium albi- 

 cante profunde 3-partito ; lacinia intermedia maxima emarginata sub- 

 crenata, Umbo undulato purpurascente, prominentia variis petaloideis 

 lutescentibus sulcata, punctis coloratis diversimode maculata — Mexico. 



———An rthanimn ■»-.!«. .4. * t__"l •*• .i • 



province 



at trees, and caUed by the inhabitants IArio, Flor de Corpus, and 



Orch 



teh illhZf™' L \ 116 - } ; /° lio ^^ 8Ca P° Wfl««> ^uali, brac- 

 teis membranaceis ovatis. senal™ } an » an u*i„ ~..„i:_ _ui vT_r__t-^_ 



HiinlMntinnK.. i v iv ,»" ^ nuiwuiaus, petans ooiongo-lanceolatis 

 bus 'S'- dU ]f ° medi ° r <>tundato emarginato piano laterali- 



nativ P e 8 of t»tn*^ . where k ia caUed *Er * W *>Y the 

 f^und it on th? ° l0 % and th , G ad J oinin S Parts. Mr. Hartweg 



the hei^nt o? 8 000 TfT ° f ^ . 8 r0win S u P on oak trees > a * 

 a^^^Tt^C?^ retimes freezes' It is one of the 



colour anS^Lf * ^ ?** ; tbe flowers are * a bright violet 

 colour, and measure 8ixinnhpafrnmf no f^^ *_i . ., . % 



another 



with 



3 ' L ^"n tt 7^ (L R \ "* , Batema * Orch. Mex. t. 9.' Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 



) 



Ussimis scapo multo brevmnhns. *™™ f^; _:_ ° i_ . ._ „ i * . • 



