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LALIA ALBIDA. WHuITE-FLOWERED LALIA. 
SE KKK KK KKK RK KEEKKEK 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MonanpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcHipEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala explanata, lanceolata, equalia. Petala majora, 
paulo difformia, carnosa, explanata. Labellum posticum, 
3-partitum, lamellatum, circa columnam = conyolutum. 
Columna aptera, carnosa, antice canaliculata. Anthera —? 
Pollinia 8, caudiculis quatuor elasticis—Herbe epiphyte, 
rhizomate pseudo-bulbifero. Folia carnosa. Scapi termi- 
nales, pauct vel multiflort. Flores speciosi, odorati. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Laua albida; pseudo-bulbis ovalibus diphyllis, foliis 
linearibus acutis spica multiflora quadruplo breviori- 
bus, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis v. subacumi- 
natis petalibus latioribus acutis, omnibus apicibus 
reflexis fortiter mucronulatis, labelli alte trilobi tricos- 
tati lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis intermedio duplo 
majore subrotundo obscure apiculato reflexo. Lindl. 
Lau albida. Batem. in Bot. Reg. 1839. Misc. n. 4. 
Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839. | 
Dr. Linptey speaks of this as the only Lzxia yet dis- 
covered with white flowers. It is a native of Mexico, and, 
according to the authority just mentioned, it has been 
sent to Europe from Oaxaca by Count Karwinsxi; and 
Mr. Harris purchased it of a French Collector who visited 
this country some years ago. Our plant blossomed in the 
Orchideous House of the Royal Gardens at Kew, in 
January 1842. It is a graceful but not a showy species, 
and has the merit of being delighttully fragrant. 
Descr. 
