Tas. 5144, 
LAELIA xaAnTHINA. 
Yellow-flowered Lelia. 
Nat. Ord. OrncutpE# —GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala explanata, lanceolata, qualia. Petala majora, paulo dif- 
formia, carnosa, explanata. Labellum posticum, 3-partitum, lamellatum, circa 
columnam convolutum. Columna aptera, carnosa, antice canaliculata. Anthera 
opercularis. Pollinia 8, caudiculis 4 elasticis—Herbe epiphyte; rhizomate 
pseudobolbophoro, Folia carnosa. Scapi terminales, pauci- v. multi-flori. Flores 
speciosi, odorati. Lindl. 
La. zanthina ; folio oblongo-lorato coriaceo pseudobulbo fusiformi longiore, 
racemo 4—5-floro, bracteis obsoletis, sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusis sub- 
eequalibus undulatis valde convexis, labello cucullato subquadrato antice 
obtuse trilobo, venis in appendiculatis. Lindl. Mst. 
We are indebted to Messrs. Backhouse and Son, of the York 
Nursery, for the opportunity of figuring this fine and new Bra- 
vilian Lelia (imported by them), and to Dr. Lindley for the 
above specific character and following remarks. | 
_ “This resembles Lelia flava (Bot. Register, 1842, t. 62), but 
is far larger and handsomer. It most especially differs in the 
undulated sepals and petals being leathery and very convex, In 
consequence of their sides being rolled backwards, and in the 
form of the lip, which when spread flat is nearly quadrate, the — 
front side, which is widest, being divided into three shallow lobes — 
of equal depth, while the lip of Zelia flava is deeply three-lobed, _ 
the middle lobe being crisp and much longer than the side ones. — oe 
oreover, in the plant now before me, the lip has no trace OL 
raised veins, while, on the contrary, in Lelia flava, it has four in 
es middle very conspicuously raised above the general level. 
indl. 
Fig. 1. Labellum. 2. Column and anther. 3, 4. Pollen-masses :—magnified. 
OCTOBER Ist, 1859. 
