is undistinguishable from the Cattleyas, to which—but for 
its eight pollen-masses—it would at once be referred. And 
even the latter structural distinction cannot be implicitly re- 
lied upon, for I have examined specimens of so-called Lielias 
in which all but two pair of pollen-masses were merely rudi- 
mentary. The circumstance of species of the two supposed 
genera breeding freely together—as has been proved by Mr. 
Dominy’s experiments—is another fact pointing in the same 
direction, and goes far to justify Professor Reichenbach’s 
opinion that they ought not any longer to be kept apart, ex- 
cept for the convenience of cultivators. Lelia grandis should 
be grown with the Cattleyas. It is easily managed, and 
flowers during the summer months. 
Descr. An epiphyte with stems under a foot high, narrow 
at the base, but swollen above, and bearing a solitary rigid 
leaf, which is rather broader at the base than at the point. 
Peduncle proceeding from an ample spathe, two-flowered. 
Sepals nankeen-coloured, lanceolate, about two inches long ; 
petals rather wider in the middle than the sepals, and of the 
same colour, a little curled and in some cases toothed at the 
edges. Lip three-lobed, whitish with purple veins. Column 
entirely concealed by the side lobes of the lip, which are 
folded round it. 
Fig. 1, Column. 2. Pollen-masses :—magnified. 
