temperate regions; a single species, LZ. Loeselii, Rich., 
being represented in a few British localities. The species 
are most numerous in the mountains of India and the 
Malayan Archipelago. Four other species have been figured 
in this work, namely :—L. tricallosa, Reichb. f. (t. 7804), 
a large-flowered Malayan species, closely striped with purple 
on the lip; ZL. atropurpurea, Wight (t. 5529), a native of 
South India, having dark purple flowers; LZ. Walkeriae, 
Graham (t. 3770), a Ceylon species with small green and 
purple flowers; and ZL. foliosa, Lindl. (t. 2709), a species 
with small green flowers, now known to be a form of the 
Australian L. reflexa, Lindl. 
Descriprion.—Pseudobulbs narrowly conical, 3—5 in. long, 
about 2 in. broad, covered with white membranous veined 
imbricating sheaths, eaves membranous, ovate-elliptical, 
shortly acuminate, undulate, plicate, 3-54 in. long, nearly 
2 in. broad; petioles broad, included within the basal 
imbricating sheaths. Scape erect, about 6 in. high, acutely 
5-angled, purple; raceme lax, many-flowered. Bracts 
triangular-subulate, acute, 1 in. long. Pedicels angled, 
purple, about 4 in. long. Flowers large, reddish purple. 
Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, acute, over } in. long; 
lateral sepals oblong, acute, rather shorter and broader than 
the dorsal, revolute at the margins. Petals filiform, over 
4 in. long. Lip orbicular, closely denticulate, slightly 
recurved, about 2 in. broad, with a thickened callus at the 
base. Column clavate, incurved, nearly 4 in, long.—R. A. 
Ror. ' | 
Fig. 1, lateral petals and base of lip, with column; 2, anther cap; 
3, pollinia :—all enlaryed. 
