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LiELIA rubescens. 

 Blushing Latlia. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDBIA. 

 Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § Epidendre^e. 

 LJELIA. Botanical Register, vol. xxi./ol. 1751, 



Lselia ruhescens ; pseudo-bulbis subrotundis compressis utrinque angulo ele« 

 vato, foliis oblongis obtusis scapo tereti vaginato brevioribus, racemo 

 multiiioro, bracteis ovario plus duplo brevioribus, sepalis linearibus, 

 petalis lauceolatis subundulatis, labello conformi auriculato medio pube- 

 scente : lineis duabus elevatis. JBot. Reg. 1840. misc. no. 25. 



Pseudobulbi oblongi, compresse tefragoni, vix sesquiunciam longi. Folium 

 solitariian, coriaceum, ohlougum, planiusculum, quasi emarginatum, scapo gra- 

 cili erecto squamato multb brevius. Racemus brevis, multijlonis . Bractese 

 lineares, inurcescentes, ovario plus duplh breviores, carinat(je,p)ilis brevissimis mi- 

 nutissimis fasciculatis pubescentes. Flores L. p7'iimdind paulb minores et minus 

 patentes. Sepala linearia, obtiisa, pollicaria, basi rubescentia, apice virescentia, 

 recta, petalis jjuululum longiora. Vetala.la)iceolata. acuta, subundulata, secus 

 margines rubentia. Labelluni ovato-lanceolatum, versus basin auricidatum, api- 

 cem versus undulatum, acutum, medio luteiim et subpubescens, lineis duabus 

 elevatis tertidque intermedia minus conspicud, basi atropurpureufh convolutum. 



This pretty species of Lselia has the smallest flowers of 

 any yet discovered, and they are wholly scentless. It was 

 hought at the nursery of Mr. Joseph Knight, in the King's 

 Road, by Mr. Barker of Birmingham, to whom I am indebted 

 for a specimen. No wild specimen has yet been seen, and I 

 am unacquainted with the source from which Mr. Knight 

 obtained it. 



It is most nearly related to the fragrant L. primidi?ia, 

 from which it differs in the form of its pseudo-bulbs, leaves 

 and labellum, in the size of the flowers, and in the petals not 

 being at all revolute. 



In the specific character originally given it the bracts 

 were described as pubescent. This appearance arises from 

 the presence of minute patches of extremely delicate hairs, 



Jubj, 1840, p 



