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^LiELIA anceps. 



Two-edged Lcdia. 



GYNANDRIA UO^A^DmA. 



Nat. ord. ORCHiDEiE § EpiDENDREiE, Lindl. {Introduction to the Natural 

 System of Botany, p. 262.) 



LyELIA, Lindl. Sepala explaiiata, lanceolata, acqualia. P etala m^pxa. 

 paulo difformia. Labellum (posticum), 3-partitum, lamellatum, circa coluinnam 

 convolutum. Columna aptera camosa, antice canaliculata. Anthcra 8-locularis. 



Pollinia 8, caudiculis 4 elasticis. Herbffi epijihytcB, rhizomate pseudobol- 



bophoro. Scapi terminates, pauci v. multijlori. Flores speciosi, odorati. 

 Gen. &Sp. Orch. p. 115. 



L. anceps ; foliis binis aut solitariis lanceolatis, scapo ancipiti bifloro squamis 

 carinatls vcstito, ovario viscoso, labelli disco lineari elcvato apice trilobo, 

 pseudobolbis ovatis distantibus tetraquetris. 



Rhizoma repens, squamosum. Pseudobulbi ovati, distantes, tetraquetri, 

 2 poll, longi, juveniute squamis acuminatis vestiti. Folia solitaria, rarb 

 bina, lanceolata, acuminata, coriacea, atroviridia. Scapus ex apice pseudo- 

 bulbi ortum ducens, sesquipedalis, gracilis, anceps, squamis carinatis arctt 

 vaginantibus vestitus., apice bijiorus. Oxax'mmviscosiLm, bracted lato-lanceo- 

 latd, acuminatis simd., carinatd, jnembranaced, fused, involvente brevius, apice 

 teres, cuniculo a basi labelli orto brevi instructum. Sepala violacea, mem- 

 branacea, dorso subherbacea, lanceolata, bipollicaria, patentissima. Petala 

 ohlongo-lanceolata, ejusdem coloris texturce, et longitudinis, scd lined media 

 dorsi tantum herbacea, et duplb latiora. Labellum aut anticum, aut posti- 

 cum, cucullatum, trilobum, basi columnam involvens et pallida violaceum^ 

 intus luteum sanguineo-venosum ; trilobum, lohis lateralibus rotundatis , 

 intermedio atropurpureo basi albo, oblongo, acuta, subundulato, piano, lined 

 lata elevatd crassd luted antrorsum triloba in medio ; lobis lateralibus 

 abruptis, intermedio productiore in laminam abruptam verticalemattenuato. 

 Columna semiteres, marginata, clavata, cum labello continua. Anthera 8- 

 locularis. Pollinia 8, cuneata, utrdque extremitate caudicularum quatuor 

 inserta et inflexa. 



A very beautiful Orchideous plant, imported from Mexico 

 by Messrs. Loddiges, in whose collection our drawing was 

 made last December. We at first took it for Lcolia gran- 

 diflora, but Mr. George Loddiges has satisfied us that it is 



