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L^LIA furfuracea. 

 Scurfy-stalked Lcelia. 



GYNANDRIA MO^ANDTllA. 



Nat. Ord. ORCHIDACEiE, § EPIDENDREiE. 



LMLIA. Botanical Register, vol. 2\.foL 1751. 



L. furfuracea ; pseudobulbis ovatis striatis submonophyllis, foliis anguste ob- 

 longis erectls acutis scapo multo brevloribus, scapo unifloro (?) tereti, brae- 

 tels oblongis membranaceis acutis, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis patentissi- 

 mis, petalis subrhombeis lanceolatis undulatis sublobatis, labelli trilobi bila- 

 mellati lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis truncatis intermedio oblongo revo- 

 luto, ovario glandulis nigris furfuraceo. 



This plant was imported by Mr. Barker of Birmingham, 

 from whom I received it in November 1838, as a new species. 

 It is very like L. autumnalis, represented in the next plate, 

 but its pseudo-bulbs are merely ovate and slightly furrowed, 

 instead of having a long neck and being deeply furrowed ; 

 the leaves are solitary or in pairs, and not in twos or threes; 

 they are erect and straight, not spreading and curved ; the 

 flowers have little or no smell ; the petals are so much more 

 undulated as to appear lobed, and they are distinctly rhom- 

 boidal, and finally the ovary is closely covered with black 

 mealy glands. It would seem moreover that the scape does 

 not bear more than one flower instead of several, but of this 

 I cannot so well judge. 



It was found near Oaxaca, by Count Karwinski, and is 

 probably not uncommon in collections, large quantities 

 having been received by various persons from Mexico, espe- 

 cially by the Horticultural Society, who have distributed it 

 among their fellows. 



A. and B. are varieties differing in colour, but apparently 

 in nothing more. The species is figured in the next plate to 



