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L^LIA autumnalis. 

 Autumnal Lcelia, 



GYNANDRIA M0NA1<^DRIA. 



Nat. ord, OrchidacejE, § Epidendre^. 

 LjELIA. Botanical Register, vol. 21. fol. 1751. 



L. autumnalis ; pseudobulbis ovatis teretibus costatis apice attenuatis 2-3-phyl- 

 lis, foliis oblongo-linearibus patentissimis scapo multo brevioribus, scapo 

 teretl apice subsexfloro, bracteis oblongis membranaceis acutls, sepalis lan- 

 ceolatis acuminatis patentissimis, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis undulatis,labe]li 

 trilobi bilamellati lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis truncatis intermedio 

 oblongo-lanceolato apice reflexo, ovario glabro. 



Bletla autumnalis. La Llave et Lexarz. nov. veg. descr. 2. 19. 



L. autumnalis. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 115. Bateman Orch. Mexic. et 

 Guatemal, t. 9. 



A very fragrant and beautiful plant, imported from 

 Mexico of late years, and now not uncommon in gardens. 

 A considerable number of it has been given away among 

 the Fellows of the Society by order of the Council of the 

 Horticultural Society of London. 



The specimen now figured was taken from a plant which 

 flowered at Woburn, and which was sent me by the Duke 

 of Bedford. 



1 have nothing to add to the following account extracted 

 from Mr. Bateman's magnificent work on the Orchidaceous 

 plants of Mexico and Guatemala. 



'* The genus Lselia may be regarded as one of the most 

 ornamental of its tribe, since pleasing colours, graceful 

 habit, long duration, and delicious perfume, in short, all the 

 essentials of floral beauty, seem to be combined in its various 

 species. Of these, five or six are already known, of which 

 the one now represented, however charming it may be, is, 



