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Charles Lemon's collection at Carclew, wliere it flowered 

 for the first time in the autumn of 1839. 



" Pseudo-bulbs erect, roundish oblong, from two to three 

 inches high, and about two and half or three inches in cir- 

 cumference at the base, from which they taj)er upwards and 

 become one or two-leaved. They are smooth and of a deep 

 shining- green, nearly all concealed by several large, imbri- 

 cated, thin, brown-coloured leafy scales. Leaves from three 

 to five inches long, and about an inch broad, oblong lanceo- 

 late acute, very thick and stiif, recurved both at the point 

 and edges, and of a dark green colour. Scape about a foot 

 higj], rising from the crown of the pseudo-bulb between the 

 two leaves, round and erect, pale green, bearing three or 

 four flowers near the top, with a small, persistent, acute 

 hractea at the base of each, and a single brown-coloured 

 sheath an inch long at its junction with the bulb. Pedicels 

 nearly erect, an inch in length, somewhat clavate and chan- 

 nelled, and of a pale green. Flowers bright yellow, open- 

 ing one at a time, and remaining expanded for a fortnight 

 or three weeks. Sepals spreading, oblong-lanceolate, bluntish 

 at the point, about an inch or more in length, and a quarter 

 of an inch in breadth. Petals similar in form and colour to 

 the sepals, but exceeding them a little in size. Labellum 

 rather shorter than the petals, three-lobed, the middle one 

 is recurved and undulated at the margin in the wa}'^ of Catt- 

 leya crispa, with two raised longitudinal processes forming 

 a sort of groove down the centre. The two lateral lobes are 

 erect, with their edges plain, and meet above the column so 

 as almost to conceal it. Column triangular, or nearly so, the 

 upper edge only being a little rounder than the other. 

 Pollen-masses eight, contained in four distinct cells, which 

 on being opened exhibit on either side of the middle partition 

 two pairs of roilndish compressed waxy bodies attached to 

 one another by a small elastic membrane. 



''The plant requires the same treatment as other Orchi- 

 dacese, thriving pretty well in moss and decayed vegetable 

 mould." 



For the above memorandum and accurate description of 

 this quite new species I am indebted to Mr. Booth. The 

 plant is nearly allied to L. cinnabarina, but it appears to 

 be of a smaller size, with much more coriaceous leaves; 

 the flowers are a clear pure yellow, and not a brilliant 



