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which have numerous dark spots around the limb: lip lightest 
purplish-white, with darker veins; middle lobe mauve-purple ; 
scape two to five-flowered. February. Z. one or two, very cuneate, 
oblong-ligulate. Pseudo-bulbs terete, thin, slender, about lft. 
high. Brazil, 1880. (G.C. n, s., xiii. 168.) 
L. elegans (elegant).* fl., sepals and petals white or rose, varying 
to carmine ; lip deep rich purple; scape erect, three to six or more 
flowered. It flowers at various seasons, sometimes twice in a year. 
i. usually in twos, spreading, coriaceous, dark green. Pseudo-bulbs 
long, slender, stem-like. Brazil, 1865. A very beautiful species, 
succeeding best under pot culture. (B. M. 4700, under name of 
Cattleya elegans.) 
L. e. alba (white).* ji. white, 6in. in diameter, having the middle 
lobe of the lip, and a middle line 
carmine-magenta. 1884. A grand variety. (1. H. 526.) 
L. e. gigantea (gigantic). M. large; sepals and petals lilac or 
mauve, profusely spotted with ae lip intensely rosy- 
purple ; scape many-flowered. Brazil, 1862. A very desirable 
strong-growing kind. SYN. L. gigantea. (W. S. O. 6.) we 
L, e. Houtteana (Van Houtte’s). fl., lip with nearl: —— 
blunt side laciniæ ; median lacinia a at top a pe ilated, 
nearly reniform, toothleted blade of richest purple, while the 
—— the side laciniz have a little touch of mauve on their 
purple. — 
L. e. lobata (lobed). A curious variety, having —*—* very 
narrow, and ogi ih age ge — er side, having also 
rectangular nie of the lip. Brazil, 1869. 
e. Marshalliz (Mrs. Marshall's). fl., — purplish, hand- 
_somely veined ; lip rich deep purple, broad, wavy, and recurved. 
Brazil, 1872, ae 
L. e. picta (painted). fl., sepals and petals light rose, marked 
with poe zones, and small dark purple spots lip yellow, with 
the tips of the side lobes and disk purple. 1884. : 
L. e. prasiata (topaz-like). Jl., sepals rose-magenta, whitish in 
the centre, and greenish towards the base ; petals rosy-lilac ; 
lip white where it wraps round the column; disk of the richest 
magenta. 
L. e. Turneri (Turner’s).* 4 none more than 6in. across ; sepals 
and petals deep rose-pink, slightly veined with a darker hue ; lip 
of a rich magenta, shaded with rose. Brazil, 1863. A beautiful 
species. SYN. L. Turneri. (W.S. O. 12.) 
L. flammea (flame-coloured).* fl. 3in. to 4in. across; sepals 
and petals vivid orange-scarlet ; lip purple-crimson, beautifully 
fringed at the margin. March and April. A very handsome 
hybrid, the result of a cross between L. cinnabarina and L. 
Pilcheri, in habit somewhat resembling the first-named. SYN. 
L. Veitchi. 
L. flava (yellow). fl. very brilliant yellow, abont 2in. across; sea 
lft. to lft. high, from three to five-flowered. April. Brazil, 
1841. A pretty species, similar to L. cinnabarina but rather 
smaller, and the leaves are shorter and more erect. (B. R. 
£ 
side 
furfuracea (scurfy-stalked). fl. about 5in. in diameter, rosy- 
purple or bright lilac, with a darker lip; scape usually two- 
flowered. Autumn. J, usually solitary, light green. Mexico, 
1838. A fine species, resembling L, autumnalis in habit, but 
with much broader petals. (B. M. 3810.) 
_L.gigantea (gigantic). A synonym of L. elegans migantea. 
(B. M. 8553.) 
r sepals d tals of a nan 
* — J white ia the tt, edged and veined mes 
petal. 
pa ee ee 
orange-scarlet ; ic of the same colour, with a white blotch at 
the apex; scapes short, erect, five to ten-flowered. February 
N 2, solitary, lanceolate, Pseudo-bulbs slender, 
and h. 0 3 
cylindrical, about 1ft. high. Brazil, 1873. (F. M. n. s. 70.) 
Jongheana (Jonghe’s).* fi. from 4in. to Sin. across ; sepals 
ere rrea ties, aioe beautiful bright amethyst-purple tint ; 
petals ovate or oblong, nearly 2in. broad, with slightly wavy mar- 
ins of the same colour as the sepals; lip hay ale purple 
— lobes, yellowish outside, golden-yellow within, having 
seven lamelle or plates over its disks; central lobe of a pure 
ite, with a narrow margin of the brightest amethyst-purple ; 
— — or two-flowered. J. dark green. oh ai 1872. 
(B. M. 6038 ; G. C. 1872, 425.) 
L. Lawrenceana (Lawrence's) A garden synonym of 
as aas dley’s).* jl., sepals and petals white or pale 
eyana (Lindley’s | A 
ype 2in. ac lanceolate ; lip rosy-lilac, pale ———— 
blotched and streaked with pale — on the disk ; peduncles 
one or two-flowered. l. in twos, thick, narrow, glaucous, Sin. to 
Zin. long. Pseudo-bulbs erect, slender, 6in. to Yin, high. 
. Thi t flowers freely at various ts of the year, and 
— ola thsce to six weeks in perfection. (B. M. 5449, 
under name of Cattleya Lindleyana.) 
majalis (May-flower).* fl. of a bright silver -lilac, from 4in. to 
* oa ip e with crimson-purple, with 
running to its base, rich 
1845, 69. ; 
L. Perrinii (Perrin’s).* jl., sepals and petals rosy-purple, ti 
with panei samen: deep crimson, dis 
scape erect, three to six: weed, : October and November. l. 
solitary, narro! » Yin, to 12in. long. Pseudo-bulbs 
L. P. irrorata ed). . 
white, wiih a pele PA disk, 
A fine form. 
L. P. nivea (sn A ve riety, havi 
(snowy). ry — Fia A ng pure 
L. Phil 
L. 
Jigulate ; lip 
L. præstans (excelling).* Z IRES, or very — two together; 
aiai briabi 
L. Nelisii (Nelis’s). 
L. / 
ful delicate rose; lip rich crimson, vi 4 
and petals beanti p ve * 
L. (gorgeous-flowered).* ji. from bin to Bin. across ; 
L. Turneri (Turner’s). A synonym of L. elegans Turneri. gare 
L. Veitchiana (Veitch’s).* fl., sepals delicate lilac; eee 
L. Veitehii (Veitch’s). A synonym of L. faimmea. 
Telia continea. 
rosy-lilac, centre white ; scape one-flowered, Early summer: 
l solitary. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, almost the size of pigeons’ eggs. s 
Mexico, 1838. A very beautiful species, known to the Mexican 
Spaniards as the Flor de Maio, or May Flower. Itis somewhat 
difficult to manage, and should be grown in a cool house, being fully — 
exposed to the sun all the year round, and suspended near the 
glass. (B. M. 5667; B. R. 1844, 30.) There is a white-flowered 
variety in cultivation. ` 
L. monophylla (one-leaved).* fl, (excepting the purple anther) 
entirely orange-scarlet, l4in. w —— pete re petals 
equal, oblong, acute; lip exceedingly small, adnate to the 
column; peduncles one-flowered, with two or three greyish 
speckled sheaths. Stems very slender, one-leaved. Ja 
1883. A showy, free-flowering little species, (B. M. 6683.) 
L. Mylamiana (Mylam’s). A curious hybrid between Cattleya 
crispa and C. granulosa, the flowers closely resem! those of 
the first-named parent; spike about six- 
leathery, ovate, ob 8in. long. 
r 
L. peduncularis ). fl., sepals and petals of a beautiful 
mo ke Dogg lip ce Se ae j with — spots in the —— 
exico, 1641, vi pretty evergreen species, a 
Tone eo) habit, ‘somewhat rencinblisg L, i "(B. R. 
acuminata,  ( 
rrow, green 
stou sh, clavate, dist f ed. J— 
oe been clava inctly urrow⸗ Brazil ge E 
t rose-colour; lip 
a Hight purple’ apex. 187 
white 
(F, M. 429.) _ 
brickiana (Philbrick’s),* very beautiful; sepals and 
tals light chestnut-brown, —* ; lip anterior; — 
lade transverse, sub-cordate, emarginate, deep rich » with 
a little white triangle in the middle of the base ; laciniæ 
oblong-triangular, whitish, with light purple borders; disk light 
urple, with a whitish line; scape two-flowered. Z in twos, the 
er 3sin. long, lłin. wide. Pseudo-bulbs dwarf. A 
garden hybrid between L. elegans and Cattleya Aclandie, 
Pilcheri (Pilcher’s). /l., sepals and petals light rose, oblong- 
ip rolled round the column, ——— the anterior 
part very crisp; disk whitish-yellow, with deep purplish veins. 
Gardens, 1868. A handsome hybrid between L. Perrinii and 
Cattleya crispa. 
flowers, with the end of the lip p , 1880. 
sepals and petals broad, p rose; lip crimson- e 
‘April and May. Pseudo-bulbs and leaf rarely exceeding 6in, in 
height. Brazil, 1859. A very beautiful dwarf-growing Fe sap 
often flowering twice in a year, and thriving best ona of 
wood or cork. It resembles Cattleya marginata 
size of flowers. (B. M. 5498.) # 
— pa i g2; . S. O. 40.) Of the several 
Ba veloriimatlonsl ale mace Gosteabio a E 
L. p. alba (white). E pan — faintly tinted and veined 
$i 
of crocks, 
(G.C. n. 
varieties, 
with pale rose, and with yellow at the base. Brazil, 1869. 
. large ; sepals and petals white, tinged 
with rose on the incite, ilst the — only on the outside are 
of a rich rose-colour ; lip large, reddish-crimson, Brazil, 
p. Williamsii (Williams’s).* /l. large, over Sin. across ; sepals 
spike three or four-flowered, May and June. l rich 
and petals rich rose, streaked with red ; lip deep crimson, 
striped with yellow ; spike about 5ft. high, 3 Arom ten to 
twenty flowers near the apex. Winter. 4. intwos, , leathery, 
rather light n. Pseudo-bulbs spindle-shaped, long, stout, 
Gaatemaia, 1M0.. (B. M. 4090 ; W. S. O. 20.) _ ; 
colour, with pale amethyst-pu 3 ant half of 
— parna with a — — bekind, streaked 
with pend in centre ; the whole with a narrow — lilac border. 
l. dark green, of great substance. A gorgeous hybrid. (G. C. 1i. s., 
. 1883, Aug. 4.) í 
