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L. flava. — A very distinct species from Mexico ; it grows 

 in the same way and blooms at the same time as L. cinna- 

 harina. The colour of the flowers, which last three weeks in 

 perfection, is yellow. Native of Brazil. 



L. furfuraceai — A fine variety from Mexico, resembling L. 

 autumnalis in growth, and attaining a height of ten inches, 

 with light green foliage. The flowers are produced on upright 

 spikes from the top of the bulb during autumn, and are indi- 

 vidually five inches in diameter, the colour dark purple, with 

 a dark rose lip. This plant is somewhat difficult to cultivate, 

 but I have seen it growing most luxuriantly under the care of 

 Mr. Baker, late gardener to A. Bassett, Esq., who had a very 

 large example of it, and it flowered well with him every year ; 

 it was grown in a pot suspended from the roof of the Mexican 

 house. 



L. gigantea. — This is one of the finest of the genus, and is a 

 free-growing and free-flowering plant, in general habit like L. 

 elegans. The flowers measure six inches in diameter ; the 

 sepals and petals are of a delicate lilac, beautifully spotted 

 with rose purple ; the lip is of the same colour, but more 

 intense. It comes from Brazil, and succeeds well with the 

 other LcElias. There is a good figure of it in Warner's 

 *' Select OrcJddaceous Plants." 



L. grandis. — A very distinct plant, from the neighbourhood 

 of Bahia. It grows about a foot high ; the stems are small at 

 the base, and thick at the upper part, from which rises one 

 rigid dark green leaf; the sepals and petals are of a light 

 nankeen colour ; the lip is white in the throat, edged and 

 veined with lilac and purple. It flowers during the summer, 

 and will remain in perfection for a long time, if kept from 

 the damp. 



L. irrorata. — An elegant plant, the pseudobulbs of which 

 usually attain a height of eighteen inches, bearing two or 



