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Var. atrorubens.—F lowers very large, deep crimson, paler 
towards the centre. 
Var. venusta.—Flowers large, rosy mauve. 
L. cinnabarina. — A graceful Orchid, in which the 
pseudo-bulbs are narrow, swollen at the base, or flask- 
shaped, dark green, 6in. to 1oin. long, bearing usually a 
single erect, dark green leaf of the same length. The 
scape is erect, 15in. to 2o0in. long, and many-flowered ; 
the sepals and petals are narrow, and, as well as the lip, 
of a deep red-orange colour, to which the species owes 
its name. Each flower is about 23in. across. Pot-culture 
suits this species best. It blossoms during spring and 
early summer, the flowers lasting about six weeks. It 
is a most ornamental plant, and is easily grown and 
flowered under ordinary Cattleya treatment. It was 
introduced from Brazil in 1836. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4302. 
L. crispa.—An oid, easily-grown, ornamental species, in- 
teresting on account of its being one of the parents of some 
of the best garden hybrids. It has stout, clavate pseudo- 
bulbs, from 7in. to 1oin. long, flattened, furrowed, and one- 
leaved. The leaf is stout, 1ft. long, rounded at the apex. 
The spike bears from four to seven flowers, which are 
about 5in. across; sepals white, lanceolate, 3in. long; 
petals broader, white, wavy and crisped along the margins; 
lip three-lobed, the side lobes folding over the column, white 
outside, yellow and purple inside, and the front lobe oblong, 
wavy, pointed, and coloured amethyst-purple, with veins of 
a deeper shade; there is also a blotch of purple in the 
throat. This species was one of the first introduced Leelias, 
having been cultivated at Chiswick in 1826, whither it was 
sent from Rio de Janeiro by Sir Henry Chamberlain. It 
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