260 ORCHIDS. 
blossoms in early autumn, and requires similar treatment to 
Cattleya Mossie. Syn. Cattleya crispa. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 3912. 
There are several named varieties of this species, the most 
marked being Buchanan’s, delicatissima, and purpurea. 
Fig, 66. Flower of Lelia Dighyana 
(2 nat. size). 
L. Digbyana.—This remarkable plant has until recently 
been known as Srassavola Dighyana. It has short, 
compressed, sheathed, one-leaved pseudo-bulbs, the leaves 
thick, fleshy, grey-green, 6in. long. Flowers borne singly 
