262 ORCHIDS. 
The following are the best of the named varieties : 
Var. alba.—Flowers white, with a faint flush of purple; 
middle lobe of lip rich shining purple, with white lines. 
Var. gigantea.—F lowers white, suffused and spotted with 
rose-lilac; lip deep violet-rose; throat white. 
Var. prasiata—Flowers rose, with a greenish tinge ; 
lip white on the folding sides, the front magenta-crimson. 
Var. Schilleriana.—F lowers as in var. alba; throat yellow. 
Var. Zurneri.—Flowers amethyst-purple; folding sides 
of lip white and rose, front maroon-crimson. 
L. flava.—A rare and pretty species with cylindrical 
pseudo-bulbs, similar to L. cinnabarina in general habit, 
but usually shorter in the pseudo-bulb. Peduncles erect, 
1ft. to 1}ft. long, three- to nine-flowered; sepals and petals 
similar, lance-shaped, and falcate; lip narrow, recurved; 
and crisped at the edge; the colour of the whole flower 
is a uniform golden yellow. Introduced from Minas 
Geraes in 1839. Its cultural requirements are the same as 
for Cattleyas. The flowers are developed in late autumn. 
Botanical Register, 1842, t. 62. 
L. furfuracea. — Pseudo-bulbs and habit as in L. 
autumnalis, but smaller. Peduncles 6in. long, bearing one, 
two, or three flowers, which are each 5in. across; petals 
broader than the sepals, pale purple; side lobes of lip 
rounded; front lobe oblong, bright purple. This is not 
easily kept in health, rarely lasting more than four years 
under cultivation. Being a native of Oaxaca, in Mexico, it 
requires the treatment recommended above for the Mexican 
species. It flowers in autumn. Introduced in 1838. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 3810. 
L. grandis—A remarkable species, and one which is 
rarely met with. Pseudo-bulbs as in Cattleya labiata, 
