264 ORCHIDS. 
white in the throat. Flowering season, March or April. 
Introduced from Brazil in 1854. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 6038. 
L. lobata.—A robust plant. Pseudo-bulbs spindle-shaped, 
compressed, about 6in. long, one-leaved. Leaf 8in. to roin. 
long, leathery. Scapes two- to five-flowered; flowers 5in. 
across; sepals narrow, with reflexed margins; petals 
broad, wavy, with crisped margins; lip folding at the 
sides, spreading and curved in front, wavy at the margin, 
and coloured rich purple, with lilac veins, the rest of the 
flower being rosy lilac. A handsome-flowered kind, which 
thrives under the treatment recommended for Cattleyas, 
with the addition of all the sunlight possible all the year 
round, otherwise the flowers are apt to fail. It blossoms 
in April and May. Introduced in 1847 from Rio de 
Janeiro, where it grows high upon bare rocks that are 
washed by the ocean below, and where it is fully exposed 
to the sun from morning till night. Syns. ZL. Boothiana, 
L. Riviert, Cattleya lobata. 
Revue Horticole, 1874, p. 33. 
L. majalis.—This is a dwarf-growing plant, succeeding 
best when grown upon a block; it ranks amongst the 
most beautiful of the genus, and is called in its native 
country “Flor de Majo,’ or May Flower, in allusion to 
its season of flowering. The pseudo-bulbs are clustered, 
egg-shaped, pale green, wrinkled when old, bearing 
usually a single leaf, 6in. long. The scape bears a single 
large flower, 6in. across; the sepals are lance-shaped ; 
the petals are broad, soft rose in colour; the lip is very 
large, rose-lilac, streaked and dotted with purple. It 
blossoms during the early summer, but is somewhat diffi- 
cult to flower. It was discovered and roughly figured 
by Hernandez as long ago as 1615; he gives its native 
