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name as “Chichilitic Tepetlavhxochitl”! For cultural 
details, see the beginning of the present chapter. It was 
introduced from Mexico about 1838. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5667. 
L. monophylla.—This is the smallest of all Lzelias, the 
whole plant being scarcely 6in. high, and the flowers less 
than 2in. across. Nevertheless it is a charming little Orchid. 
The pseudo-bulbs are scarcely thicker than a_ knitting- 
needle, 3in. to 5in. long. Leaves 2in. long. Scape as 
long as the leaf, one-flowered; flower vivid orange-scarlet, 
with a purple, eye-like anther-cap; sepals and _ petals 
similar; lip very small. Known in a wild state only in 
Jamaica, at an elevation of 5oooft., whence it was 
introduced to Kew, and flowered in 1882. It thrives best 
when planted in a small pan, and suspended near the 
glass with the Odontoglossums, or in an ordinary green- 
house. It blossoms in autumn. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 6683. 
L. Perriniii— This is an elegant, autumn-flowering 
species. The pseudo-bulbs are stout, 6in. to gin. high, 
compressed, and bear each a single dark green leaf of the 
same length. The scape is erect, bearing from three to 
six flowers, which are 5in. across and curiously flattened ; 
the sepals and petals are rosy purple, tipped with purplish 
magenta, and the lip is pale purple on the small side 
lobes; the front lobe reflexed, pointed, rich purple, with a 
yellow blotch in the throat. It is a native of the Organ 
Mountains and various parts of Brazil. 
Plate; Botanical Register, 1828, t. 2. 
Var. nivea (sometimes called a/sa).—Flowers white, 
the front of the lip rose-purple. 
L. pumila.—A dwarf, compact-growing species. Pseudo- 
bulbs thin, round, 2in. to 3in. long, one-leaved. Leaf 
