88 THE WOODLANDS ORCHIDS 



L.-C. Ancona (Catt. Harrisoniae x L. purpurata) re- 

 presents each parent almost equally, taking after Catt. 

 Harrisoniae in colour and size of sepal and petal ; in general 

 shape and in the hues of the labellum after L. purpurata. 



L.-C. Nysa (L. crispa x Catt. Warcewiczii). — Pale 

 mauve— the petals have a sharp touch of crimson at the tips. 

 Labellum all evenly crimson with a narrow outline of white, 

 gracefully frilled, 



L. X Measuresiana. — A natural hybrid, very rare, assumed 

 to be the product of L. elegans x L. purpurata. Rosy mauve. 

 From the tube, very long, the labellum opens squarely, 

 purple, with a clouded throat and dusky yellow ' eyes.' 



L.-C. Arnoldiana (L. purpurata x Catt. labiata). Large, 

 clear mauve. Petals much attenuated at the ends, which 

 gives them a sort of 'fly-away' appearance. The fine 

 expanded lip, of carmine crimson, is clouded with a deeper 

 tint round the orange throat. 



L. X Claptonensis (L. elegans x L. Dormaniana). — Small, 

 white with a rosy flush. The long shovel lip is brilliantly 

 crimson, fading to a white edge. 



L.-C. amanda. — A natural hybrid of which Catt. inter- 

 media is one parent, L. Boothiana perhaps the other. Pale 

 pink. The yellow throat and the bright rosy lip show lines 

 of deep crimson, strongly ' feathered ' on either side. 



L. X Grave siae (L. crispa superba x L. praestans). — Small, 

 rosy white. The spade-like lip is magenta-crimson, wonder- 

 fully smooth and brilliant, with two little yellow ' eyes ' in 

 the throat. 



L.-C. Tiresias (Catt. Bowringiana x L. elegans). — The 

 petals are exactly oval, saving pretty twirls and twists at 

 the edges — soft bright mauve, the narrow sepals paler. The 

 funnel lip does not open wide, but in colour it is like 

 the richest and silkiest crimson velvet, almost maroon at the 

 throat ; charmingly frilled and gauffered. 



