DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 295 



Isochilus graminoides. Hook. Ex., 196. 

 /. limaris. B. R., 745. 

 /. proliferus. B. R., 825. 



Lacsena. Lindley. Epiphyte. 



A name of Helen, applied because of the beauty of the plant. 



B. Lacczna bicolor. Guatemala . . . B. R., 1844, 50. 

 A plant with the general aspect of a Gongora, but with 

 long pendulous racemes of large greenish white flowers, 

 with white lip, with rich purple markings. Should be 

 grown in a basket, with peat and moss. 



Laelia. Lindley. Epiphyte. 



A complimentary name. 



B. L&lia acuminata. Guatemala . . B. M., 4905. 



Pax. Mag., 10, 49. 



B. R., 1844, 24. 



Fl. des Ser., 9. 



Perianth rosy white ; lip white, with dark purple spot. 

 Blooms in December and January. A very pretty, free- 

 growing plant, easily bloomed; does equally well in a pot 

 or on a block. The variety Z. acuminata violacea has rosy 

 violet flowers. Called in its native country Flor de Jesu. 



C. Lcelia albida. Mexico B. M., 3957. 



B. R., 1839, 54- 



Flowers white, tinted with yellowish ; lip white, with 

 yellow markings and purple spots near base. Blooms in 

 December and January. 



L<zlia albida superb a has larger flowers. 



