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a purplish tint of rose colour, and the lip, which is shorter 

 and narrower than in the type, is of an intense magenta- 

 purple with a yellow disk. This variety has long been in 

 cultivation, but is nevertheless rare. — Mexico. 



Tig.— Bot. Reg., t. 1947; Flore des Sei-res, t. 1100; Knowles ^ Westc. 

 Floral Cab., t. 30. 



L. anceps Dawsoni, Anderson. — This beautiful variety is a 

 great acquisition amongst our winter-flowering Orchids. It 

 flowered for the first time in this country in the autumn of 

 1867 with the late T. Dawson, Esq., at Meadow Bank, then 

 the great emporium for Orchid gems and novelties, and again 

 in January, 18G8, in the collection of E. Wright, Esq., 

 Gravelly Hill, Birmingham, by whose gardener, Mr, Hodges, 

 it was exhibited at South Kensington. The special dis- 

 tinguishing character of the plant resides in the colour of its 

 flowers, which are produced two or three together on stems 

 two feet long or more, and in the breadth of its petals. The 

 sepals and petals are pure white, and the exterior of the 

 lateral lobes of the lip is white, while the interior is clothed 

 with purple lines radiating from the base, the yellow crest 

 under the column, common to the species, being prominent ; 

 the front or expanded portion of the lip is undulating and 

 recurved, white towards the lateral lobes, and deep rosy 

 purple near the extremity, the whole being broadly margined 

 with white. — Mexico : Juquila. 



'ElQ.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PI, ii. t. 34; Orchid Album, i. t. 44 ; Floral 

 Mag., t. 530 ; Jennings, Orch,, t. 6. 



L, anceps delicata, Bort. — A distinct and handsome form, 

 with scapes bearing from four to six flowers each. The 

 sepals and petals are white, stained with rosy purple ; the 

 lip white, suffused with reddish purple and shaded with 

 violet, the throat being orange-yellow. This variety is 

 deserving the attention of all cultivators of these plants, on 

 account of the numerous flowers borne on each raceme. — 

 Mexico. 



L. anceps grandiflora, Williams. — This variety has very 

 large highly-coloured flowers of fine form and substance. The 

 growth of the plant is altogether stronger than in the ordinary 

 L. anceps, and the flowers are about half as large again, and 

 better coloured. — Mexico. 



