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species is far siiperioi' to L. cinnaharina, the flowers being 

 larger and the colour more brilhant. This plant is well grown 

 and flowered by Mr. Heims, gardener to F. A. Philbrick, Esq., 

 Bickley. It flowers in February and March. — Brazil. 



'EiG.— Orchid Album, iii. t. 117 ; Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 372 ; Garden, sxiv. 

 t. iOO. 



L. irrorata, Bchh. f. — An elegant species, whose stems 

 usually attain a height of eighteen inches, and bear two or 

 three leaves on the summit (monophyllous — i. Echb.). The 

 flowers are racemose, measuring about five inches across, the 

 ligulate acute sepals and the cuneate oblong slightly undulated 

 petals blush white, the lip with the lateral lobes blush white, 

 the rounded spreading ends tipped with rosy pink, and the 

 middle lobe rich crimson shaded with purple. It makes a 

 very fine subject for exhibition, flowering in June and July, 

 and is a plant no collection of Orchids should lack. The finest 

 variety of this plant which we have seen bloomed in the rich 

 collection of R. F. Ainsworth, Esq., M.D., at Lower Broughton, 

 Manchester, under the care of Mr. Mitchell. — Brazil. 



Fig. — Xenia Orch., ii. t. 115, fig. 1. 



L irrorata Scottiana, Bchh. f. — A very fine large-flowered 

 high-coloured variety. The narrow acute sepals and narrowish 

 acute petals are of a light rose colour, and the lip is three- 

 lobed, the centre lobe brilliant crimson-magenta, and the throat 

 white. It flowers in June. The variety is named in honour 

 of H. J. Scott, Esq., Queen's Quay, Belfast, by whom it was 

 flowered. — Brazil. 



L. JonglieaiLa, Bichh. f. — A lovely and distinct species, with 

 small ovate-oblong compressed shining pseudobulbs, and ob- 

 long ligulate blunt or emarginate dark green glossy leaves. 

 The scape is two-flowered, the flowers expanded, four and a 

 half inches across, with linear-lanceolate acute sepals, elliptic 

 oblong-obtuse petals, and a rather small but handsomely 

 marked lip, which has the side lobes short convolute, the tube 

 yellow within, the yellow colour being continued on the disk, 

 which is marked by a crest of seven elevated undulated ridges 

 of a dark orange yellow, the oblong front lobe whitish, with a 

 broad beautifully denticulate border of violet-amethyst, the 

 sepals and petals being of a brilhant amethyst. This 

 species blooms in March, and the flowers last a long time in 

 perfection. It is best grown in a basket with rough fibrous 



