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flowers are large ; the sepals somewhat narrow, white, suf- 

 fused with lilac, the petals broader and slightly deeper in 

 colour ; the hp large and rosy Hlac, having a band of pale 

 rose near the throat, which latter is light yellow, pencilled 

 with rose. It is very rare. — Brazil. 



L. Schilleriana, Rchb. /. — A fine and rare species allied to 

 L. purpurata, and resembling L. elegans as regards its manner 

 of growth. The stems are eighteen inches high, and bear 

 light green foliage nine inches long. The flowers are showy ; 

 the sepals and petals are nearly equal, elongate lanceolate, 

 white, the lip elongate, three-lobed, the side lobes blunt- 

 angled, and the middle lobe oblong, minutely denticulate, the 

 throat radiately veined with purple, and the disk sulphur 

 yellow, with a large curved or hippocrepiform blotch of a 

 rich purple-crimson in front of the disk. It blooms during 

 May and June, lasting three and four weeks in beauty, and 

 makes a good exhibition plant on account of its showy 

 flowers . — Brazil. 



L. ScMlleriana splendens, Hort. — A splendid variety of L. 

 Schilleriana, Avhich grows to the same height, and bears on 

 the top of the bulb two green leaves of a light green colour. 

 The plants flower twice a year, and produce large blossoms, 

 of which the sepals and petals are light rose, veined with 

 a deeper colour, and the lip is large, of a beautiful magenta, 

 the front part light rose, and the throat yellow. It blooms 

 in June and in autumn, and as it lasts several weeks in per- 

 fection, it makes a fine exhibition plant. — Brazil. 



L. Scliroderii, Williams and Moore. — A very distinct and 

 beautiful species, which in its growth and in the shape and 

 size of its flowers resembles L. grandis. It was flowered for 

 the first time by ourselves, and was named after Baron 

 Schroder, The Dell, Staines, a great admirer of this noble 

 class of plants. The stems are clavate, about a foot and a 

 half high, with solitary oblong leathery light green leaves, 

 and racemes of three or four flowers, borne on a scape issuing 

 from an oblong compressed bract or spathe. The flowers are 

 about seven inches across, the sepals and much broader petals 

 pure white, and the lip white, undulated, veined towards the 

 throat with magenta-rose, the throat itself, as well as the part 

 inflected over the column, deep yellow veined with rose. 

 This new species has also flowered with Erastus Corning, 



