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We saw a nice plant of this blooming in the large collection 

 of W. Lee, Esq., Leatlierheacl. It flowers in September. — 

 Native Country not stated, 



L. cmenta, Lindley. — A rather desirable species allied to 

 L. aromatica, but its leaves are broader, and its flowers are 

 larger, the peduncles being sometimes two-flowered. The 

 pseudobulbs are ovate compressed rugose, the leaves oblong 

 membranaceous, the peduncles radical, with cucuUate sheaths. 

 The flowers are four inches across, the sepals ovate, scarcely 

 produced at the base, bright yellow inside, green without, the 

 petals smaller of the same form, wholly yellow, and the lip 

 much shorter than the petals, three-lobed, the lobes rounded, 

 the intermediate one crisped and pubescent, and the appendage 

 reduced to a small flat tubercle ; it is dotted with red, and 

 has a deep crimson blotch at its base. It flowers in abundance 

 in March and April, and lasts three weeks in perfection. — 

 Giiatemala. 



Fig.— Bot. Eeg.,_ 1842, 1. 13. 

 Syx. — Maxillaria a'uenta. 



L. Denningiaiia, Bchb. f. — A well-marked and conspicuous 

 species, which has broadly pyriform furrowed glaucous pseudo- 

 bulbs three inches high, cuneate oblong leaves, and flowers 

 nearly as large as those of L. yigantea, having whitish green 

 sepals and petals, the latter somewhat the smaller, and a 

 reddish brown lip, of which the front lobe is oblong blunt, 

 toothletted and reflexed, and the disk bears a large rhomboid 

 acute appendage. — Ecuador. 



L. Deppei, Lindley. — An old but ornamental species well 

 worth}' of a place in collections. The pseudobulbs are ovate 

 compressed, about three-leaved, the leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 plicate. The scapes which spring from the base of the bulb 

 are one-flowered, erect, shorter than the leaves. The flowers 

 have oblong obtuse green sepals dotted over with chocolate- 

 purple spots arranged in transverse lines ; the petals are 

 smaller, pure white, and the lip is cucuUate, three-lobed, 

 yellow with crimson dots, the front lobe ovate acuminate 

 reflexed, with an ovate elevated appendage or callus. It 

 blooms during the winter and spring months, and lasts long 

 in beauty. — Mexico. 



FlG.-Bot. Mag., t. 3395; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1612, 



