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veins exteriorly, the inner surface streaked witli red lines, 

 except the orange-coloured appendage on the disk. It suc- 

 ceeds in a cool house, and its flowers last an immense time in 

 perfection in a sitting-room. Reichenbach refers this species 

 to Bifrenaria. The var. grandijiora has the inner surface of 

 lip wholly purple except a narrow yellowish border, and the 

 spur is yellow with a few bold purple stripes. — Brazil. 



'EiG.—Bot. Mag., t. 2927 ; Bot. Reg., t. 897 ; HooTc. Exot. FL, 1. 120 ; Paxt. 

 Fl. Gard., iii. 92, fig. 277 ; Xenia Orch., i. t. 94 ; Paxton, Mag. Bot., ii. 196, 

 with tab. (gi-andiflora). 



Syn. — Maxillaria Harrisonice ; Colax Earrisonice ; Dendrobium liar- 

 risonice; Bifrenaria Harrisonice. 



L. Harrisonise alba, Ilort. — A neat variety, in which 

 the habit coincides with that of the type, but the flowers 

 of which are white ; the sepals are slightly tinged with green, 

 and the lower sides of the lateral ones faintly dotted with red, 

 the petals are pure white, well displayed, and the lip has a 

 white tube, the side lobes reddish purple veined with deeper 

 red, and the middle lobe of the same red-purple covered with 

 short white fleshy hairs ; the spur-like portion is greenish 

 white. — Brazil. 



'FlQ.—GarienJlora, t. 52. 



L. Harrisonise eburnea, Moore. — A very chaste and beautiful 

 variety having the sepals and petals pure white, and the lip 

 white freely striped with crimson ; the throat is yellow striped 

 with purplish red. It blooms during the months of April and 

 May. — Brazil. 



Fig.— Orchid Album, iii. t. 100. 



L. lanipes, Lindley. — A very free-flowering kind. In its 

 habit of growth it is similar to L. Ski^ineri. The flowers are 

 large, produced in great quantities, pale green or greenish 

 white, with the lip of the same colour, its oblong obtuse front 

 lobe serrated at the base, and the appendage blunt convex and 

 ribbed. It is a most profuse bloomer during autumn, yield- 

 ing many dozens of flowers, which are very useful for cutting, 

 and last for a long time in perfection. — Guayaquil. 



L. macropliylla, Lindley. — A distinct-coloured species, with 

 large ovate ribbed pseudobulbs, ample lanceolate plaited 

 leaves, and bold flowers, of which the sepals are olive green, 

 and the petals, which are nearly as long as the sepals, and 

 broadly rounded and undulated at the extremity, are of a 

 pale nankin-tinted sulphur ; the lip is also of the same tint of 



