SOBEALIA. 575 



S. Liliastnim, Lindley. — A distinct and handsome species, 

 ■with stems eight to ten feet high, furnished with lanceolate 

 very acute striated leaves with a vaginate base, and ter- 

 minal distichous many-flowered racemes with spathaceous 

 bracts, the flowers large, pendulous, white with yellow veins, 

 produced in Jaly and August ; they, however, last but a 

 short time in beauty. There are two varieties of this plant, 

 one much better than the other. Dr. Lindley refers also 

 to a bright rose-coloured form the lip having white veins, 

 which is that figured in the Sertimi. — British Guiana ; 

 Bahia. 



Fig.— Sertiim Orch., t. 29. 



S TN. — Epidendrum Liliastrum, 



S. macrantlia, Lindley. — A remarkably handsome species, 

 no doubt the finest of the genus. The stems are six to eight 

 feet high, with oval acuminate plicate leaves, and short 

 racemes of flowers, the flowers being individually large, six 

 inches across, aromatic, of a beautiful rich purple and crimson, 

 the sepals oblong, the petals broader and crispy in the upper 

 part, and the lip folded round the column at the base, very 

 broad at the roundish bilobed apex, and wavy at the edge, 

 having a pale yellowish spot in the centre. It blooms during 

 the summer months, producing the blossoms succession ally, 

 each flower lasting three days in perfection. This makes a 

 fine plant for exhibition. — Mexico ; Guatemala. 



FiG.—Bot.Mng., t. 4446; Batem., Orch. Mex. et Guat, t. 87; Paxton, 

 Mag. Hot, xiv. 241, with tab. ; Moore, 111. Orch. Fl., Sobralia 2 ; Flore des 

 Serves, t. 669. 



S. macrantha pallida, Hoi-t.— Awerj distinct variety, having 

 large flowers, seven inches across, of a beautiful pale rose 

 colour ; the lip nearly white. It blooms during the summer 

 months, and continues a long time in perfection. — Gua- 

 temala. 



S. macrantlia splendens, Hort. — A charming variety which 

 has darker flowers than those of S. macrantlia, but they are 

 not so large ; they are produced from June to August. There 

 is a form of this called " Woolley's " variety, which is very 

 dwarf in habit, and produces magnificent flowers in June and 

 July. — Guatemala. 



S. rosea, Poppig and Enll. — A very fine specie?, with a 



