636 orchid-grower's manual. 



Lselia callistoglossa, Rchb. f. — Undoubtedly the best of the 

 hybrid Lalias, being the result of a cross by Mr. Seden, 

 between Lcelia furjnirata and Cattleya gig as ; it was flowered 

 in 1884 by Mr. Ballantine, gardener to Baron Schriider, The 

 Dell, Staines, and was exhibited by him at the Eoyal Horti- 

 cultural Society's Meeting in March, 1884, where it was 

 deservedly awarded a first-class certificate. The flowers in 

 outline resemble those of L. purjmrata, the sepals and petals 

 bright rose colour, and the lip two inches across, rich magenta- 

 crimson shaded with mauve, the throat orange veined with 

 brownish purple. It flowers in March. — Garden hybrid. 



LsBlia Canliamiana, Bchh. f. — At first sight this looks like 



a good variety of L. jjurpurata, but upon closer examination 

 it is seen to he distinct from that species. The sepals and 

 rhomboid petals are light rose, the lip dark velvety purple in 

 its anterior wavy portion, margined narrowly in the upper 

 part with white, and in the throat veined with brown stripes on 

 an orange ground. This is the result of a Veitchian cross 

 between L. jntrjmrata and Cattleya Mossice. — Garden hybrid. 



Lselia Measuresiana, Williams. — A very chaste and beauti- 

 ful plant, with stems twelve to fifteen inches high, in some 

 cases furnished with two ovate oblong obtuse leaves, some- 

 times with a solitary leaf only, which is oblong and acute, 

 suggesting, as do also the flowers, that it is a hybrid between 

 L. elegans and some other monophyllous species. The sepals 

 and petals are oblong-lanceolate acute, plane, pure white, the 

 lip entire, and not lobed as in L. elegans, but beautifully 

 frilled around the entire margin, the anterior portion rose- 

 colour, the centre paler veined with bright magenta-purple, 

 and the throat pure white stained with yellow. It flowers 

 in May. — Brazil. 

 Fig.— Orchid Album, v. t. 207. 



Lgelia purpurata atropurpurea, Williams.— The darkest 



variety of L. purpurata we have yet met with. The sepals 

 and petals are of a deep rose colour, the lip large and open, rich 

 magenta-purple, this colour extending from the point of the 

 lip far into the throat, which is orange-colour veined with 

 dark purple. It was flowered by R. H. Measures, Esq., of 

 Woodlands, Streatham. — Brazil. 



LissocMlus Krebsii purpuratus, TiW^.— This variety has 



