HOULLETIA BEOCKLEHUESTIANA, Lindl. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4072; Paxt. Mag. Bot. ix. p. 49; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ix. p. 121. 



This species first flowered in the collection of Mr. Brocklehurst of the 

 Firs, near Macclesfield, in the year 1841, but remained scarce in gardens 

 until William Lobb detected it on the Organ Mountains, and sent plants 

 to Exeter in 1842. It is now found in many collections. 



L^LIA ANGEPS, Lindl, var. VEITCHIANA. 



Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xix. p. 274; The Garden, 1884, vol. xxv. p. 534, pi. 446, fig. 7 ; 

 Orchid Review, 1896, vol. iv. p. 53. 



A light form found in an importation of the type. The sepals and petals 

 are white with sometimes a faint tint of rose, and the largely developed 

 lobes of the lip are of a soft lilac tint delicately pencilled with purple. 



LIPAEIS FORMOSANA, Bchb.f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiii. p. 394. 



Discovered in Formosa by Charles Maries, by whom seeds were sent to 

 England, and flowered for the first time in March 1880. 



The sepals and petals of the flowers are very light purple with green 

 borders ; the lip dark brown with a similar green border, and the peduncle 

 a beautiful purple. 



LYCASTE LASIOGLOSSA, Bchb.f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1872, p. 215 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6251 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ix. 



p. 90. 



Introduced from Guatemala in 1871, this most interesting member of 

 the genus has flowers somewhat dull in colour, differing from all others in 

 its shaggy lip, resembling the Paphinias, which suggested the specific 

 name. 



LYCASTE LINGUELLA, Bchb.f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 738 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6303. 



Introduced from Peru about the year 1870 ; a green-flowered species 

 remarkable for the structure of the lip, which protrudes from the centre of 

 the flower in the form of a little tongue. 



LYCASTE LOCUSTA, Bchb.f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xi. p. 524 ; Orchid Review, 1898, p. 136 ; Bot. Mag. 



t. 8020. 



An interesting species remarkable for its dull green flowers and the 

 white fringe which extends all round the front of the lip. 



Found by Walter Davis in Peru, it flowered for the first time at Chelsea 

 in 1879. Subsequently apparently lost sight of, it has during recent years 



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