■ oblong, pointed ; petals 

 "i'l" of the labellum large, 

 :iinl veined: side lobes 

 r. III. 7:1G9.-A useful 

 aiing 5-10 racemes. Per- 



9. AncepB, Lindl. Pig. 1223. Pseudobulbs scattered 

 on the rhizome, ovate : Ivs. 5-9 in. long, oblong-lanceo- 

 late: scape from the top of the pseudobulbs, iyi-2 ft. 

 long, clothed with keeled scales and bearing 1-2 very 

 showy, purplish rose-colored fls.: sepals lanceolate- 

 acuminate; petals ovate-acuminate, all with a greenish 

 line on the back; labellum inside of the lateral lobes yel- 

 low, with red marks; middle lobe oblong, acute, deep 

 purple, white on the disk, with a thickened yellow keel 

 tenuinating in 3 ridges. Mex. B.M. 3804. B.R. 21:1751. 

 G.C. II. 24: 405; III. 15:172. P.M. 4:73.-One of the 

 most beautiful Lselias, possessing many fine varieties. 

 Var. BaTkeri&na, Lindl. Sepals and petals subequa^; 

 middle lobe of the labellum rather narrow, 



F.S. 11:1100. Gn. 25:446. Var. 

 i, J. Anders. Scape 2-3 ft. long, 

 ; fls. white ; interior of the label- 

 lum marked with radiating purple lines, 

 with the usual yellow ridge. Juquila, Mex. 

 Gn. 25:446. G. C. III. 1:424. S.H. 2, p. 

 175. F. M. 1871:530. Var. 41ba, Eeichb. 

 f. Sepals and petals as invar. Dawsoni: 

 fls. pure white, with the disk of the lip pale 

 yellow. Dec, Jan. G. C. III. 1:485; III. 

 15:172. Var. HUU4na, Reichb. f. Sepals 

 and petals white; front lobe of the label- 

 lum bilobedemarginate. I.H. 33:584. Pale 

 violet, with a yellow disk. Gn. 25:446 

 {Billi). G.C. III. 1:425 (Hillii). Var. ■Williamsi, 

 Hort. Sander. Sepals and petals ].iir. xxMt^. .f Lcood 

 form, narrower than in var. .Sv./' 1 ' " • v. liite, 

 large, with the disk and throat yellii I > rim- 



son-purple. G.C. III. 1:349. (in. ^. .;..,, ''. ;;„„,.- 

 siana). Var. Leeina. R.i.-lih. f, Fl..v.l,ii, , .-uialK r than 



rith 



and very acute; side 



■ lobe small, triangu- 



pedkeel; throat yel- 



Var. Schroderiina, 



iar, wavy 



lowish, veined \\ii)i r. <hl i-li inrplc 



Reichb. f. Pis. uiiusnally large; s. 



die lobe of the labellum pure whitr: si,l. |..li, 



throat streaked with broad lines cf i.ur|ili~li c i i 



A strong grower. Gn. 44:928. G.M. :!.i :-'<i:;. \ar 



deri^na, Reichb. f. Fls. white ; disk of li|. , ri 



G.C. III. 1:281 and 25:136. Gn. 44:928. CM, 



Var.Veitchiina, Reichb. f. Sepals and petals wliit. 



of the labellum yellow, veined with brown; late ra 



and anterior part of the middle lobe veined with j 



L^LIA 



Gn. 25:446 ( Veitchi). Var. Stella, Reichb. f. Fls. pure 

 white; labellum with yellow throat, marked with light 

 crimson lines. G.C. III. 1:280 and 8:500. Var. AmesiAna, 

 O'Brien. Sepals and petals broad, feather-veined with 

 mauve; labellum white; middle lobe crimson-purple. 

 G.C. III. 23:59. Var. Ashworthi^iia, J. O'Brien. Sepals 

 pure white, lance-oblong ; petals broadly ovate, also 

 white ; front lobe of the labellum broad, expanded, 

 white, with a few blue dots and yellow keels on the 

 throat ; side lobes with lines of slaty blue. G.C. III. 

 15:103. J.H. III. 28:125. Var. Waddoni^nBis. Fls. pure 

 white; side lobes of the lip marked with purple lines, 

 disk yellowish. G.C. III. 23: 125. G.M. 41:115. Var. 

 Percivaliina, Reichb. f. Fls. small, but freely pro- 

 duced ; sepals and petals white, tinged with bluish 

 pink ; lateral lobes of the labellum deep purple at the 

 tips and spotted ; throat yellow, with purplish crimson 

 lines; middle lobe creamy vellow at the base; apex 

 purplish. Gn. 25:446. Var. delicata, Hort. ox Williams. 

 Labellum white, suffused with inauvi-: tlimat orange- 

 yellow; sepals and petals rcps.-, mativc- ..r lilac. Var. 

 rdsea, Reichb. f. A variety ha\in;; laiiiiit rose-colored 

 Hs., with the margins of the labellum darker rose. Gn. 

 25:446. Var. grandifWra, Williams. A robust form re- 

 sembling the type. G.C. III. 3:105. Var. holochlla, 

 Rolfe. Sepals and petals nearly alike, pale lilac; lip 

 petaloid, elliptical-lanceolate, light purple, yellow and 

 white at the base. G.F. 4:173. Var. Scottiana, Warn, 

 and Will. Sepals and petals mauve ; labellum deep 

 purple, with a yellow throat. Var. mord,da. This is a 

 name under which importations of large, highly colored 

 forms of L. anccpx were sold by the Liverpool Hort. 

 Co., Eng., as var. grand! flora. 



in. rub^Bcens, Lindl. (i. acnminilta, Lindl. L. pe- 

 (liiiii-iiliiris, Lindl.). Pseudobulbs ovate to subrotund, 

 clustered, sometimes rugose, 1-Ivd.: Ivs. oblong to 

 lance-oblong, eraarginate, 4-5 in. long: scape slender, 

 jointed, sheathed with brown scales at the joints, 1 ft. 

 long, with 2-8 graceful, fragrant fls. : sepals spreading, 

 linear-oblong, acute; petals slightly longer and twice as 

 wide, undulate; labellum as long as the petal; middle 

 lobe of the same form but more undulate and with a 

 stain of yellow on the disk, purplish red on the inner 

 surface. A slender, graceful plant with small, whitish, 

 lilac-tinted or rose-colored fls. B.M. 4905 and 4099. 

 B.R. 26:41; 27:24; 31:69. F.S. 1:9; 7:742. P.M. 

 10:49. — Flowers much smaller than L. aneeps. 

 GBOVP II. 

 A. Pseudobulbs ovate, evidently thick- 

 ened. 

 B. 1/ip with about 7 undulate keels. .11. Jongheana 

 BB. Lip without or with plane keels.. 2. grandiilora 

 AA. Pseudobulbs oblong, more stem-like. 



B. Fls. greenish yellow 15. glauca 



BB. Fls. bright colored or white. 



c. Labellum firm, fleshy; lateral 

 lobes convolute over the col- 

 umn 12. pumila 



cc. Lateral lobes of the lip resting 



on the middle lobe 13. Leeana 



11. Jonghe&na, Reichb. f. Rhizome with remarkably 

 thick root-fibers: pseudobulbs ovate-oblong, 1-lvd.: 

 Ivs. broadly oblong, 3-5 in. long, very thick and dark 

 green: scape stout, shorter than tlie leaf. 1-2 -fld.: fls. 

 4 in. in diameter, bright anntli^ -I ■■.,],.,■: -.j.als linear- 

 lanceolate, acute; petals br. , :, : ■■_ ni^.-; label- 

 lum convolute; lateral lobe> \' ! middle lobe 

 emarginate, white and crisp, w I'li :ii».iit 7 l'mMi'u yellow 

 undulate ridges in the throat. Braz. B.M. 6038. R.H. 

 1873:290. G.C. 1872:425.— A dwarf species with remark- 

 able' leathery Ivs. Said to equal L. grandifloru and 

 Cattleya Mossiae. Rare in cultivation. 



12. pOmila, Reichb. f. {CattlPija piimila. Hook. C. 

 marr/indta, Past. Lcflia pra:.'<tinis, Lindl. & Reichb. f. 

 L. Day Ana, Reichb. f. L. Pinilii, Hort.). Pseudo- 

 bulbs small, stem-like, with on.- oblong to linear-oblong 

 leaf 5-6 in. long: podiim I, .li.rt. r than the Ivs., each 

 bearing a single, lai- r..se-purple fl. : se- 

 pals oblong, acute: I ..iig, broader, undu- 

 late; labellum verv .,.,.: , ...ral lobes subquad- 

 rate, middle lobe shurt, imar^-iiiai.. . waved and crisped; 



