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191. Luisia, Gaudichaud. 



Ten species, from India, Eastern Asia, Malaysia and 

 Japan. See Bot. Mag., t. 3648 (Cymbidium), 5558. 

 *L. Psyche, Gard. Chron., 1865, 842. 



192. Ly caste, Lindley. 



Twenty-five species, from Tropical America, Peru, Mexico, 

 and West Indies. Pamphinia and Colax are now 

 included here. Mostly showy. L. Skinneri and its 

 varieties are very popular. See Orchid Album, t. 

 100 ; Gard. Chron., 1879, xi., 559 ; Bot. Mag., t. 

 3146, 3395, 4081, 4193, 4445, 5616, 5706, 6251, 

 6303. 

 *L. flavescens, Gard. Chron., 1882, xvii., 523. 



193. Lycomormium, Reichenbach, f. 



Two or three species, from Colombia and Central America. 

 Habit of Peristeria. Flowers resembling Cyrtopodium. 

 See Bot. Reg., 1. 1953 ; Knowles and Westcott, Floral 

 Cabinet, t. 70. 



194. LYPERANTHUS, R. Brown. 



Five or six species, from New Caledonia, New Zealand. 



195. MACODES, Blume. 



One species, from Java. See Blume, Orch. Archip. Ind., 

 119, t. 31, 36; Rchb. f., Xen. Orch., t. 96, f. 1. 



196. Macradenia, R. Brown. 



One or two species, from the West Indies. See Gard. 

 Chron., 1879, xi., 559. 



197 Malaxsis, Swarz. 



One little species ' (M. paludosa), is epiphytal on living 

 sphagnum in Britain, Ireland and North Europe. 

 See Gard. Chron. 1881, xvi., 463. 

 *M. paludosa, 1884, xxi., 144. 



198. MANNIELLA, Reichenbach f. 



One species, native of West Tropical Africa. Related to 

 Platylepis. Flowers small, not showy. 



199. Masdevallia, Ruiz and Pavon. 



Species a hundred or more, wild in South America, Peru, 

 Mexico, Brazil, Guiana, and West Indies, generally at 

 considerable altitudes on mountains. Many are showy 



