90 LTCASTR. 



Discovered by Hartweg at Pacclia, on the Peruvian Andes near 

 Loxa, in 1842, and sent by Mm to the Horticultural Society of 

 London. Ten years later it was collected by Warscewicz in the 

 same locality, and it has been occasionally imported since. It is 

 well distinguished by its elongated pseudo-bulbs, its narrow leaves, 

 and the keeled plate of the label! um. 



L. lasioglossa. 



Pseudo-bulbs 4 — 5 inches long and Ih — 2 inches broad, di-triphyllous. 

 Leaves variable iu size and form, from elliptic to oblongdanceolate, 

 15 — 24 inches long. Scapes 6 — 8 inches long, stoutish. Flowers 

 4 — 5 inches across vertically ; sepals spreading and equidistant, lanceolate- 

 oblong, acute, reddish brown, yellow at the tip, hairy at the base ; 

 petals oblong, concave, reflexed at the apex, bright yellow ; lip yellow, 

 three-lobed, the side lobes narrow, stained with red on the inner side ; 

 the terminal lobe oblong, obtuse, clothed Avitli long white hairs on 

 the upper surface ; plate of disk tongue-shaped. Column terete, light 

 yellow above, hairy below the stigma. 



Lycaste lasioglossa, Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1872, p. 215. Bot. Mag. t. 6251. 

 Lindeiiia, VII. t. 316. 



Introduced by us from Guatemala in 18 7 L Although its large 



flowers are of somewhat homely colours, it is one of the most 



interesting species of the genus, its shaggy lip being quite singular 



in that respect, and imitating the Paphinias ; it also suggested the 



specific name which is derived from \aaioq, '^' hairy or rough," and 



■yAdiCTcra, "a tongue," in orchidology, the labellum. 



L. leucantha. 



Pseudo-bulbs 2 — 3 inches long, di-triphyllous. Leaves 20 — 25 inches 

 long. Scapes about one-third as long as the leaves. Flowers 3 — 4 

 inches across the lateral sepals ; sepals oblong, sub-acute, brownish 

 green ; petals similar but shorter, reflexed at the apex, yellowish white ; 

 lip three-lobed, the side lobes roundish oblong, erect, light yellow ; the 

 intermediate lobe ovate-oblong, obtuse, denticulate at the margin, gently 

 reflexed, cream-Avhite ; plate of disk narrow, grooved. Column semi- 

 terete, bent, yellowish white. 



Lycaste leucantha, Klotzscli in AUgem. Gartenz. 1850, p. 402. Lindl. in Paxt. 

 Fl. Gard. II. p. 37, with fig. Rchb. in Walp. Ann. VI. p. 603. Saunders' Ref. 

 Bot. II. t. 102. 



Discovered by Warscewicz in Costa Rica in 1849, and occasionally 



imported since from that country. The colours of its flowers are 



pallid and unattractive. 



