LZLIA SCHRODERII. 
[Piars 2. | 
Native of Bahia. 
Epiphytal. Stems (or pseudobulbs) club-shaped, about a foot and a half high, 
monophyllous, furrowed when mature. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, acute, broad to the 
base, light green. Scape three to four-flowered, issuing from a terminal oblong 
compressed bract, an inch wide and five inches long. Flowers large, subhorizontal, 
about seven inches across, delicately coloured, with a prettily veined lip; sepals 
lanceolate, reflexed, three-fourths of an inch wide, white; petals convex, ovate, 
narrowed to the base, somewhat crispy at the edge, pure white, scarcely as long as 
the lip; Jip (labellum) membranaceous, three-lobed, the lateral lobes convolute around 
the column, yellow outside, striped with deeper yellow veins, the middle lobe ovate, 
obtuse, undulated, the anterior portion and margin white, the mouth veined with 
magenta-rose, the disk naked, and the tubulose basal portion deep yellow, veined 
with magenta. Column much shorter than the lateral lobes of the lip. 
L&LIA SCHRODERII, supra. 
This plant belongs to that tribe of the Orchid family which is called Epr- 
dendrew, and of which the genus Epidendrum is regarded as the type. This group 
is known by its waxy pollen-masses, which are attached to a distinct caudicle, but 
bear no separable stigmatic gland as occurs in the tribe Vandew. The genus is 
closely related to Cattleya, and contains some of the finest ornaments of our 
Orchid-houses. : 
The subject of our present illustration is a new and most beautiful Orchid, 
‘now figured and described for the first time. It is closely allied to Lela grandis, 
but is distinct from that species, inasmuch as the sepals and petals are white, 
whereas those of JZ. grandis are of a nankeen yellow. It is named in honour of 
Baron Henry Schréder, an enthusiastic admirer of this handsome class of plants. The 
species flowered for the first time this year, in the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries. 
The flowers are produced in May and June, three or four together, on spikes 
which are produced from the apex of the new bulbs; they have a delicate and 
pleasing appearance, the sepals and petals being pure white, while the lip is white, 
striped with rose, throat deep yellow, veined with magenta. It should be kept 
free from damp when in flower, as the blossoms being of a delicate nature, soon 
spot: and go off; but kept in this way free from moisture they will last about four 
weeks in a fresh and perfect state. : 
