L^LIA GRANDIS. 



[Plate 123.] 



Jfative of Baliia, Brazil 



Epiphytal. Stevis (pseuclobulbs) club-shape J, furrowed in htc, about eif,'lit io 



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tell inches in height, monophyllous. Leaves oblon 



in texture, dark green, growing to about ten inches in length. Scnpe cmn^mff 

 from an oblong pale green compressed bluntlsh bract or ppnthe, about foiir-flo\^. i. .1, 

 the rncemes erect. Flowers rather large, mcnsiurhig upwnrds of f/ur inclics in <';i'li 

 direction without being spread out; sepals lanceolate, rcflcxcd and much t^i^ht], c.f 

 a ph\ising nankin or fawn colour; petals somewhat broador than (lie B^'pal^ n'--* 

 convex and curled, finely toothed at the edge, of the s:iin'» ('(.Imir ;is the RcpfilH ; 

 lip thrcc-lobcd, the lateral lobes rolled over the column at the base, Rprrndinjr in 

 front, Avhcre they are beautifully veined with mngonta-roso, the mid<ll«' ]«»b"' r(»u!nh(l 

 witli an apiculiis, prettily crispate-undulate, creamy white pencilled over but nmrr 

 sparingly than the side lobes wath delicate magenta lines; thus tlio wlmh- nurf 

 of the lip is radiately venose with magenta-rose. Column chib-.shii]t<"fl, cniicciilfd 



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infolding of the lateral lobes of the lip 



L.ELiA GEANDis, LmcUeij, in Paxton's Floiver Garden, I, CO, fig. .^8 ; A/., 



Oardeners' Chronicle, 1864, 1202; Flore de Sevres, vii., 238, wo^^lcut; Id., xxiii.. 

 207, t. 2473; Hooher fd.. Botanical Magazine, t. 5553; Rrgel, Gartcvflont, t. f59b , 

 WilUams, Orchid Growers Manual, ed. 5, 205. 



Bletia GRANDIS, Reichenhach fit, in Walters' An. ales Jhtamrn^ Sysff^nficfr 

 vi., 424. 



We have now the satisfaction of submitting to our readers an illustration of 



ry cHstinct plant, one that is Httle known, and which is extremely mm I !«• 



flowers are most remarkable in the singular colour of the Rcpals and petals, nmJ m 

 the chaste and prettily marked lip or labellum. Lctlla xauthlm is oft.-n aoM f-r 



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IV difh'n'Ut. 



this plant, which it much resembles in grow^th, but the ilr»wcrs are tot 

 as may be seen by a comparison of our present plate with the figure cf^tlu- tni" 

 L. xanthina, published in the first volume of the Orchid Album {VU^ 5-)- j^'-' 

 comparison wiU show that the two species are quite distinct in the form of th. ir 

 flowers, as well as in the colour and markings of the lip. We ar.- indcbt' d l^r 

 the opportunity of figuring it to Baron Schroder, of The P 11, ?^-'"' . '" ^^'j*^ 

 fine collection it bloomed in June last, and was v.ry much mlmind by tl.oHc- who 

 saw it. 



L(Blia grandis is an evergreen plant, with the stems or pseudobulb. about c^Kt 

 inches in height, and supporting a dark green leaf about t^n incl.- m 1'^'''- • 

 The flowers are produced several together from a sheath at the apex of the st^'mn , 



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