L^LIA DAYANA. 



[Plate 13 2. J 



Kative of Brazil 



Epiphytal 



somewhat clavate, 

 yoini 



ested 



Leai 



lowering stems 



dry 



Avfth two 



Stems short, clustered, oblong, 

 membranous pale brown scales, the stronger and 

 or three blunter sheaths of a pale green colour. 



inelies long-, fleshy coriaceous, solitary. Scape terminal, one-flowered, issuing from a 



Flowers nearly four inches across, showy, on account of the rich and 

 itrongly contrasted colouring of the lip ; sepals lanceolate acute, entire, rucurvod at 



ptic-oblong, acute, three 



leafy spathi 



the top, pale 



mauve 



petals ovate acute, broader and 



hat deep 



than the sepals ; lip three-lobed, the lateral lobes having the sides eonvolute over 



the column, of a 



P 



mauve 



the truncately rounded denticulate front edge 



recurved 



recurved, and together with the subquadrate emarginate undulated and 

 front lobe of a rich purple-magenta, contrasting strongly with the diluted mauvc- 

 purple of the sepals, petals, and base of lip; the throat is white, marked by seven 

 deep purple carinae, which are depressed and more or less wavy on the edges. 



Column 



ap 



; uiiriuc«, wnicn are aepressea ana more 

 quite enclosed, angulate on both sides at the 



L^LiA Dayana, Eeichenhach Jil. in Gardeners Ch 



Ljelia pumila Dayana, BurUdge, Floral Magazine, N.s., t. 249. 



N.S., VI 



772 



This species belongs 

 niost beautiful. 



to a group of 



small -growing Lcelias, several 



best of this 



That of which w^e are at present treating is, 



how 



of which are 

 ■. one of the 



that 



group 



There are several forms of it to be met with in garden 



hich we have 



and named in honour of John Day 



figured we consider to be the typ 



M 



'"=srs 



L 



ow 



& Co 



P^mla, so that it 



Esq 



from Brazil, some ye 



of Tottenham, and was imported 



aofo, 



o 



gether 



wi 



but 



It was first flowered b\' 



•y 



ith a batch of / 



of 



is now well distributed, and 



to be seen in 



any importance. It is a most useful plant 



and has many 



irly all 



good 



qualities 



to 



recommend 

 free-blo 



amongst which 



w^e may mention that it is 



dwarf-growing as 



W( 



11 



I i 



ommcr, 



CD" 



.# 



^^en to Odont 

 well-arown plant in 



and it is of easy cultivation, 



thriving 



u 



g 



E<linburo- 



'ts, which it seems to enjoy 

 the collection of J. Buchanan, 



hich 



who has some 



well-g 



specimens of the diffi 



nder the cool trcatmcnf 



drawing was taken from a 



Esq., of Oswald Road, MorningHide. 



ront classc. of Orchids 



Our 



the 



L(sl 



are well cared for by Mr. Grossart, the gardener 



la 



Bau 



stems bcin 



is a compact 



'green 



plant 



growmg 



Its flow 



g terminated 



ers 



by the short oblong leathery g 



about six inches high, 

 ,en leaves; it produces 



»se are of 



ith the young growth from the top of the stem, and th 



