_‘hecessarily as yet very rare. 
LAILIA CALLISTOGLOSSA. 
[PLATE 235.] 
Garden Hybrid. 
Epiphytal. Stems fusiform, furrowed, monophyllous. Leaves oblong obtuse, 
emarginate, nine inches or more in length, and upwards of two inches in breadth, of a 
deep green colour. Scape about two-flowered, issuing from a green oblong spathe 
produced at the base of the leaf. lowers in outline resembling those of Lelia 
purpurata, large and beautifully coloured, the lip being of an especially deep rich 
tint of magenta; sepals oblanceolate acute, narrowed to the base, the margin somewhat 
revolute, and the tips recurved, the colour a lively tint of rose paler towards the 
base; petals ovate-lanceolate acute, strongly revolute at the edge and twisted rather 
than wavy; lip obovate in general outline, two inches across the undulated anterior 
lobe expanded into a broad subquadrate emarginate limb, the bluntly angular basal 
part folded over the column and of a deep magenta-purple with paler streaks, in 
the throat orange-yellow with crimson-purple radiating veins, the colouring of the 
front lobe continued backwards so as to meet over the column, the margin being 
prettily frilled, and the whole surface of an intensely rich deep magenta-purple. 
Column included, slender, whitish tinted with purple. 
_Laxuia caniistociossa, Reichenbach fil, in Gardeners’ Chronicle N.8., Xvil., 76 5 
Williams, Orchid-Grower’s Manual 6 ed. 636. 
The new Lelia callistoglossa which displays such attractive and brillant colours 
is one of the most beautiful of the Hybrid Lelias that have yet been bloomed. This 
happy result has been brought about by the judicious selection of two good parents, 
both of them being fine first-class species, namely, Lelia purpurata and Cattleya gigas. 
_ The cross was effected in the nursery of Messrs. Veitch ‘and Sons, of Chelsea, and 
_ We heartily congratulate them on the production of this and many other cross-bred 
plants, their perseverance in the good work of hybridisation being thus rewarded by 
the origination of sterling novelties. Tt takes a long time for seedlings to mature 
their growth and to bring forth flowers, and they require, especially in their early 
Stages, much patient care, such, as it is well known, Mr. Seden has bestowed upon 
them. JL. callistoglossa is one of his pet productions. Through the kindness of Baron 
Schréder, of the Dell, Staines, in whose fine collection it flowered in great perfection, 
We were permitted to secure a drawing of it. It was exhibited by Mr. Ballantine, 
_ gardener at the Dell, at one of the meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society at 
South Kensington, and received a well-merited First Class Certificate. The plant is 
Lelia callistogl is ¢ ‘phvte of evergreen habit, with erect furrowed stems 
ee a f flowers about March. In 
and dark green foliage, and produces its fine spikes o 
