SOBRALIA LEUCOXANTHA. 
[Prate 271.] 
Native of Costa Riea. 
: Terrestrial Stems erect, reed-like, slightly stouter than a wheat straw, twelve 
eighteen inches high, leafy, terminated by the inflorescence. Leaves 
nt, euneate-oblong, acuminate, plicate, membraneous, and of a lively green, 
ng at the base, where they are dotted with black wart-like protuberances. 
upwards of five inches in diameter, deflexed, produced in a short terminal 
e, the sheathing rough imbricating bracts of which are dotted with brown ; 
oblong-ligulate, apiculate, recurved, white ; petals somewhat shorter and broader, 
ing, and same colour as the sepals ; : lip rolled over the column at the base, 
“outside, rich golden yellow in the throat, and streaked at the base with 
deep orange-red lines; the expanded limb is deeply bilobed in front and 
on the edge. Column included, scarcely as long as the tubular portion 
SopRaLIA LEVCOXANTHA, Jchb. ds Be, Orch. Centr. Amer., p. 68; Williams, 
‘Grower's Manual, 6 ed., p. 574, 
the pleasure of figuring the very beautiful Sobralia aantholeuca, on 
0 the present welding: and a glance at our illustration, of the species 
or consideration, will at once convince our readers that this is another. 
ornamental plant. It is a rare species, and is but seldom seen in 
act greatly to be regretted, as Sobralias are all distinct in growth 
| the: ‘majority of Orchids. : 
aN ing was taken’ from a fine specimen in the collection of H. Grose 
The Priory, St. Helens, Ryde, Isle of Wight, in whose collection it 
: for several years, under the care of Mr. Earle, the gardener, and where 
own ‘specimens of Orchids are to be found, some of which we have 
in this work on former occasions, and which bear _— eeeny to 
and attention bestowed upon them. : 
leucowantha ‘is an evergreen species with reed-like stems, a foot ‘or 
height ; the bright ‘green leaves are plicate, and form a pretty contrast - 
Which proceed from a sheath at the top of the completed growth. 
dotted with black warts, whilst the bracts of the spathes are 
co The flowers are large ; sepals white, somewhat shorter and 
he: tals, which are- also “white ; ne Tip” on the outside is. white, 
flushed with. orange in the throat and disc, but passing 
whilst the: margin is eel undulated. The individual - 
