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not re-appear until the original district is again visited by sours collector: And 
many species collected years ago, of which good dried specimens exist, have 
not yet again appeared. 
The flowers of the present species are light yellowish green, the lateral 
sepals having two or three broad, blackish brown blotches or transverse hands 
near the base. The dorsal sepal and petals are wholly suffused with blackish 
brown for some distance from the base, or in some cases the dorsal sepal is 
blotched like the lateral ones, and the colour on the petals may extend beyond 
the middle. The lip has several deep brown spots around the crest, but no warts. 
The crest is glabrous, light green, and consists of a pair of parallel fleshy keels, 
which suddenly terminate at their apex in a pair of erect, slightly diverging _ 
teeth. The column is light green, margined with blackish on the sides of the 
stigma. R. A. Ro re. 
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bordered with a narrow line of pale rose; the front lobe long and pointed, 
tipped with rosy lilac; throat white. 
L. purpurata Funo isa smaller flower, but very attractive, having pure white 
sepals and petals and a deep purplish crimson lip margined with white with a 
triangular blotch of white at the tip; throat tinged with yellow. 
L. purpurata fastuosa is a grand flower, having broad sepals and petals, 
which are rosy purple veined with a darker hue; lip large and of good shape, 
deep crimson-maroon tipped with lilac, the throat white. 
L. purpurata maestica has a very large flower with broad sepals and 
broader petals, all of a pure white; lip very large, the front lobe very long, deep 
violet purple bordered with white, the front white veined with violet-purple. 
L. purpurata Fohannae is a fine variety, having pure white sepals and 
petals; lip rich purplish magenta, with a white border, the front having a large 
blotch of white; throat yellow. 
L. purpurata pulchra is a very attractive flower; sepals and petals rose colour, 
with darker lines; lip deep crimson-purple, having a triangular blotch of creamy 
white at the tip, throat creamy white in the upper part, yellow at the bottom. 
L. purpurata Phoebe is a particularly charming flower, having flesh-coloured 
sepals and petals; lip rosy purple, paler at the tip; throat white, flushed with 
a lively yellow. 
L. purpurata fascinatoy is another distinct and handsome kind, with the 
sepals and petals of a deep rosy purple; lip wholly reddish carmine, throat 
golden yellow. 
L. purpurata Fosephinae is another handsome and large flower, the petals 
(To be followed on p. 42.) 
