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erect, tearing atout four to five fragrant flowers ; 

 sepals and petals spreading, the latter being broader, 

 pure -white ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes cover- 

 ing the colunm ; front lobes white, with a faint 

 tinge of lemon-colour on the disc, and a blotch 

 of deep purple at the base. Mexican division. 

 "Winter months. Guate- 

 mala. 



i. albida. — This spe- 

 cies requires to be giown 

 in the Mexican division. 

 The pseudo-bulbs are 

 small and clustered, 

 bearing a pair of cori- 

 aceous leaves. Scape 

 terminal, three to six- 

 flowered ; sepals oblong- 

 acute ; petals much 

 broader, somewhat 



ovate-acute, white; lip 



white, streaked with 



pale yeUow lines. Very- 

 variable in colour. 



Winter months. Moun- 

 tains of Oalaca, Mexico. 

 L. aneeps. — Like the 



two preceding species, 



this plant succeeds best 



on a block, and should 



be kept in the Mexican 



di-vision. Pseudo-bulbs 



ovate and ribbed; 



leaves, one to two, thick 



and coriaceous ; scape 



one to two feet high, 



bearing on the summit 



three to six flowers ; 



sepals and petals rose, 



or purpKsh-rose ; lip 



deep -purplish-rose, 



streaked with yellow 



on the disc. There arc 



numerous varieties. 



Theflowers open during 



the winter months, and 



last long in perfection. 



Guatemala and Mexico. 



i. aneeps, var. Dawsonii. — This is a beautiful and 



distinct form of the species. Sepals and petals pure 



waxy-wnite, side lobes of lip white, front lobe 



purple, with numerous lines of deeper purple, and 



streaked with yellow on the disc. There is also a 



pure white variety (i. aneeps alba). "Winter months. 



Juquila, Mexico. 



1. autumnalis is another of the Mexican species. , 



The pseudo-bulbs, which are clustered, ovate, and 



much wrinkled, bear two narrow coriaceous leaves ; 

 scape terminal, erect, bearing three to six flowers, 

 some four inches across ; sepals and petals rosy- 

 purple ; lip white, -mth. a broad border of deep 

 rose, and yeUow at the base. There is much varia- 

 tion in tha depth of colour in different plants. 

 The winter months. 

 Mexico. 



i. cinnaiarina. — 

 Pseudo - bulbs swollen 

 at the base, tapering 

 upwards, becoming 

 somewhat fl^sk-shaped, 

 fojr to six inches high, 

 bearing a single erect, 

 rugose, dark g-reen leaf ; 

 scape terminal, .erect, 

 many-flowered ; sepals 

 and petals narrow, 

 about equal, and are to- 

 gether with the Hp a 

 bright cinnabar - red. 

 Spring and early 

 summer. Brazil. 



i. crispilabia. — 

 Pseudo - bulbs swollen 

 at the base, tapei-ing 

 upwards, bearing an 

 erect lanceolate-acute 

 leaf, which, like the 

 growth, is deep green. 

 Scape nine to twelve 

 inches long, five to 

 six - flowered ; sepals 

 and petals equal, soft 

 purple ; lip three-lobed, 

 the side lobes rolled 

 over the column, rosy- 

 purple, front lobe same 

 colour, white at the 

 base. Spring and early 

 summer. Brazil. 



X. elegaris, — This 

 species and its varieties 

 so much resemble a 

 Cattleya when out of 

 flower, that they are 

 Pseudo-bulbs somewhat 

 fusiform in shape, about two feet high ; leaves one 

 to two, borne upon the summit. The scape is erect, 

 arising from between a large spathe, three to six- 

 flowered, each flower measuring four or five inches 

 across. Sepals and petals very variable in colour; 

 in some forms they are pure white, in, others rose 

 and carmine; lip brilliant purple. The variety 

 L. gigantea has very large flowers, with delicate rose 



lOKOPSIS TENEEA. 



scarcely distinguishable. 



