8G orchid-grower's manual. 



A. LAWRENCIAE, Rchh. /.—This rarity, a plant of which was imported by 

 Mr. F. Sander, and purchased by Sir T. Lawrence, Bart., for the sum of 235 

 guineas, proves to be a grand and unique novelty. The habit of growth resembles 

 that of A. quinquevulnerwm, but in its flowers it comes near A. odoratum, 

 though they are far superior to that kind in their dimensions. The floral 

 racemes exceed a foot in length, and the individual flowers are nearly as 

 large as those of A. crispum ; the sepals are at first greenish, then waxy-white, 

 and finally yellow, the petals are flushed at the tip with fine purple, and the 

 ligulate denticulate middle lobe of the lip is also purple, with two longitudinal 

 purple stripes passing from the disk to the mouth of the spur, which is elong- 

 ated and tipped with green ; the tall erect lateral lobes of the lip are oblong- 

 dolabriform ; it flowers dviring the autumn months ; and was shown in fine 

 condition in 1884, by Baron Schroder. — Mindanao. 



Fig. Tlw Garden., 1889, xxxv. p. 485 ; Orchid Album, vi. t. 270 ; Veitch'.i Man. 

 Orrh. PI., vii. pp. 71 and 72. 



A. LAWRENCIAE AMESIANUM, Sander. — A strong growing variety producing 

 very long racemes, flowers large, orange-yellow ; petals and sepals tipped with 

 purple. — Malay Archipelago. 



Fir. Xenia Orehidaccn, iii. t. 252. 



A. LEEANUM, Mchb.f. — This distinct species resembles A. quinqueruhierum 

 in its habit of growth and foliage. The flowers, which are sweet-scented, arc 

 produced in short dense racemes, and are amethyst-coloured with a green spur. 

 It has been named in honour of W. Lee, Esq., late of Leatherhead, once an 

 enthusiastic patron of Orchid culture ; it flowers during the winter months. — 

 India.. 



A. LEPIDUM, Rchh.f. — A neat and pretty species, introduced by Major-Gen. 

 Berkeley. It has loratc leaves, somewhat narrower than those of A. odoratum, 

 and obtusely bilobed at the end. The many-flowered ascending racemes are 

 sometimes as much as eighteen inches in length, and covered with flowers 

 as large as those of A. affine, which are white, with the sepals and petals tipped 

 with pui'ple, and the triangular projected anterior part of the lip also purple; 

 the spur is slender, cylindrical, curved, and nearly as long as the stalked ovary. 

 — British India. 



A. LINDLEYANUM. — See Aerides caispuM Lindleyaxum. 



A. LOBBII, Hort. Veitch. — A free-flowering and handsome sjjecies, pro- 

 ducing long spikes of rosy pink and white blossoms. The leaves are lorate, 

 very leathery, channelled, obliquely bilobed, of a light green here and there 

 dotted with purple, about eight inches long, and nearly two inches wide. The 

 flowers are very numerous, white, slightly tinted with soft rose and faintly 

 dotted towards the tips, the lip washed with violet, the colour strongest on each 

 side the white central line of the broad ovate anterior part. Lemaire remarks 

 that the column and anther-bed have a striking resemblance to the neck and 

 beak of a bird. Altogether a very showy kind, and one of our best Ac rides for 

 exhibition. There are several varieties, many of them producing long branch- 

 ing spikes, and making a fine display when in bloom. The finest specimen wc 

 ever saw was in the select collection of J. Broome, Esq., Didsbury, and has been 



