LAKLIA. 



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L. LAWRENCEANA — See Laelia crispilabia. 



L. LEEANA, Bchh. f. — This is a very dwarf-growing and distinct Laelia, 

 supposed to be a natural hybrid. In growth it somewhat resembles Cattleya 

 inarginata, but the pseudobulbs and leaves are considerably longer. The flowers 

 are very handsome, the sepals and petals being rosy-magenta, and the anterior 

 lobe of the lip bright magenta-crimson ; the lateral lobes of the lip, which 

 enclose the column, are pale rose colour, having two magenta-crimson blotches 

 at the tips. It flowers in September. This plant has been named in honour of 

 W. Lee, Esq., late of Downside, Leatherhead. — Native couniry not stated. 



LAELIA JONGHEANA. 



(From the Gardeners' Chronicle.} 



L. LINDLEYANA, Sort.— A very distinct species both as regards its flowers 

 and its manner of growth. The stems are slender elongate terete, about 

 8 inches high, with whitish spathaceous bracts, and the one or two leaves are 

 linear-lanceolate, fleshy, and channelled like those of Brassavola venom; the 



