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L. ALBANENSIS, Rolfe. — A natural hybrid imported by Messrs. Sander 

 & Co., described by Mr. E. A. Rolfe as follows : — " The present one is also 

 a Laelio-Cattleya, as is evident from its very unequal poUinia ; and Cattleya 

 Warneri again suggests itself as the only possible Cattleya parent. The second 

 parent was evidently Laelia granAis, which grows in the same district. The 

 hybrid has longer pseudobulbs than Cattleya Warneri, which it much otherwise 

 resembles in habit. The flowers are nearly 5 inches in diameter ; the sepals 

 and petals light rosy-mauve ; the front lobe of the lip rosy-crimson, and the 

 disk purple-crimson, with some similar radiating veins extending towards the 

 rosy-lilac margin. The sepals are linear-lanceolate, 2f inches long, and f inch 

 broad, with revolute margins ; the petals rhomboid, very undulate, and I5 inch 

 broad, and the lip entire, crispo-undulate, and 2^ inches long. The smaller 

 flowers and very undulate petals show the influence of Laelia grandis, while 

 the colour approaches that of Cattleya Warneri. The plant is evidently inter- 

 mediate between the two species named, which grow in the same country, and 

 thus the origin of the hybrid is pretty evident. It is a very interesting and 

 handsome plant, whose appearance throws considerable light on the habitat of 

 Cattleya Warneri, which hitherto has not been clearly defined " {Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1893, xiv. p. 584). — Baliia, Brazil. 



L. AMESIANA, Bolfe. — A splendid hybrid obtained by Messrs. Yeitch & 

 Sons, and exhibited by them in December, 1883, at one of the meetings of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, and dedicated to the late Hon. F. L. Ames, of North 

 Easton, Mass., who was a great admirer of these plants and a munificent patron 

 of horticulture. It is a cross between Laelia crispa and C. maxima, and has flowers 

 very similar in form to those of C. exoniensis ; the sepals and petals are blush 

 white, the lip rich magenta-crimson. It flowers in December. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, vi. t. 253. 



L. ARNOLDIANA, Bolfe. — A handsome hybrid, which is the result of a cross 

 between Laelia purpurata and Cattleya labiata, obtained by Messrs. F. Sander & 

 Co., who received a first-class certificate and a silver medal when exhibiting 

 it before the Royal Horticultural Society on June 9th, 1891. The character of 

 the flowers is chiefly derived from the first-named parent, for a variety of 

 which, in fact, it may easily be mistaken. Sepals pale rose, suffused with 

 purplish-rose ; petals broad, of the same hue as the sepals, having a median 

 line of rosy-purple ; lip large, front lobe deep rosy-purple, veined with deep 

 purple ; throat golden yellow with radiating maroon veins. — Garden hybrid. 



Via. — Jmrn. of Sort., 1891, xxii. p. 491, f. 93 ; Lindenia, vii. t. 299. 

 Stn. — Laelia Arnoldiana. 



L. ASCANIA, Hort. Veitch. — This fine novelty was exhibited by Messrs. J. 

 Veitch & Sons before the Royal Horticultural Society on April 11th, 1893, and 

 received a first-class certificate. " A distinct and handsome hybrid raised b3- 

 Mr. Seden, from Cattleya Trianae and Laelia xanthina, with flowers much like 

 those of Cattleya labiata in shape, but rather smaller. The sepals are sulphur- 

 yellow in colour, the petals very much broader, white with a tinge of sulphur- 

 yellow, and the lip similar in colour, except the front lobe, which is rich 

 crimson" (Orchid Bevieiv, i. p. 167). — Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — Journ. of Hort., 1893, xxvi. p. 351, f. 65. 



