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delicate rosy-purple sparsely spotted with purple near the margins, with a 

 broad median area of pale yellow, which broadens towards the base; the 

 anterior lobe of the lip is bright magenta-purple, narrowly margined with pale 

 rosy-purple. Flowers in October. — Brar.il. 



Fia.— Gard. Chron., .Srd ser., 1888, iii. p. 178, suppl. 



L. ELEGANS PRASIATA, Bolfe.—A yery distinct and beautiful variety, 

 forming an elegant companion to Laelio-Gattleya elegans Turneri. The flowers 

 are of large size the sepals and petals dull magenta-rose tinged with green ; the 

 front portion of the lip is of a rich magenta-crimson veined with a deeper tint of 

 the same colour, while the lateral lobes of the lip are pure white, and form a 

 striking contrast to the dark portions of the flower. We have seen this variety 

 produce from six to eight of its fragrant flowers on one spike. It blooms during 

 September and October, and lasts for three weeks in beauty. This variety 

 was finely flowered in the collection of Baron Sir J. H. W. Schroder, The Dell, 

 Staines, under the care of Mr. Ballantine, the gardener. — Brazil. 



Fig. — Orchid Albuvi, iii. t. 97. 



L. ELEGANS SCHILLERIANA.— See Laelio-Catileya Schillekiana. 



L. ELEGANS TAUTZIANA, Bolfe.— "This is the grand Laelia elegans that 

 has excited the admiration of so many Orchidists, the treasure of Mr. R. H. 

 Measures, of the Woodlands, Streatham, S.W. It comes near that type with 

 the sessile central lacinia which I proposed to call Mooreana, and may be 

 grouped under it. Its very large flowers, of the brightest colour, are gorgeous. 

 The sepals are very broad, and light purple; petals cuneate-obovate, blunt, very 

 broad, dark purple, splendid ; the lip has white lobes with very dark tips ; the 

 mid line of the disk is broad and dark purple, and there is a yellow space on 

 each side ; the mid lacinia is of the very darkest purple, and distinctly emar- 

 ginate in front, the edges are crenulate on the side ; column purple at the top, 

 sulphur at the base " (H. Gr. Eeichenbach, in Oardeners' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1888, 

 iii. p. 360). 



L. ELEGANS TURNERI, Rolfe.- — This is a magnificent plant, which proves quite 

 distinct from the type in its larger flowers, richer colours, and in the different 

 form of the lobes of the lip ; the stems are elongated, terete, clavate, and the 

 leaves in pairs, oblong, leathery, a foot long ; the flowers measure upwards of 6 

 inches across ; the sepals and petals are of a deep purple-rose, slightly veined 

 with a darker hue, and the lip has the front lobe plane, not warted, of a deep 

 bright magenta colour, rounded spathulate in outline, its lateral lobes white, 

 tipped with rose. It is without exception one of the finest plants known 

 amongst Orchids, blooming in July and August, whence it will be found an 

 acquisition for late summer shows. It was named in honour of the late J. A. 

 Turner, Esq., of Manchester. 



Ym.— Warner, Sd. Oreli. PL, i. t. 12. 



Syn. — Laelia Turneri; Laelia elegans Turneri. 



L. ELEGANS WARNERI, Williams. — ^A magnificent variety of XaeZto-C'aiWeya 

 elegans, which grows to about the same size as the type itself, having similar 

 terete sub-clavate stems and oblong-obtuse leaves. The flowers are fully 7 



