LYCASTE. 



lb UK-hrs Vnvr; thr scap,. is produced from the base of the bulbs, bearin-- a 

 single timve,-, .seTeral scapes spriugiug irom tlie same bulb; sej.als and petals 

 yeloAvusli-.vlnte; lip ^vh^tc. fringed at the sides. Flowers iu January an,l 

 t cbruai-y.- - U. S. of f 'oJomhia. 



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L. CRUENTA, Li,„n.~\ ratlici- desirable species allied to 

 but its leaves are broader and its flowers are larger, the peduncle 

 times two-flowered; tlie 

 ]>seudobullis are o\'ate 

 compressed rugose, tlie 

 leaves oblong uuuubran- 

 aceous. the pedunt-les 

 railieal. with cncullato 

 sheaths; the flowers are 

 4 inches across, the sepials 

 ovate, bright yellow 

 inside, green Avithout ; 

 the petals smaller of the 

 same form,wholly vellow ; 

 and the lip much sh<irter 

 than the iietals, three- 

 lobed. the lobes rounded, 

 the intermediate one 

 crisped and jiubcsi-cnt, 

 aiul the appendage 

 I'cduced to a small flat 

 tubercle: it is dotted 

 with red, and has a deeji 

 crimson lilotch at itsliasc. 

 It flowers in abundance 

 in March and April, and lasts three weeks in perfection. — ( li^iteni'ihi. 



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SVX. — .Va.ri/hiriil rrltriltil. 



L. DENNINGIANA, lirhh. f. — A -well-marked and consiiicuous species, which 

 has broadl}- pyriform furrowed glaucous ])seudobulbs 3 inches high, cuneatc 

 oblong leaves, and flowers nearly as large as those of L. giganlen, having 

 whitish green sepals and ])ctals, the latter somewhat the smaller, and a reddish- 

 brown lipi. of which the front lolje is oblong blunt, toothletted and rcflexcd, 

 ami the disk bears a large rhomboid acute api)endage. — Eciuidur. 



L. DEPPEI, LliiJI. — An old but ornamental s]iecies well worthy .if a iilace 

 in collections. The pseudnbulbs are ovate compressed, about three-leaved, the 

 leaves oblong lanceolate ]ilicate. The scapes ivhich spring from the base of the 

 bulb are one-flowered, cret-t. shorter than the leaves; the flowers have oblong 

 obtuse green sepals dotted over with chocolate-purple spots arranged in 

 transverse lines; the pietals are smaller, pure white, and the lip is cucullatc, 

 tliree-lobed, vellow with erinis(_iii dots, the front lobe ovate acuminate reflexed, 



LYCASTE CRTENTA. 



