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Lcelia. 



as much as Sin. in diameter, the sepals and petals being narrow 

 at the base, broader in the upper half, white, tinted and'streaked 

 with rose-purple : the lip is also very large, sometimes as much 

 as 3in. in length, broad, and spreading in front, the margin 

 being crisped ; the colour is rich purple, veined with a deeper 

 shade, the throat being pale yellow, with purple lines. The plant 

 flowers during the spring and early summer, and is a native of 

 Southern Brazil. (P. F. G., iii., g6.) 



Var. Brysiaiia. — Sepals and petals tinged with rose-lilac ; lip 

 deep purple. 



Var. RiiiSiUiaiia. — Sepals and petals white, tinted with lilac; 

 lip rose-lilac, with veins of purple. 



A'ar. SchrA-di?-i. — Sepals and petals white ; front of lip mauve- 

 purple, bordered with Avhite. 



L. rubescens (^Li/idL). — A small plant, with compressed, 

 ovoid pseudo-bulbs, lin. to 2in. long, one-leaved. Leaf oblong, 

 4in. in length, leathery. Scape slender, ift. long, jointed, four- to 

 seven-flowered; flowers i^m. across, full; petals and sepals 

 nearly equal, white or rose-lilac ; lip short, with a rather large 

 front lobe, which is lilac, with a blotch of purple in the throat. 

 A native of Southern Mexico and Guatemala. Introduced in 

 1840. It flowers in November and December, and should be 

 cultivated as advised for the Mexican species. Syns. L. acuminata 

 and L. peduncnlaris. (B. M., tt. 4099 and 4905). 



Var. alba. — Flowers white, with a yellow blotch on lip. 



Var. rosea. — Flowers mauve ; lip blotched with maroon. 



L. superbiens (Litidl.). — This fine, strong-growing species 

 has pseudo-bulbs ift. or more long, and stout, bearing thick 

 and leathery rather light green leaves as long as the pseudo- 

 bulbs. The spike attains a height of about 5 ft., bearing 

 from ten to twenty flowers near the apex ; these are 6in. 

 across ; the sepals and petals are similar, coloured rich rose, and 

 tinged with lilac ; the lip is deep crimson-purple, striped with 

 yellow. This species blossoms during the winter months. It was 

 introduced from Guatemala about 1S40. Mr. (i. Ure Skmner, 

 who was the first to discover it, says he found it growing on 

 rocks. Some of the plants had pseudo-bulbs 22in. long, and 

 flower-stems 4yds. in length, bearing twenty flowers or more 

 each. (B. M., t. 4090.) 



L. tenebrosa {RoIfe).—K most distinct and easily-grown 

 species. Sepals and petals coppery-bronze ; lip purple, of a 

 lighter shade at the margin, darker in the throat, and having a 

 dark blotch on either side of the disk. Introduced from Bahia 



