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LEOCHILUS. 



Four or five species of stove, epiphytal Orchids, belonging 

 to the tribe J'tii/iAkr, have been included under the name 

 Lcocliilns (^erroneously Lciocliilus), Kii. and ]\'cstc. The 

 name is derived iVom Icios, smooth, and clicilos, a lip. The 

 species are natives of the West Indies, Mexico, and Central 

 America. They are closely allied to Oiiiidiiuu, differing 

 in having the arms of the column placed below the stigma, 

 and b_\' the presence of a hone)'-pore at the base of the 

 lip. Flowers usualh' )'ellow, small, racemose. Leaves 

 oblong or narrow, flat, narrowed into the petiole. The 

 cultural requirements are similar to those for the warm 

 intermediate-house Oncidiums. Onl}- one species is grown 

 and that but rareh". 



L. oncidioides {Kn. and Wistc). — A spring-flowering Oncidium- 

 like species, having yellowish-green flowers tinged with red and 

 spotted with pale purple on the lip. The ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 smooth, green pseudo-bulb is crowned with a single oblong- 

 lanceolate, rather rigid but scarcely coriaceous, acute leaf. It 

 was introduced from Mexico in 1S40. (B. M., t. 3S45, under 

 name of Oncidiiim inacrantheruin. ) 



LEPTOTES {LindL). This is now included under 

 Tetramicra, 



LIMATODES (Blnme). This is now included under 

 Calanthe. 



LIMODORUM TUBEROSUM {Liiui.). A synonym of 

 Calopogon pultliellus. 



LIPARIS. 



About one hundred species of stove or hard\- terrestrial 

 or epiphytal Orchids, of the tribe Vandcce, are found in the 

 above genus, established by Richard. The name is derived 

 from liparos, smooth, and is in reference to the lea\-es. 

 The species are broadly dispersed through the temperate 

 and warm regions of 'the globe. Flowers usuall\- dull 

 white, green, or yellow, small, racemose ; cfjlumn rather 

 long, semicircular or two-winged in the upper part, but 

 not branched. Leaves few, sometimes solitary at the base, 

 or below the middle of the stem, on sheathing petioles, 

 often at length contracted at the joint, membranaceous or 

 slightly fleshy, equally many-nerved or sparingly ribbed, 



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