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Lueddemannia. 

 petals cuneate-oblong-, acute ; peduncle pendulous, ver)- 

 man}- flowered. L. Lclniiajuii and L. Pcscatorci are the 

 most attractive species. For culture, sec Stanhopea. 



L. Lehmanni {Rclib. /.). — The flowers of this species are 

 e.xceedingly showy, not to say handsome, and are produced in 

 a raceme. The sepals are salmon-coloured, and the petals and 

 lip orange. d'he pseudo4)ulbs are long, pear-shaped, and 

 furrowed. Colombia, iSSo. 



L. Pescatorei {Kc/it>.f.). — Though by no means so attractively 

 coloured as the preceding species, the flowers are abundantly 

 produced in July. The sepals are a dull yellow, with a little 

 brown inside : the petals and lip are a bright yellow. The 

 leaves are leathery, glaucous, and lanceolate. The whole plant 

 gives oH^ a peculiar odour, likened unto that exhaled by decaying 

 oranges. Colombia, 1S4S. (P. F. G., i., p. 123; B. M., t. 7123.) 



LUISIA. 



Ot the ten species belonging to the genus Liiisia {Gaud.), 

 of the tribe J'tr/ideir, it is seldom that one is found outside 

 botanic collections. The generic name is a complimentary- 

 one to the Spanish botanist Don Luis de Torres. The 

 species are ^\"arm-house epiphytal Orchids, natives of the 

 East Indies and Eastern Asia, extending from the Mala3-an 

 Archipelago to Japan. Some few of the species are 

 curious, inasmuch as thej- have a resemblance to insect or 

 to bird, &c. L. cantliai-is (Rolfc), for instance, is beetle- 

 like (hence the spjecific name) ; while L. volucns is bird- 

 like in form. The dingy green, purplish, or yellowish sub- 

 sessile flo\\-ers are produced in lateral spikes. Foliage 

 terete, rigid, rush-like. Stems erect. The plants do best 

 when grown in baskets, in a compost consisting wholly 

 of sphagnum. They require plenty of humidity in the 

 atmosphere during the growing season. 



L. Amesiana (Rolfc). — The sepals and petals are ovate and 

 greenish-yellow in colour; the lip is large and red-spotted. The 

 leaves are terete. Burma, 1S90. (G. C, 1893, xiv., p. 32, fig. 8.) 



LYCASTE. 



Every amateur's collection should include representa- 

 tives of this genus, which belongs to the tribe Vandt'ic, and 



