50 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
LAELIA ANCEPS AND ITS VARIETIES. 
Frew Orchids are more popular in gardens than Lelia anceps, and its 
varieties have now become so numerous that a connected account of them 
will probably prove interesting to our readers, from whom numerous 
forms have been received in this and preceding seasons. On former 
occasions we have treated other popular and yariable species in the same 
way, notably Cattleya Triane and C. labiata, Cypripedium insigne, and 
Dendrobium nobile, and we have the satisfaction of knowing that these lists 
have been much appreciated. 
Lelia anceps was originally described and figured in 1835 (Lindl. in 
Bot. Reg., XXJ., t. 1751), from a plant which flowered in the establishment 
of Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney. Two years later the variety Barkeriana 
appeared, after which came a long interval of about thirty years before 
Dawsoni came to light in 1868, and about ten years later commenced a 
series of brilliant acquisitions, which has been gradually growing up to the 
present time. 
The typical form has rose-purple sepals and petals, and a much darker 
lip, the throat being pencilled with radiating purple lines on a lighter 
ground. [.. a. morada (G. C., 1892, ii., p. 672) is synonymous. 
Var. Barkeriana (Lindl, Bot. Reg., t. 1947) only differs from the type 
in having the petals very little broader than the sepals. It flowered in the 
collection of G. Barker, Esq., of Birmingham. 
Scottiana (Will. Orch. Alb., VI1., t. 325), may be described as a good 
form of the type with flowers a little darker than usual. It flowered with 
W. A. Scott, Esq., Nunfield, Dumfries. 
Var. obscura (Rchb. f. ex Will. Orch. Gr. Man., ed. 7, p. 430) is described 
as having long dark-coloured sepals and petals, the former white at the 
base, and the front lobe of the lip deep purple. 
Var. lineata (O’Brien in G.C., 1895, ii., p. 734) is a richly-coloured form, 
in which the basal halves of the sepals are white, with some clearly-defined 
chocolate lines. It appeared in the collection of Lord Rothschild, at Tring 
Par 
Protheroeana (O’Brien in G. C.. 1896, i., p. 40) is a brilliantly-coloured 
form, with the sepals and petals white at the base, and the petals with a 
flame-like crimson flush on the outer halves. It flowered in the collection 
of Joseph Broome, Esq., of Llandudno. 
Scheederee (Rchb. f. in G. C., 1887, i., p. 72) has flowers light rose with 
Tose-purple tips to the petals; the side lobes being bordered with rose- 
purple, and the front lobe deep purple. It flowered with Baron Schroder. 
—F.C.C., Jan. 10, 1888, 
Ballantineana (G. C., 1891, i., p. 86) has the flower lightly suffused with 
