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Lelia pumila is a native of South Brazil, and is said to occupy a region 
extending from the eastern part of the province of Rio de Janeiro southwards 
to Santa Catherina, where it grows upon trees on the mountain slopes at 
1,500 to 2,500 feet elevation. ; 
The following are the references to descriptions and figures of the 
different forms :— 
L&LiA puMILA, Rchb. f. in Fl. des Serres, ix. (1853), p. 102; Xen. Orch., 
ii., p. 44, t. 115, figs. 3-10; Warn. Sel. Orch., ser. 2, t. 32; Veitch Man. 
Orch., ii., pp. 77, 78, with fig. ; Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 1890, viii., p. 242; 
Orchidophile, 1890, p. 50, with plate; Gartenflora, xxxix., p. 169, t. 1319, 
fig. 3. 
Cattleya pumila, Hook, Bot. Mag., Ixv. (1839), t. 3656; Bot. Reg., 
xxx., t. 5; Gard. Chron., 1885, i., pp. 596, 597; fig. 110. 
Bletia pumila, Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann, vi. (1862), p. 421. 
Cattleya marginata, Paxt. Mag. Bot., x. (1843), p. 265, with plate; 
Florist, 1851, pp. 25, 98, with plate; Floral World, 1874, p. 353, with plate. 
Cattleya Pinelii, Lindl., Bot. Reg., xxx. (1844), t. 5, fig. 1, text, n. 9. 
Cattleya spectabilis, Florist, iii. (1850), pp. 89, 91, with plate. 
Lelia prastans, Rchb. f. in Berl. Allg. Gartenz, xxv. (1857), p- 3363 
Lindl. in Gard. Chron., 1859, p. 240; Bot. Mag., t. 5498; Fl. des Serres, t. 
1900; Reichenbachia, ser. 2, I., p. 13, t. 6; Orch. Album, X., t- 433+ 
Bletia prastans, Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. (1862), p. 425; Xen. Orch., 
ii., p. 43, t. 114. 
Lalia pumila prastans, Veitch Man. Orch., ii. (1887), p. 793 Rolfe in 
Gard. Chron., 1899, ii., p. 242. 
Cattleya pumila major, Lem. in Jil. Hort., vi. (1859), t 193- 
Lelia pumila major, Lem. /. c. in note. 
Lelia pumila var. mirabilis, E. Morr. in Belg. Hort., xxviii. (1878), p- 
279, t. 17. 
Lauria Dayana was described by Reichenbach in 1876, from materials 
sent by the late Mr. John Day, of Tottenham, after whom it was named. 
The author remarked :—‘ An unexpected and lovely plant. Take a Lelia 
pumila and give the lip a very dark purplish border, similar very dark 
veins covered with dark low lamelle ; this is the Lelia Dayana, named in 
honour of my excellent correspondent, Mr. Day, who most kindly sent 
Seven glorious flowers of this new Brazilian plant.” It was also comarem 
with the rare Leelia Jongheana. It was sent home by Mr. Boxall, the we' , 
known collector for Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., and is said to have been ma 
home in quantity with a batch of Lelia pumila. Messrs. Low os 
flowered it at the same time as Mr. Day. Shortly afterwards it was ieee 
in the Floral M agazine by Mr. Burbidge, under the name of L. pumila Dayana. 
