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base. Mexican division. 



erect, bearing about four to five fragrant flowers ; 

 sepals and petals spreading, the latter being broader, 

 pure white ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes cover- 

 ing the column ; front lobes white, with a faint 

 tinge of lemon-colour on the disc, and a blotch 

 of deep purple at the 

 Winter months. Guate- 

 mala. 



L. albida. — This spe- 

 cies requires to be grown 

 in the Mexican division. 

 The pseudo-bulbs are 

 small and clustered, 

 bearing a pair of cori- 

 aceous leaves. Scape 

 terminal, three to six- 

 flowered; sepals oblong - 

 acute ; petals much 

 broader, somewhat 

 ovate-acute, white ; lip 

 white, streaked with 

 pale yellow lines. Very 

 variable in colour. 

 Winter months. Moun- 

 tains of Oalaca, Mexico. 



L. anceps. — Like the 

 two preceding species, 

 this plant succeeds best 

 on a block, and should 

 be kept in the IMexican 

 division. Pseudo-bulbs 

 ovate and ribbed; 

 leaves, one to two, thick 

 and coriaceous ; scape 

 one to two feet high, 

 bearing on the summit 

 three to six flowers ; 

 sepals and petals rose, 

 or purplish - rose ; lip 

 deep purplish-rose, 

 streaked with yellow 

 on the disc. There are 

 numerous varieties. 

 The flowers open during 

 the winter months, and 

 last long in perfection. 

 • Guatemala and Mexico. 



L. anceps, var. Bawsonii. — This is a beautiful and 

 distinct form of the species. Sepals and petals pure 

 waxy-white, side lobes of lip white, front lobe 

 purple, with numerous lines of deeper purple, and 

 streaked with yellow on the disc. There is also a 

 pure white variety (Z. anceps alba). Winter months. 

 Juquila, IMexico. 



L. autumnalis is another of the Mexican species. 

 The pseudo-bulbs, wliich are clustered, ovate, and 



lOXOPSIS TENERA 



much wrinkled, bear two narrow coriaceous leaves ; 

 scape terminal, erect, bearing three to six flowers,, 

 some four inches across ; sepals and petals rosy- 

 purple ; lip white, with a broad border of deep 

 rose, and yellow at the base. There is much varia- 

 tion in the depth of colour in different plants. 



The winter months. 

 Mexico. 



L. cinnabarina. — 

 Pseudo - bulbs swollen 

 at the base, tapering 

 upwards, becoming 

 somewhat flask-shaped, 

 foar to six inches high, 

 bearing a single erect^ 

 rugose, dark green leaf ; 

 scape terminal, erect, 

 many-flowered ; sepals 

 and petals narrow, 

 about equal, and are to- 

 gether with the lip a 

 bright cinnabar - red. 

 Spring and early 

 summer. Brazil. 



L. crispilabia. — 

 Pseudo - bulbs swollen 

 at the base, tapering 

 upwards, bearing an 

 erect lanceolate-acute 

 leaf, which, like the 

 gi'owth, is deep green. 



Scape nine to twelve 

 inches long, five to 

 six - flowered ; sepals 

 and petals equal, soft 

 purple ; lip three-lobed, 

 the side lobes rolled 

 over the column, rosy- 

 purple, front lobe same 

 colour, white at the 

 base. Spring and early 

 summer. Brazil. 



X. elegans. — This 

 species and its varieties 

 so much resemble a 

 Cattleya when out of 

 flower, that they are 

 scarcely distinguishable. Pseudo-bulbs somewhat 

 fusiform in shape, about two feet high ; leaves one 

 to two, borne upon the summit. The scape is erect, 

 arising from between a large spathe, three to six- 

 flowered, each flower measuring four or five inches 

 across. Sepals and petals very variable in colour; 

 in some forms they are pure white, in others rose 

 and carmine ; lip brilliant purple. The variety 

 L. gigantea has very large flowers, with delicate rose 



