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Laelia x Lindleyana, Veitch (L. Linden in Lind. xvi. pL 742; 

 1/7/1901). — A supposed natural hybrid between Brassavola tuherculata 

 and Cattleya intermedia ; if this proves correct it should be known as 

 Brasso-Cattleya x Lindleyana. Discovered by Jean Linden in S. Caterina, 

 Brazil, in 1857, and has since been found at Bahia. Flowers small, 

 white ; lip with purple rose apex and light yellow throat. — C. C. H. 



Laelia rubescens, Lindl. (Cogniaux in Diet. Icon. Orch., Lcelia, pL 

 20 ; 5/1901).- — A native of Central America, introduced in 1889. This is 

 a variable species, with no fewer than eleven synonyms. — C. C. H. 



Laelio- Cattleya x Alberti, L. Lind. (L. Linden in Lind. xvi. 

 pi. 728 ; 1/1/1901). — A hybrid raised by Messrs. Linden, of Brussels, in 



1900, and said to be from L. imrpurata and C. velutina, but there is not 

 the slightest trace of the peculiar form and colour of the latter. A careful 

 comparison with the hybrid L.-C. x intermedio-flava suggests to me 

 that L. flava was probably the other parent, and not C. velutina. In that 

 case the hybrid should be called L. x Alberti. Flowers medium, sepals 

 and petals creamy-citron, lip white suffused with rosy purple. Very dis- 

 tinct and pretty. — C. C. H. 



Laelio-Cattleya x Canhamiana alba (Cogniaux in Diet. Icon. 



Orch., Cattleya hyb , pi. 18; 11 1901). — A beautiful hybrid, which 

 appeared in 1894, between L. imrpurata and C. Mossice. Sepals and 

 petals pure white ; lip rich crimson-purple, margined white, with yellow 

 base. It was raised by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. — C. C. H. 



Laelio-Cattleya x Herode, Peeters (Cogniaux in Diet. Icon. Orch. 

 L.-C. hyb., pi. 17 ; 3/1901). — A garden hybrid raised between two natural 

 hybrids, Cattleya x O'Brieniana $ x Lcelio-Cattleya x elegans Tumeric, 

 and first flowered by M. Peeters, of Brussels, in 1900. Four distinct 

 species are apparently concerned in the pedigree of this hybrid, viz. : — 

 C. Loddigesii, C. dolosa, L. purpurata, C. Leopoldi ; and their influence 

 is shown in the same order, C. Loddigesii being the most apparent and 

 C. Leopoldi the least. — 0. C. H. 



Laelio-Cattleya x * Imperatrice de Russie ' (Cogniaux in 



Diet. Icon. Orch., L.-C. hyb., pi. 18; 9/1901).— A hybrid obtained by 

 M. Maron, of Brunoy, out of C. Mendelii by L. Digbyana, first flowered 

 in 1899. Flowers pale rose ; lip tinted and lined with yellow, and 

 prettily fringed. — C. C. H. 



Laelio-Cattleya x Pringiersi, L. Lind. (L. Linden in Lind. xvi. 

 pi. 750; 5/9/1901). — A derivative hybrid between L. purpurata and 

 L.-C. X elegans (the latter parent being itself a natural hybrid betw^een 

 L. purpurata and C. Leopoldi), raised by Messrs. Linden, of Brussels, in 



1901. The three-lobed lip of the grandparent, C. Leopoldi, is still 

 inherited, though modified, and the flowering pseudo-bulb bears two 

 leaves as in that ancestor (but one long and one short) ; for the rest the 

 hybrid would pass as a rich dark form of L. purpurata. — C. C. H. 



