LiELIA PERRINII. 
(Mr. Perrin's Lselia.) 
Class. 
GYNANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONANDRTA. 
Natural Order. 
ORCHIDACEiE. 
Generic Character.— Sepals spreading flat, lanceo- 
late, equal. Petals large, slightly dissimilar in form. 
Labellum three-parted, lamellate, over- wrapping the 
column. Column wingless, fleshy, front surface chan- 
nelled. Anthers eight-celled. Pollen masses eight. 
Caudiculce four, elastic. 
SpEcrFic Character.— Plant an Epiphyte. Leaves 
oblong, coriaceous. Sepals oblong, linear, obtuse. 
Labellum oblong-lanceolate, three-lobed, clawed, na- 
ked; lateral lobes erect, acute; middle one oblong, 
undulated, obtuse. 
Synonymes. — Cattleya Perrinii, Cattleya intermedia, 
var. angustifolia. 
" The genus ' Lselia ' may be regarded as one of the most ornamental of its 
tribe, since pleasing colour, graceful habit, long duration, and delicate perfume, in 
short, all the essentials of floral beauty, seem to be combined in its various species." 
Thus writes Mr. Bateman in his magnificent work on the Orchidacem of Guatemala 
and Mexico. L. Perrinii is a native of Brazil ; and, except in point of habit, fully 
supports the superior, but just character, given to its genus by the above quoted 
gentleman. 
Until the present, a figure of it has not appeared as Lcelia Perrinii. Dr. 
Lindley, in the " Bot. Beg.," published it as Cattleya Perrinii } afterwards referring 
it to the present genus. A plate of it has also been given in the " Bot. Mag." as 
Cattleya intermedia, var. angustifolia, Sir J. W. Hooker then considering it not 
specifically distinct from C. intermedia. Its whole habit is similar to that of a Cattleya, 
which it would be, states Dr. Lindley, if it had not eight pollen-masses. 
A striking feature in its beautiful delicate coloured flowers is the remarkable 
distinctness of their colours. This trait is the more interesting, as distinguishing it 
from some of its kindred species, which are in every respect faultless, except having 
the colours in their flowers running into each other, and mingling together in a 
manner that diminishes from their otherwise great excellencies. 
In some specimens which have come under observation, the original pseudo- 
bulbs, formed previously to their being imported, were of a most singular shape, 
their main substance being concentrated in a broadly pear-shaped, much flattened 
mass, gradually diminishing into a small stem at the base. Under cultivation this 
