. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . om terminal oblongsheaths; they measure aboutfour inches across, and havethe reflexed and twistedsepals and petals of a lightnankin or fawn colour, thelip white in the throat,beautifully veined through-out with magenta-rose, themiddle lobe being prettilycrispate-undulate. It flowersduring the summer, andwill remain in perfection fora long time if kept from thedamp.—Brazil: Bahia. Fig.—Orchid Album, iii, t. 123;Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. 60, fig. 38;Flore des Serres, vii. 238, with fig.;Id
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . om terminal oblongsheaths; they measure aboutfour inches across, and havethe reflexed and twistedsepals and petals of a lightnankin or fawn colour, thelip white in the throat,beautifully veined through-out with magenta-rose, themiddle lobe being prettilycrispate-undulate. It flowersduring the summer, andwill remain in perfection fora long time if kept from thedamp.—Brazil: Bahia. Fig.—Orchid Album, iii, t. 123;Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. 60, fig. 38;Flore des Serres, vii. 238, with fig.;Id., t. 2473; Boi. Mag., t. 6553;Gartenflora, t. 698. L. harpophylla, Rchb. /.—A very handsome species,and one that should be grownin every collection. Thestems are slender terete, about one foot in height, bearinga solitary lanceolate acute leaf. The scapes are produced ina longish terete sheath from the apex of the stems, and bearfrom four to eight flowers, of which the lanceolate pointedsepals and petals are bright orange-vermilion, and the three-lobed lip of the same colour, margined with white. This. HARPOPHTLLA. L^LIA. 361 species is far siiperioi to L. cinnaharina, the flowers beinglarger and the colour more brilhant. This plant is well grownand flowered by Mr. Heims, gardener to F. A. Philbrick, Esq.,Bickley. It flowers in February and March.—Brazil. EiG.—Orchid Album, iii. t. 117 ; Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 372 ; Garden, iOO. L. irrorata, Bchh. f.—An elegant species, whose stemsusually attain a height of eighteen inches, and bear two orthree leaves on the summit (monophyllous—i. Echb.). Theflowers are racemose, measuring about five inches across, theligulate acute sepals and the cuneate oblong slightly undulatedpetals blush white, the lip with the lateral lobes blush white,the rounded spreading ends tipped with rosy pink, and themiddle lobe rich crimson shaded with purple. It makes avery fine subject for exhibition, flowering in June and July,a
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