INDEX TO PLATES.

PLATE AËRIDES VANDARUM, Rchb. f.[116] ANGULOA EBURNEA, Williams[133] ARUNDINA BAMBUSÆFOLIA, Lindl.[139] CALANTHE VESTITA WILLIAMSII, Moore[134] CATTLEYA LABIATA PALLIDA, Hort.[121] CATTLEYA LABIATA PERCIVALIANA, Rchb. f.[144] CATTLEYA MOSSIÆ HARDYANA, Williams and Moore[125] CATTLEYA SKINNERI ALBA, Rchb. f.[112] CATTLEYA TRIANÆ FORMOSA, Williams[108] [See note under t. [113].] CATTLEYA WHITEI, Rchb. f.[115] CŒLOGYNE BARBATA, Griff.[143] CORYANTHES MACULATA PUNCTATA, Lindl.[98] CYMBIDIUM AFFINE, Griff.[140] CYPRIPEDIUM CALURUM, Rchb. f.[136] CYPRIPEDIUM CURTISII, Rchb. f.[122] CYPRIPEDIUM MELANOPHTHALMUM, Rchb. f.[109] CYPRIPEDIUM SPICERIANUM, Rchb. f.[119] DENDROBIUM DEARII, Rchb. f.[120] DENDROBIUM DRACONIS, Rchb. f.[103] DENDROBIUM FARMERII AUREUM, Williams and Moore[99] DENDROBIUM LINAWIANUM, Rchb. f.[141] DENDROBIUM WARDIANUM GIGANTEUM, Williams and Moore[113] LÆLIA ALBIDA, Batem.[138] LÆLIA AMANDA, Rchb. f.[135] LÆLIA DAYANA, Rchb. f.[132] LÆLIA ELEGANS PRASIATA, Rchb. f.[97] LÆLIA HARPOPHYLLA, Rchb. f.[117] LÆLIA GRANDIS, Lindl.[123] LYCASTE HARRISONIÆ EBURNEA, Moore[100] MASDEVALLIA HARRYANA ATROSANGUINEA, Hort. Williams[105] MASDEVALLIA HARRYANA MINIATA, Williams and Moore[110] MAXILLARIA LUTEO-ALBA, Lindl.[106] ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRÆ COOKSONII, Williams and Moore[118] ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRÆ STEVENSII, Williams and Moore[127] ODONTOGLOSSUM ELEGANS, Rchb. f.[111] ODONTOGLOSSUM LEEANUM, Rchb. f.[101] ODONTOGLOSSUM NEVADENSE, Rchb. f.[131] ONCIDIUM FORBESII, Hooker[104] ONCIDIUM LANCEANUM LOUVREXIANUM, Rchb. f.[129] ONCIDIUM TIGRINUM, Llave et Lex[137] PILUMNA NOBILIS, Rchb. f.[128] PLEIONE HUMILIS TRICOLOR, Rchb. f.[102] SACCOLABIUM CURVIFOLIUM, Lindl.[107] THUNIA MARSHALLIANA, Rchb. f.[130] TRICHOSMA SUAVIS, Lindl.[114] VANDA SANDERIANA, Rchb. f.[124] WARSCEWICZELLA WENDLANDI DISCOLOR, Rchb. f.[126] ZYGOPETALUM BURKEI, Rchb. f.[142]

INDEX TO NOTES AND SYNONYMS.

UNDER PLATE Aërides cylindricum, Hooker[116] Aërides Lawrenciæ, cost of[109] Angræcum fastuosum, Sir T. Lawrence’s[143] Angræcum sesquipedale, Mr. Graham’s[118] Bletia albida, Rchb. f.[138] Bletia graminifolia, Don[139] Bletia grandis, Rchb. f.[123] Calanthe Veitchii, Mr. Gaskell’s[127] Calanthe vestita, Mr. Gaskell’s[127] Cattleya Percivaliana alba, Mr. Percival’s[131] Cattleya Rothschildiana, Hort.[117], [135] Cattleya Skinneri, gigantic[142] Cattleya Trianæ formosa, correction[113] Cattleya Trianæ, Mr. Philbrick’s[131] Cattleyas, Mr. Lee’s[140] Cattleyas, Mr. Percival’s[101] Cœlogyne coronaria, Lindley[114] Coryanthes punctata, Lindley[98] Cymbidium affine, Mr. Wyatt’s[123] Cymbidium bambusifolium, Roxb.[139] Cymbidium elegans, Mr. McDonald’s[122] Cymbidium micromeson, Lindley[140] Dendrobium crassinode Barberianum[138] Dendrobium eburneum, Parish[103] Dendrobium Harveyanum, Sir T. Lawrence’s[143] Dendrobium moniliforme, Lindley, non Swartz[141] Dendrobium nobile formosanum, Rchb. f.[141] Dendrobium Paxtoni, Mr. Mainwaring’s[142] Dendrobium Wardianum Lowii, Smith[113] Disa grandiflora, Duke of Devonshire’s[107] Epidendrum vitellinum giganteum, Mr. Shaw’s[126] Eria coronaria, Rchb. f.[114] Esmeralda Sanderiana, Rchb. f.[124] Lælia amanda, Mr. Brymer’s[117] Lælia anceps, Mr. Percival’s[128] Lælia anceps Williamsiana, Messrs. Sander’s[131] Lælia pumila Dayana, Burbidge[132] Lælia purpurata, Mr. Buchanan’s[98] Lycastes, Mr. Lee’s[134] Manchester Whitsuntide Exhibition of 1883[97] Masdevallia Chimæra, Marquis of Lothian’s[120] Masdevallia Harryana atrosanguinea, Hort. Williams[99] Masdevallia Harryana longiflora, Warner[99] Odontoglossum Alexandræ, Mr. Bockett’s[119] Odontoglossum Alexandræ aureum, Mr. Philbrick’s[131] Odontoglossum cinnamomeum, Sir T. Lawrence’s[143] Odontoglossum mulus, Mr. Tod’s[142] Odontoglossum Pollettianum, Mr. Pollett’s[131] Odontoglossum sceptrum, Mr. McDonald’s[136] Odontoglossums, Mr. Warner’s[99] Oncidium anthrocene, Messrs. Sander’s[131] Oncidium Barkeri, Lindley[137] Oncidium Jonesianum, Mr. Smee’s[131] Oncidium Lanceanum, Lindley[130] Orchid, a gigantic[142] Orchids, New[131], [143] Orchids, Mr. Bull’s Exhibition of[104] Orchids, Dr. Paterson’s[114] Orchids, Mr. Warner’s[99] Orchids at Dunlop House[118] Orchids at Downside, Leatherhead[134] Orchids at Eastwood Park, Glasgow[116] Orchids at Gouville[108] Orchids at Melrose[115] Orchids at Sandringham[103] Orchids at The Dell, Staines[110] Orchids at Upper Holloway Nursery[100] Orchids in Vineries[125] Phaius tuberculosus, successful treatment of[139] Phalænopsids, Mr. Lee’s[134] Pilumna fragrans grandiflora, Linden[128] Renanthera Lowii, Baron Rothschild’s[106] Saccolabium miniatum, Hooker[107] Stanhopea gibbosa, Mr. Wallis’s[107] Trichopilia fragrans nobilis, Lind. et And.[128] Vanda Cathcartii, Mr. Heriot’s[131] Vanda Lowii, Baron Rothschild’s[106] Vanda Sanderiana, Mr. Lee’s[111] Vanda suavis and tricolor, Mr. Graham’s[118] Vanda teres, Mr. Broome’s[102] Warscewiczella Wendlandi, Rchb. f.[126] Zygopetalum Burkei, Messrs. Veitch’s[122] Zygopetalum Wendlandi, Rchb. f.[126]

PL. 97. LÆLIA ELEGANS PRASIATA

LÆLIA ELEGANS PRASIATA.
[[Plate 97].]
Native of Brazil.

Epiphytal. Stems erect, clustered, terete, clavate, jointed, about one and a half foot high. Leaves in pairs at the top of the stems, linear-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, deep green. Racemes short, erect, six to eight-flowered, issuing from an oblong purplish compressed bract, the peduncles and pedicels green. Flowers large and showy, five inches across; sepals about three inches long, oblanceolate, the edges revolute and the tips recurved, of a light magenta-rose, paler towards the base, having a greenish tint along the centre, and a distinct flush of purple; petals obovate-lanceolate, acute, an inch broad, of a deeper rose than the sepals, and having a flush of green, the margins undulated; lip three-lobed, the lateral lobes elongate, white, rolled over the column, tinted with rose at the edges; and of a bright rosy crimson at the tips; the front lobe an inch and three-fourths in breadth, transversely-reniform, crenate and much undulated at the margin, of a rich magenta-crimson, traversed by veins of deeper crimson, the veins most evident in the centre where the ground colour is paler; disk smooth. Column clavate, marginate, enclosed.

Lælia elegans prasiata, Reichenbach fil., in litteris, 1863; Id. Botanische Zeitung, October, 1864; Id. Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.S., xix., 11 (sub-variety).

The Lælias form a glorious class of Orchids, including many noble species which certainly rank amongst the most beautiful of the whole family. Their flowers embrace nearly every shade of colour, including bright orange, yellow, pure white, magenta, rose, and many others. They are all extremely beautiful, notwithstanding that some of them produce large flowers, while those of others are much smaller, for the latter are often of a more brilliant colour than the larger kinds, which is an ample compensation. The whole family, without exception, is well worth growing.