L All A A GRANDIS lm/.
VAR. TENEBROSA Hon.
is monophyllis, foliis iincarioblongis obtusis c
n.l-inro^lallc •.^...i.^ I..I..-- .. .
Hit I
LÌRLIA GRAXms, Lindi. Pseudobulbis ciavain comprcssis monophyl
pcdunciilis bene cxserlis 3-5-noris, floribus magnis, sepalis oblo.igo.lai,croialis
undulalis flavis, labcllo trilobo, lobis laKralibtis circa coluranam convoliitis, lobo n
eolumna brevi trigona.
t 1J3 ; Orcliidophilo, 1891. p. i6i. ' ' '
ELETIA OKANDIS,
Ho"- Sopalis pelalisquo cuprcis,' bbcJln purpureo marsine albo.
Dia, t. 25
t^ULUSIS conaccis
undulalis subcontortis (iavts, petali«
crispo.undulato,
riaccis, spalhis ancipilibus elongatis,
in ni bus pulchrc purpurcis,
ort. Sepalis pelalisquo cuprcis, labeJln purpureo mainine alb
"Orl.; Kolfc in Card. Chron., Aug. i, i8yi, p, 126; id., in Lind
U-eha grandis was originally sent lo M. Morel, at Paris, from Ihe neighbourhood •
May of the following year, and was described by Dr. I.indlcy, r - ' -
Mord, A figure of tlie flower • - -
1II wn I I'layaztne, in is „...„^
1 light nankeen-ycllow, ;ind the lip w
purple. The varie^ teneb.^ bere r ep^rmc^. t i rK^'XI '^.^i t ^t l e ^ t r^ndTi rdin^
flalter, undulate, and of a decided copper-bron^e tint, and the lip pumle^r-™ - -Z-t ..^-.^. f""" : 'he sepals and petals
throat. It appears to have been 5-' 1.— . . . . . . . - ' '
/M/C.
» E receivcd a fira-class ortifate for this S„e Litlia, „„tier .he n.ime of "grandi,,- on July S, ,890 Orimnallv
discovered by a native coileetor in the neighboiiri.ood of Bahi., small consignments h.ave fonnti their way from time to
t.nre to Enrope. It differs very considerably from the variety sent home by M. Pinel, being mnd, larger in size and
bearnrg a great srm.larity to L. pnrpnrata, the «ower, qnite e,nailing the latter in size. There is no donbt bnt this tine
1,-el.a mrght have, wnb jnst.ce, been raised to spedSe rank. I, has many distinct peeuliaritie, in growth, form and
colonring and ,t ,s qntte pmbable that we shall ultimately regard it as a species. The sepals and „t.als are best described
as being bronae or coppery n, hne, while the lip i., generally of a rich, rosy eoionr; althongh many varieties will no donbt
crop up from recent importations, yet the form will be found to differ but little. A very fine Lrelia was shown at the Royal
HorticnltnrJ Socety on Jnne a j by E. Golto, Esq, of Hampstead, and was awarded a Srst^^lass eertifieate under U,e
name of L. Gottotana. Th,s was regarded by the Committee as a natural hybrid; and from it, resemblance to I. grandia
te„ebro.,a, the latter m.ght w.eli be accepted as one of the parents. The same gentleman also had another very fine
variety, which was named L. grandis superba. Lord Rothschild exhibited a grand variety of Lilia grandis, and this
most deservedly obtained a tirst-ciass certificate. s , ana
In the C.rJ„„„- a„„idc of December ,7, 1S64, the I,.elia grandis of Morel is described from " Paxton's
Flower Garden, and the following remarks ocean "Although not strictly a new plant, this Sne Lajlia has virtually
cl ».appeared for upwards of ten years from our collections, i„ „ „ „ /,„ „/„,, „„„• ¡¿^
paragr.aph to as near as we possibly can any mention of the subject of our plate , and that this is the plan, intended
here can be little, if any, donbt. This takes ns back some twenty-seven years, and it .rouid be ve, - intere.sting
further into tire history of this remarkable plant, which, with its congener, seems to have had ;
disappearing.
The tlra...mg is froni a plant .cm us b). Henry Is. Hnic, Esq. Quorn IJKIKC, I.),iphl»mu|.h.
o look
singular aptitude for