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Lacaena
Lindley ,in Bot.Reg. 29 (1843) , Misc.p. 68 ,no . 101.
Gongoreae . II .Gr. Lakaina - a Laconian woman (Helen of Troy?) . " One of the names of Helen and may be applied to this plant on account of its beauty ; but it may also be derived from lakis m a cleft , in allusion to the divisions of the lip"
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