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GATTLEYA Forbesii. 
Forbes's Yellow Cattleya. 
OYNikNDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orchids,. Tribus VI. Eipideadrees lindl. Coll. Bokmiea 
in Append. 
CATTLEYA Lindl. — Perianthium resupinatum patens: laciniis gubr 
eequalibus. Colamna libera, semiteres, labello eroso cucuUato amplexa. 
Anthera infr^l-apicilaris, oprecularis, persistens, columns apice subulato 
superttM>ta, 4-loCularts ; septis completis membranaceis marginatis. Matm 
poUinisr 4, lenticulares, per pares fifo elastico granulato in ipsis rqflexo con- 
nexse. Herbse parasiticce (Americee eequinoctialis) ; bulbis fasciculatis ; 
foliis solitariis, camosis, enervtbus; floribus temUnalibus, geminisfgrandibiu, 
stUtodoris. Lindl. I. c. tab. 33. 
C. Forbesii; foliis oblongis obtusis planis, sepalis lanceolalis subtrqualibus ; 
interioribus angustioribus imdulatis obtusis, lubolli Irilobi IoIk) medio 
cordato lunato argute dentato apice saccato. Lmdl. I. c 
Planta epiphyta, i: caudice tortunso, cicatriznto, rcpcale, promcns caitles 
plurcs, unipedales, teretes, sursiim davatos, vestujiis inembrnnaccis urcti 
appressis, striatis, albidis, internodiis longioribiis rcstitos. Folia in fnstigio, 
bi/uu pI'iiKi. (oriacea, sessilia, ad marginem scahrclbt. eucrvia, ovah-lnnco- 
lata, subopposita, obtusa, cum apiculo. Flores bini, inodori cum pcdiniculo 
terete foliis longiores. Bractea parva, non spathacea, sphni r/ula, ngida, 
acuminata, vaginans, pedunculo multb brevier. Perianthii lactniee lineuri- 
lanceolata, acutce, extiisluteo-fusca, intus ochraceo-virides ; interiores angus- 
tiores, cid marginem crispce. Labellum pallidissinie flavidvm, intits luteum, 
rubra venosum et punctatum, ad apicem trilobnm; lobis lateralibus rotun- 
datis, porrectis, oaSi interiore sub-cordatis ; intermedio cordatq, rotundnto, 
explanato, crispo, argute dentato, apice saccato. Labellum fer axin lineis 
duabus elevatis. Columna inclu$a, pallidi ochr0leu€a, purpurea Imeatm. 
SiigmsL purpurea marginatttm. ' 
' Native of Rio Janeiro, where it was found ^whi^ upon 
decayed trees, by the late Mr. Forbes, by whom it was • 
transmitted to the Horticultural Society in 1823. Our ^ 
drawing wafi( made in the Chiswick Garden, in June 1824. ^ 
The genus Cattleya now contains four well-ascertained 
apecies, of wTiich this is the leaat beautiful. They are gjU 
