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CATTLEYA* crispa. 



Curled-petaled Cattleya. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchides. § Epidendrece Lindl. 

 CA TTLE YA . SuprA, vol. 1 1 . /oZ. 953. 



C. crispa ; perianthii laciniis exterioribus lanceolatis unguiculatis : interiori- 

 bus latioribus undulatis crispis, labello crispo acuminato. 

 Folium solitarium, hulho subcylindraceo, angulato insidens, oblongo- 

 lanceolatum , emarginatum. Spica, ex axilld folii, A-5-fiora. Perianthii 

 lacinicB albce, exteriores linear i-lanceolatae , unguiculatce, interioribus undu- 

 latis crispis angustiores. Labellum acuminatum, intits atropurpureum, 

 margine quhm maxim^ crispa. 



This splendid epiphyte was sent from Rio Janeiro to 

 the Horticultural Society by Sir Henry Chamberlayne, Bart, 

 in 1826. It flowered in the stove in the Chiswick Garden 

 in August 1827. It is very distinct from all the other 

 species of Cattleya, both in colour and in the form of the 

 labellum and other segments of the flower. There are 

 now five species of Cattleya upon record. 



Cultivated in decayed vegetable mould, in which it 

 grows freely. 



Leaf solitary, seated on a subcylindrical, angular bulb, 

 oblong-lanceolate, emarginate. Spike of 4 or 5 flowers, 

 from the axilla of the leaf. Segments of the perianthium 



white, the 



unguiculate, narrower 



than the inner, which are wavy and curled at the edg 

 Labellum acuminate, deep purple inside, with an exceed 

 ingly curled margin. 



J. jL. 



• So called in compliment to William Cattley, Esq., of Bamet, in Hert- 

 fordshire, a great patron of Botany, and the most ardent collector of rare 

 plants of his day. 



