1859 
* CATTLEYA labiáta. 
Crimson-lipped Cattleya. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACER, $ EPIDENDREE. 
CATTLEYA.— Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1172. 
C. labiata ; sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis membranaceis lato-lanceolatis 
acutis subundulatis, labello obovato undulato obtuso indiviso, pseudobulbis 
oblongis angulatis, spathà maximà foliaceà. Gen. & Sp. Orch. pl. p. 116. 
C. labiata. Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 33. Hooker Exot. fl. 157. Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 1856. 
A native of Brazil, whence it was introduced about 18 
years ago by Mr. William Swainson. It has since that time 
“been represented in most of our Botanical periodicals, so that 
I fear I shall hardly stand excused for reproducing it here. 
Nevertheless, all the plates above quoted are deficient in the 
richness of colour that is so peculiarly characteristic of the 
species, and that constitutes its chiefest ornament; and the 
knowledge of the existence of so truly beautiful species can- 
not be too widely diffused, the more especially as this, like 
the rest of its genus, requires the excessive heat and damp- 
ness of an Orchideous house in a less degree than many other 
kinds. 
It is one of those plants which flourish so remarkably in 
the hothouse at Wentworth, with no greater dampness and 
heat than can be endured by human beings without incon- 
venience. 
* See folio 1406. 
