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CATTLEYA Aclandis. 
Lady Acland’s Cattleya. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Orncuipacex $ EPIDENDREA. 
CATTLEYA. Botanical Register, vol. 12. fol. 927. 
$. 2. Labelli lobis lateralibus abbreviatis, columnam haud supertegentibus. 
C. Aclandie ; folis oblongis, floribus subsolitariis, sepalis petalisque her- 
baceis lanceolatis eequalibus incurvis maculatis, labelli plani calvi hypo- 
chilio dilatato patulo subrepando epichilio orbiculari reniformi emarginato. 
Of this very distinct and pretty species of the handsomest 
of all the genera of Orchidacee I have only seen a single 
flower, which I owe to the kindness of Lady Acland of Killer- 
ton, by whom the drawing, from which the annexed figure 
was prepared, was also supplied. 
It was received from Brazil in October, 1839, having been 
discovered by Lieut. James of H. M. ship Spey, and flowered 
in the stove at Killerton in the month of July, 1840, under 
the able management of Mr. Craggs, Sir Thomas Acland's 
gardener. 
It is probable that the plant, when in a more vigorous 
state, will produce several flowers of a larger size, in a 
cluster; even in the present state the large purple lip and 
column render it very handsome. 
Together with Cattleya bicolor it forms a distinct section 
of the genus, distinguished by the base of the lip being too 
narrow, and too spreading, to cover over the column. 
