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CATTLEYA granulosa. 



Hough-lipped Cattleya. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^e, § Epidexdre.e. 

 CATTLEYA. Botanical Register, vol. II, M, 953 



C. granulosa; caulibus teretibus gracilibus dipbyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 obtusis, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis obovato-spathulatis unduktis 

 obtusissimis, labello cucullato tripartito: laciniis lateralibus semiovatis 

 intermedia sinu lato divulsa ungue sequilateri lsevi lamina dilatata rotun- 

 data plicata, granulosa denticulata. 



Of this, at present the rarest of the genus, a single small 

 specimen exists in the garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 where it was sent by Mr. Hartweg from Guatemala, without 

 any intimation as to its native habits. 



It has a slender stem, terminated by two narrow leaves, 

 something like those of C. bicolor, but shorter. When it 

 flowered only one blossom was formed, such as here repre- 

 sented ; but it will probably bear a larger number when in 

 health. The sepals were two inches and a half long, oblong, 



olive green, mottled with rich brown spots. The petals were 

 obovate, very much rounded at the point, and narrowed to 

 the base ; wavy at the margin, and of the same colour as the 

 sepals. Strongly contrasted with the dingy colours of those 

 parts is the lip, of a pure white at the sides and point, and of 

 a glowing orange spotted with crimson in the middle ; its 

 lateral lobes curve over the column, but are divided very 

 deeply from the middle lobe by a wide slit ; the middle lobe 

 itself has its surface broken up into numerous granulations, 

 something in the way of C. guttata. 



The high temperature and excessive moisture which suits 

 so well the Indian Dendrobiums is most injurious to this 



January ', 1842. 



