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CATTLEYA Lemoniana. 
Sir Charles Lemon's Cattleya. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACE&. (Oncurps, Vegetable Kingdom, p. 181) 
CATTLEYA. Botanical Register, vol. 11. fol. 953. 
C. Lemoniana ; pseudobulbis brevibus fusiformibus foliis brevioribus, foliis 
sequilateris obtusis, spathà nullà (?), sepalis angustè lanceolatis acutis- 
simis apice subherbaceis, petalis maximis tenuibus valdè undulatis, 
labello angusto convoluto pone apicem tantum in limbum convexum 
parcè undulatum margine erosum reflexum nullo modo crispum expanso. 
C. labiata var. Lemoniana. W. B. Booth in litteris. 
To us this appears quite a new and distinct species, re- 
markable for its short pseudo-bulbs, and long convolute lip, 
with a convex pallid limb deeply broken up into a few revolute 
folds at the edge. Mr. Booth, however, regards it as a variety 
of C. labiata, from which it differs in its short pseudo-bulbs, 
apparent want of spathe, and contracted lip, wholly destitute 
of the rich frill of plaits by which that species is so strikingly 
distinguished. 
The accompanying figure has been made by Mr. Booth, 
to whom we are indebted for the following account of the 
plant. 
“ That this is a variety of Cattleya labiata I think there 
can be no doubt, however different it may appear in the form 
and colour of its flowers from those of the original species, 
and of the other varieties of it which have yet been published ; 
but it certainly does not appear to me to possess any pecu- 
liarity of sufficient importance to warrant its being kept speci- 
fically distinct, and 1 have therefore merely characterized it 
as a variety, and dedicated it to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. M.P. 
already well known for his attachment to this singular tribe 
of plants, and who has the merit of first introducing it. 
“ The specimen from which the accompanying figure and 
description were taken, was imported from the Brazils in 
1842, and flowered for the first time, at Carclew, in Septem- 
July, 1846. o 
