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Plate XXIV, 



GATTLKVA SUPERBA 





An epiphyte remarkable for tin* richnew uf colouring in ii.s fragrant flowers The items ate clul>4liapcd, fUrrowcd, 

 and about a foot in length. The two leave* are short, tmtte*oblong, obtuse, wry coriaceous, and marginnto. 

 The flowers appear in mi erect terminal raceme, uwuing from a membranaceous *pathe, ami ore about Rto or *i\ 

 in number, cm h upwards of five inches in diameter ; the tcpalfl and petal* are oblong-lanccolatc, acute, the 

 latter Uie broader of the two. ami both of ;l bri^ln deep n»c-udmir: tin* lij* i* ihrcolobcd, cucullatc, the 

 lateral lobes acute and inflated* m> as t<» mwt by their margin* over tin* column, the middle lobe Hat, fan- 

 shaped, denticulate and cmniginatCi rugose* with dcrotod vein* al the bow, where it i* white reined with 

 i ie and marked with a central bar of yellow, the margin being broadly Inced with deep magenta-rose; it bo* 

 a No i** o callosities at the buc 



Cattlkya suratBA, Undlegi Sertum Orcbldamtm, u m 22; FA ftutoJi** Flowtr Oardtn^ \.^\ Paxt<m'» M*ya:fof of 



ttotaufr i\. 265. 

 Catkrva ScitoMitntr.Kii, hMiti*\* Ctitefoyve* 

 CvummiM violaCCUM, llumM*lt* Bonptaady mtt Knnth, 

 Bpidenprtju vn>LA' : ^i. ttticheni<ich Ji/^ Walpm Annates JlbfuiW Sytt&Mttic&j vi :!1S, 



This magnificent Catth$tf* which has sweet-scented flowery was found in British Guiana by Sir K. 

 Schomburgk, who sent it in a living slate to Mcsvrs. Loddigcs ftboul a quarter of a century ago. The 

 flowers, observes Dr, Jjndlcy, if not so large as those of Catlhya Jfo*si<£ r are from the richness of their 

 colours inferior to none in beauty* According to Schomburgk, the plant appears peculiar to the third or 

 fourth degree of north latitude ; it is not to Ik- met with in Eescquibo north of the mouth of the Rupuruny; 

 from thence it is fouml southward on tree** which skirt the banks of the brooks and rivers which meander 

 through the savannahs. The Garibbces rail it Oiionopodoli, or Dueksmoulh ; the Chacoosccs, Masone. Ii 

 i> i cry fragrant, and the splendid flowers las] lor three or four weeks- l)r, Mariius also found ii. near 

 Tarnma, on the banks of the ltio Negro, and in forest* near Vara, 



The splendid representation wo now give was taken from an admirably managed plant in the line 

 collection of Thomas Bcwlej , Esq,, of IMnekrock, near Dublin, with whom it has bloomed for several years 

 In u'reat perfection. It is the Illicit variety we have seen* and produces more (lowers than any others, — from 

 five to six, instead of three or four, being produced on a single spike. There are several varieties of this 

 Calileg&i some finer than others, but they are all well worth growing The species has been very rare until 

 within the labt few months, when a large importation was made. The plants Mr. Bewley has received from 

 hi* collector, besides being very fine specimens, have bloomed the firet year after their arrival in this country, 

 which is not often UlC ease. The great item in the successful importation of Orchids U to get them sent 

 over just as they have completed their growth, for if they commence growing on their way they will vet) 

 probably |>erish. 



Cattlega siiperlni b of compact habit, and attains a fool in height It bears at llic top of the stenu 

 two leave-, which are distinct from those of other CttH/eya*, being short and nearly round, of a dark-green 

 colour, and thick in lexhire, more so than in oilier kinds that ^row after the same manner. It makes two 

 growths in one year, and generally Hovers from (he lirst growth, when the bulb has attained about a third of 

 lis maturity. The (lowers proceed from a sheath nl the top of the bulb, live or six in number, and are liw 

 and a half inches in diameter, the -epals ami petals being of a deep rose, the lip a bright magenta, with the 





