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CATTLEYA PUMILA. DwarF CATTLEYA. 
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Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MonanprIiA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuivEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala membranacea v. carnosa, patentia, equalia. Pe- 
tala sepits majora. Labellum cucullatum, columnam in- 
volvens, trilobum v. indivisum. Columna clavata, elongata, 
semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera 
carnosa 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis. 
Pollinia 4 ; caudiculis totidem replicatis.—Herbe epiphyte, 
(Americane ) pseudo-bulbose. Folia solitaria v. bina, cori- 
acea. Flores terminales, speciosissime, se@pé e spatha magna 
erumpentes. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Carrieya pumila ; pseudo-bulbis oblongis minutis teretibus 
~ suleatis unifoliatis unifloris, folio oblongo-lanceolato, 
sepalis oblongis acutis superiori recurvo petalis ovali- 
oblongis obtusis undulatis angustioribus, labelli lobo 
intermedio brevi obtuso undulato-laciniato. 
The small size of this plant, the minute, rounded pseudo- 
bulbs and the narrow leaves, together with the obtuse, short, 
and almost fimbriated lip, will, I think, clearly distinguish 
this very beautiful species of Carrzera from those hitherto 
described. It was received from the Essequibo by Joun 
Attcarp, Esq., in whose collection it flowered last year, 
and who kindly sent the well executed drawing here en- 
graved, from the pencil of Mrs. Wirners. 
Descr. There is evidently a horizontal stem, or rhizoma, 
throwing out stout radicles below, and minute ode 
above, 
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