labellum, seven inches and a half; from tip to tip of the two 
opposite petals eight inches and a half! each petal being a 
little more than four inches long, and two inches and a half 
in breadth :—twenty-four inches in the circumference of 
the entire blossom ! 
I am indebted to the kindness of Mrs. Moss, of Otterspool, 
near Liverpool, for the noble specimen here figured, which 
was accompanied with a folio sketch of the entire plant 
from her pencil: and I know of no name more appropriate 
for it, as suggested by my friend Mr. Parker, than that of 
the lady in whose stove it has, by the care of her skilful 
gardener, Mr. James, been brought to such high perfec- 
tion. This is the third lady* of Liverpool who has taken 
advantage of the commercial facilities of that flourishing 
town, and, by its intercourse with the New World, to im- 
port from thence its most beautiful botanical productions. 
The present plant was introduced through the medium of 
Georce Green, Esq., of Liverpool, in September, 1836, 
_ from La Guayra, a country which, were it probably investi- 
gated, would amply reward a Collector by many other 
novelties. 
There is a general resemblance in the structure of the 
flowers of several of the purple-flowered Carrieym: but, in- 
dependent of the gigantic size, the present species may be 
known, especially from C. labiata, its nearest affinity, by its 
elongated, branching stem, bearing many deeply sulcated 
pseudo-bulbs, by the much broader sepals and petals, which 
latter are unguiculated at the base, and by the colour and 
markings and size of the lamina of the labellum. 
* The two others, 
and the late Mrs. A it needs hardly here be remarked, are Mrs. HoRSFALL 
RNOLD HaRRIson. 
