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CATTLEYA CRISPA. CRISP-FLOWERED 
CATTLEYA. 
EK KERR EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcutex. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala membranacea vel carnosa, patentia, equalia. Pe- 
tala sepius majora. Labellum cucullatum columnam in- 
volvens, trilobum vel indivisum. Columna clavata, elon- 
gata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera 
carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis. 
Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis —Herbe epiphyte 
(Americane ) pseudo-bulbose. Folia solitaria vel bina, cort- 
acea. Flores terminales, speciosissimi, sepe e spatha magna 
erumpentes. Landl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cartieya crispa ; sepalis lineari-obovato-lanceolatis acutis, 
petalis latioribus oblongo-lanceolatis undulatis crispis, 
labelli indivisi limbo ovato acuminato quam maxime 
undulato-crispato, pseudo-bulbis subcylindraceis angu- 
latis, spatha magna foliacea. Lindl. 
Carrieya crispa. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1172. Gen. et Spec. 
Orchid. p. 116. = 
Drawn at the Royal Botanic Garden of Kew, where this 
truly handsome species flowered in July, 1841. It is a_ 
native of Brazil, and has now been sent home by many 
Collectors from that fertile region, and seems to have been 
first introduced to our gardens by Sir Henry CHAMBER 
Layne, Bart., in 1826. It may be numbered among: 
most beautiful of a highly beautiful Genus. 
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