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Cattleya labiata. Crimson-lipped 

 Cattleya. 



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Class and Order. 

 • Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchidejs.) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala membranacea vel carnosa, patentia, aequalia. Pe- 

 tala saepius majora. Labellum cucullatum columnam iii- 

 volvens, trilobum vel indivisum. Colnmna clavata, elon- 

 gata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera 

 carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis. 

 Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis. — Herbae epiphytes 

 (Americana) pseudo-bulbos<e . Folia solilaria vel Una, cori- 

 acea. Flores terminates, speciosissimi, scepe e spatha magna 

 erumpentes. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Cattleya labiata; pseudo-bulbis sulcatis, sepalis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, petalis lato-ellipticis undulatis, labelli obo- 

 vati obiusi indivisi lamina su peine tota coccinea. 



Cattleya labiata. Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 33. Hook. Exot. Fl. 

 tab. 157. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1856. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. 

 Orchid, p. 1 16. Bot. Reg. t. 1859. 



Dr. Lindley, whose judgment, especially in all that con- 

 cerns Orchideous plants, is entitled to the highest respect, 

 has pronounced the C. Mossia of our Bot. Mag. tab 366y 

 to be a mere variety of his C. labiata. He may be right, and 

 if tried by the same standard, a considerable number ot 

 Orchideous plants will have to be abolished ; for there is no 

 question that, in a state of cultivation at least, plants ot 

 this family are liable to very great variation. We had, 



