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 Cattleya superba. Superb Cattleya. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ol-d.—ORCHIDEjE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala membranacea vel carnosa, patentia, aequalia. 

 Petala saepius majora. Labellum cucullatum, columnam 

 mvolvens, trilobum vel indivisum. Columna clavata, elon- 

 gata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera 

 carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis. 

 Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis. — Herbae epiphyte 

 (Americance) pseudobulbosce. Folia solitaria vel bina 

 coriacea. Flores terminates speciosissimi, scepe e spatha 

 Magna erumpentes. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonytns. 



Cattleya superba; foliis ovato-oblongis obtusis coriaceis 

 marginatis caule clavato brevioribus, sepalis oblongis 

 acutiusculis, petalis lanceolatis acutis membranaceis 

 duplo latioribus, labelli trilobi cucullati lobis laterali- 

 bus aeutis, intermedio transverso piano denticulato 

 emarginato subunguiculato basi venis elevatis rugoso, 

 callis duobus prope basin. Lindl. 



Cattleya superba. Schomb. in Lindl. Sert. Orchid, t. 22. 



Cattleya Schomburgkii. Loddiges' Orchid. Cat. n. 434. 



A very splendid species of Cattleya, and a fragrant one. 

 " was detected in British Guiana, by Mr. Schomburgk, 

 and by him living plants were sent to Messrs. Loddiges, 

 jyhere they blossomed in 1838. Its discoverer remembers 

 that, " in beauty, odour, and duration, it is not to be sur- 

 passed by any Orchideous plant : the odour in the morning 

 a nd evening becoming too powerful for a confined place; 



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