Tas. 5048, 
CATTLEYA GRANULOSA. 
Lough-lipped Cattleya. 
Nat. Ord. OncHIpE#.—GyNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 2700.) 
CartLeya granulosa ; caulibus teretibus diphyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis ob- 
tusis, petalis obovato-spathulatis undulatis obtusissimis, labello cucullato 
tripartito, laciniis lateralibus semiovatis intermedia sinu lato divulsa, ungue 
eequilatero levi lamina rotundata plicata granulosa denticulata. Lindl. 
Carrera granulosa. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1842, v. 28. ¢.1. 
B. Russelliana ; foliis ovatis, pedunculis trifloris, floribus multo majoribus, petalis 
magis lanceolatis, labello ungue angustiore. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1845, ». 31. 
t, 50. 
Even a quarto plate scarcely suffices to do justice to a well- 
grown specimen of this noble Cattleya. Hartweg was the first 
to bring the species into notice, having sent it from Guatemala 
about 1840. It was figured by Dr. Lindley, with a solitary 
flower, from the only plant then. known in Europe, in January, 
1840. A three-flowered specimen then appeared in the same 
publication for 1845, as a variety, with somewhat broader leaves, 
as var. Russelliana. Our present specimen, with its noble clus- 
ter of flowers, was sent to us from the Botanic Garden, Liver- 
pool, in 1845, by the late Mr. Henry Shepherd. Well culti- 
vated as this specimen is, there are certainly few Orchideous 
plants that can surpass it in beauty. This flowered and was 
n perfection in August. Plants have also been sent from we 
temala by G. M. Skinner, Esq., who has contributed so largely 
to our collections in this family. - 
ot and more long, jointed 
Drscr. Stems or pseudobulbs a fo 
at distant intervals, compressed and furrowed, and _ partially 
clothed with membranaceous sheaths. Leaves two, ae ae 
(that is, there is a short portion of the stem, or pseudobul : e- 
tween them), oblong, patenti-reflexed, coriaceous, rather broad in 
MAY Ist, 1858. 
