Tas. 6628, 
CILIA Beta. 
Native of Guatemala. 
Nat. Ord. OncHIDEZ.—Tribe MaxILLaRIeR. 
Genus Caia, Lindl. ; (Endl. Gen. Pl. p. 190) 
Catia bella; pseudo-bulbis ovoideo-globosis subcompressis levibus, foliis anguste 
ensiformibus subgramineis longe acuminatis striato-nervosis 3~-5-costatis, 
vaginis elongatis, scapo brevi paucifloro erecto, vaginis amplis scariosis distiche 
imbricatis cymbiformibus acuminatis, bracteis spathaceis elongato-lanceolatis 
erectis membranaceis, floribus 2-23 pollicaribus erectis, perianthio tubuloso- 
infundibulari extus pallide stramineo intus albo apicibus sepalorum et petalorum 
patentibus roseo-purpureis, sepalo dorsali oblongo obtuso, lateralibus cum basi 
columnz in mentum elongatum apice 2-lobum productis decurrentibus, labello 
breviter unguiculato elongato sensim in auriculas (lobos laterales) breves obtusas 
dilatato et in apicem lingueformem (lobum terminalem) auream recurvam 
supra callosam producto, ovario gracili 9-alato. 
C. bella, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 218. 
BrrrEnarta bella, Lemaire Jard. Fleuriste, vol. iii. t. 325 (1853). 
Boruriocuitvs bellus, Lemaire Ill. Hortic. vol. iv. p. 30 (1856). 
The curious genus Celia seems divisible into two sections 
by the characters of the inflorescence; of these the first 
has racemes of numerous horizontal flowers much exceeded 
by the long spreading bracts, and a shortly produced base to 
the column ; to this section belong the original (. Baueriana, 
Lindl. (Bot. Reg. 1842, Tab. 36), C. macrostachya, Lindl. 
(Plate 4712 of this work), and some undescribed species. 
In the plants of the second section the flowers are few, 
erect, longer than their bracts, and the base of the column 
is produced to twice its own length, giving a long tubular 
or infundibular aspect to the flower. To this belong the 
plant here figured, together with C. Guatemalensis, Reichb. f. 
(in Walp. Ann. vi. 219). For the second of these the genus 
Bothriochilus is proposed by Lemaire, but it has no cha- 
racters to stand upon, and indeed it is very probable that 
plants with intermediate characters will be found uniting 
the groups. 
JUNE Ist, 1882, 
