did not ourselves observe this in the living specimen—for a spe- 
cific distinction, if such it prove to be. 
In the October number of Lindley and Paxton’s ‘ Flower Gar- 
den,’ Plate 96 (1852), is another plant, sent by Messrs. Back- 
house, under the name of “a new Cattleya,” also from the | 
island of St. Catharine’s, Brazil, Lelia purpurata of Dr. Lindley, 
which, though much resembling a Cattleya, must not be con- 
founded with the present species. = 
Descr. With the exception of the differences pointed out 
above, our description at ‘Tab. 4083 will answer to the present _ 
plant. 
