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CaTTLEYA Forpesit. Mr. Forpes’ 
CATTLEYA. 
BKK KEE EEE KEKE EEE 
Class and Order. 
GynAnDRIA MonanpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcnipe#. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala membranacea v. carnosa, patentia, equalia. Pe- 
tala sepius majora. Labellum cucullatum, columnam in- 
volvens, trilobum v. indivisum. Columna clavata, elon- 
gata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera 
carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis. 
Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis.—Herbe epiphyte, 
(Americane ) pseudobulbose. Folia solitaria, vel bina, co- 
riacea. Flores terminales, speciosissimi, sepe e spatha 
magna erumpentes. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Carrteya * Forbesii ; sepalis petalisque subundulatis line- 
ari-lanceolatis subequalibus, labelli trilobo lobo medio — 
cordato subrotundo-ovato argute dentato undulato — 
apiculato, Jateralibus minoribus rotundatis planis, 
pseudo-bulbis cylindraceis cinereis vestitis, spatha 
cylindracea membranacea pedunculo breviore. Lindl. 
Carrteya Forbesii. Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 37. in textu. Bot. 
Reg. t. 933. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 117. 
Descr. Parasitic. Stem six to eight inches tall, slightly 
swollen, and hence somewhat bulbous, sheathed with long, 
membranous, cylindrical scales, and bearing at its sabe 
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* Named in compliment to WiLLtam CatTLey, Esq. of London, an 
eminent cultivator of plants and patron of Botany. 
