late, and more nearly lanceolate, the two inner rather the nar- 
rowest. Labellum as long as the periahth, and of a rather paler 
color, curved downwards, compressed, its edges entire, and over- 
lapping above; terminated by three lobes, of which the middle is 
the largest, projecting forwards, cordato-subrotund, saddle-shaped ; 
all the three jagged at the edges and waved, but the lateral lobes _ 
less so, and not spreading : middle lobe of deep purple, mottled 
with the general color of the labellum or perianth. Column half 
the length of the labellum, shaped like a boat, blunt in the keel, 
and inverted upon the labellum: there is a round notch at the 
extremity, with a projecting tooth in the middle, for the attachment 
of the anther: the sides of this notsh project, are truncated, and 
edged with purple. The general color of the column is the same 
as the upper part of the labellum, but beautifully streaked with 
urple, especially on its lower side. Anther hemispherical, two- 
obed, four-celled: cells linear-oblong, each having a thin, brown 
margin orrim. Pollen Masses four, in two pairs, subovate, plano- 
convex; the reflected, filamental stalks slightly cohering in each 
pair. Stigma occupying the upper half of the plane, or under, 
side of the column, concave, large, and coming to a point at the 
base. Germenan inch anda half long, club-shaped, erect, slightly 
curved, brownish-green, obscurely spotted with purple, and having 
three longitudinal, double furrows. GraHAM. * 
It is with much pleasure that I add a fifth species of CaTTLEYA 
to the four already in cultivation. Its nearest affinity certainly is 
to C. Forbesii, but the general appearance of the flower more 
nearly resembles C. Jabiata, and it is almost as handsome. C. 
Forbesii could not be distinguished from this by the essential 
character given by Mr. Linney, in Bot. Reg. t. 953, to which, 
therefore, must be added the acuminate spatha, much shorter than 
the peduncle. The habit, as shewn in Bot. Reg. is precisely the 
same as in C, intermedia. : 
Our plant has further the three-lobed lip and the stem of C. 
Loddigesit and C. Forbesit ; the approximating perianth of the 
latter, and of C. labiata, together with the form of the perianth 
and sharply jagged lip of C. Forbesii, and the colours and spatha 
of C. labiata, only that this spatha is united at its edges, in which 
circumstance there is an agreement with C. Loddigesii ; but in this 
again the spatha is pointed, and much shorter than the peduncle. 
We received our specimens along with many other valuable 
lants from Mr. Harris of Rio Janeiro, by Capt. Granam, of 
is majesty’s Packet service, in 1824. They have been kept in 
the stove in pots of decayed bark ; and the specimen now describ- 
_ ed flowered for the first time in spring, 1826, but met with an 
accident before it could be figured or described. It bloomed for 
the second time in April last (1828), and remained in perfection 
several days. Other specimens, subjected to the same kind of treat- 
ment, have remained without the least alteration in their appear- 
ance since they were imported. The subject of the present article 
is now pushing its roots freely over the pieces of bark. Granam. 
Fig. 1. Column of Fructification. 2. Anther-Case, from which the four 
Pollen Masses, fig. 3, 3, are taken. 4. Side view of a pair of Pollen Masses.— 
—Magnified. 
