Tas. 4270; 
CATTLEYA Sxinnert. 
Mr. Skinner's Cattleya. 
Nat. Ord. OncHIDEZ.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala membranacea vy. carnosa, patentia, equalia. Petala seepius 
majora. Labdellum cucullatum, columnam involvens, trilobum vy. indivisum. Co- 
lumna clavata, elongata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera 
carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis 
totidem replicatis—Herbe epiphyte (Americane), pseudo-bulbose. Folia soli- 
taria vel bina coriacea. Flores terminales speciosissimi, sepe e spatha magna erum- 
pentes. Lindl. 
CaTTLEYA Skinneri; pseudo-bulbis valde incrassatis oblongis basi attenuatis, 
foliis binis oblongis obtusis, pedunculo plurifloro, sepalis oblongis,petalis 
ovato-rotundatis, labello panduriformi obscure trilobo lobis lateralibus con- 
volutis terminali lato brevi retuso disco canaliculato, columna perbrevi. 
CartLeya Skinneri. Batem. Orchid. Mexic. et Guatem. t.13. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
1840. Mise. n. 83. 
No colour that we can employ does justice to the brilliant rosy 
hue of this flower, justly named by Mr. Bateman in compliment 
to its indefatigable discoverer, Mr. Skinner, who detected it ex- 
clusively in the warm parts of Guatemala and along the shores 
of the Pacific. There it is called “Flor de San Sebastian”, and 
is eagerly sought for, when in season, by the people of the 
country, to ornament the temples and shrines of their favourite 
saints. It is described by Mr. Skinner as “inhabiting the 
hot damp coasts,” and as “a plant that will require treatment 
accordingly. It is always found on very high trees and is most 
difficult to get at, except after a storm that may have chanced to 
throw down some of the largest forest trees.” Mr. Bateman 
mentions the plant as producing flowers sometimes much larger 
than those here represented. We only give them as they appeared 
with us in June, 1843. : 
Duscr. Rhizoma creeping and throwing out fibrous roots below, 
bearing, above, oblong elongated pseudo-bulbs, which are com- 
pressed, sulcated, attenuated into a terete jointed stalk, and the 
_ DECEMBER Isr, 1846. 2M2 
