1859 



* CATTLEYA labiata. 



Crimson-lipped Cattleya. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. ORCHiDACEiE, § Epidendre^. 

 CATTLEYA.— Suprd, vol. \4.foL 1172. 



C. labiata ; sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis membranaceis lato-lanceolatis 

 acutis subundulatis, labello obovato undulato obtuso iiidiviso, pseudobulbis 

 oblongis angulatis, spatha maxima foliacea. Gen. Sf Sp. Orch. pi. p. 116. 



C. labiata. Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 33. Hooker Exot. fi. \51 , Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 1856. 



A native of Brazil, whence it was introduced about 18 

 years ago by Mr. William Swainson. It has since that time 

 been represented in most of our Botanical periodicals, so that 

 I fear I shall hardly stand excused for reproducing it here. 

 Nevertheless, all the plates above quoted are deficient in the 

 richness of colour that is so peculiarly characteristic of the 

 species, and that constitutes its chiefest ornament ; and the 

 knowledge of the existence of so truly beautiful species can- 

 not be too widely diffused, the more especially as this, like 

 the rest of its genus, requires the excessive heat and damp- 

 ness of an Orchideous house in a less degree than many other 

 kinds. 



It is one of those plants which flourish so remarkably in 

 the hothouse at Wentworth, with no greater dampness and 

 heat than can be endured by human beings without incon- 

 venience. 



* See folio 1406. 



