vlata, sepalis angustls oblongo-lanceolatis rectis, petalis 

 oblongis 3-pl6 latioribus, labello integerrirao convoluto 



emarginato piano, " columna nana S-plo longiore." 



Guatemala. Flowers deep rich rose colour, with a 



crimson lip, resembling those of C. Skinneri. This 

 species inhabits the hot damp coast, 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 large forest 

 trees. It should be well watered daily, to represent the 

 heavy dews and the rains, which latter are from May to 

 November. Mr. Skinner recommends care to be taken 

 that it may not imbibe too much m_oisture, as its habitat 

 is on branches of large trees seldom having any lichen, 

 where the heavy rains do not lie. It does not seek too 

 much shade, but rather, like * Epid. aurantiacum,' ex- 

 posed places. Climate 80° to 85°, and sometimes 95°, 

 during the day. Flowers in January and February ; 

 vulgarly called ' Flor de San Sebastian,' from its being 

 in season, and adorning the altars on that saint's day 

 (20th of January). 



3. C. Walkeriana (Gardner in London Journ. Bot. 2. i\Q^) ; 



foliis oblongo-ellipticis coriaceis marginatis caule cylin- 

 drico longioribus, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutius- 

 culis calloso-apiculatis, petalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 

 duplo latioribus, labelli trilobi cucuUati lobis lateralibus 

 apice valde et oblique truncatis basi rotundatis, inter- 

 medio lato rotundo emarginato edenticulato piano basi 



venis elevatis rucjosis. Brazil ; on the stem of a tree 



overhanOTno- a small stream which falls into the Rio S. 



Francisco, beyond the Diamond district. Flowers 



about 4 inches in diameter. Near C. superba ; distin- 

 guished by its shorter pseudobulbs, smaller leaves, larger 

 and rounder middle lobe of the labellum, but particularly 

 by the obliquely truncated lateral lobes which envelope 

 only the low^er half of the broadly winged column, and 

 not the whole of it. — Gardner. 



4. C. maxima (Lindl. Gen. et Sp. orch. no. 4.) ; caulibus obo- 



vato-clavatis angulatis, foliis 1-2 ovato-oblongis, spatha 

 pedunculo multo breviore, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtu- 

 sis, petalis subrotundo-ovalibus undulatis membranaceis, 

 labelli maximi crispi oblongi obsolete trilobi lobo medio 



