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CATTLEYA* 'nittata. 

 Spotted ( 'attletfd . 



GYNANDRIA MONANDIU.t. 



Nat. ord. Orciiiue.'e Juss. — {Introduction to the natural sijstcm uf 

 Botany, p. 2iV2.) 



CATTLEYA.— Supra, vol. \\. fol. 953. 



C guttata ; floribus carnosis, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtiisis, pctalis con- 

 tbrmibus paulo latioribus undulatis, labelli trilobi lol)is lateralibus ovatis 

 obtusis : intcrmedio cuncato obcordalo disco tuberculato, foliis concavis, 

 spatha obsoleui. 



Caulis teres, squaviis meinhranaceis fuscis, arct^ appressis vestitus, nulla 

 viodo tuberosus, palmaris v. ultra, diphyllus. Folia carnosa, oblonr/a, con- 

 cava, patentia, apice oblique emarginata. Racenms spatha mdld, A-5-florus, 

 erecttis, rachi terete maculatu. Bracteoe brevissimce, acutce, scariosce. Flores 

 pallidc viridcs, sanguineo guttuti. Labelli lobi laterales albi, interviedius 

 purpureus, lineis disci purpurei tuberculatis. 



This beautiful species was sent to the Horticultural So- 

 ciety from Brazil by the Right Honourable Robert Gordon, 

 along with other interesting plants. The spotting of the 

 flower is remarkably different from any thing that has yet 

 been seen in the same genus. 



It may be interesting to cultivators to know that what 

 are called the stems of this genus, and indeed of many 

 other Orchideous plants, that is to say, the erect stalks 

 that bear the leaves, are analogous to tubers, and really 

 the branches of a rhizoma, or prostrate stem, which creeps 

 upon the surface of the ground, resembling a root, and that 

 consequently each of the leaf-bearing branches may be 

 safely cut otf with a portion of the rhizoma attached, for 

 the purpose of propagation. The gardener of Mr. Harrison, 

 of Liver[jool, has practised this method with great success. 



J. L. 



* See fol. 1172. 

 VOL. XVII. D 



