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Catasetum — continued, 



brownish-olive-jfr^en, and the wall around the mouth of the apex 

 light ochre, marked with red. 1885. 



C. costatum (ribbed). /., sepals and petals yellowish ; side lobes 

 of the lip erect, triang^ular, the upper border ciliated ; ** the mid- 

 lobe .... goes out into a low, blunt, small triangle, standing 

 over the long, blunt conus; so very remarkable by the presence of 

 some lighter ribs running at each side, but which are not very 

 conspicuous as long as the lip is fresh" (Reichenbach). 1887. 



C. cristatnm stenosepalum (narrow-sepaled). fl.y sepals 

 purplish- brown, narrow ; petals entire, purple, striated with dark 

 purple. 1887. (I. H. ser. v. 71.) 



O, fimbriatum (fringed), JL yellowish-green: sepals linear, 

 Hpiculate ; petals rather longer, fleshy ; lip fleshy, three-lobed, 

 the lobes mn^ed with long, mostly bitld flmbri.-e ; scape about 

 nine-flowered. I. lanceolate, acuminate, slightly plicate. Pseudo- 

 bulbs about 6in. long* slat to eight-leaved. Fernambuco. (B. M. 

 3708.) 



C« f. viriduliixn (greenish), fi.^ sepals and petals green, spotted 

 reddinh-purple ; column greenish-white, spotted with purple. 

 1886. 



€• Raleritam (fur capped). Jt, rather large ; sepals and petals 

 pidi.' ;;reen, spotted brown, oblong, acute ; lip pale green, saccate, 

 oblong, conical at apex, ochreous in front, marked pale green 

 around the mouth, an<l marked brown on a yellow ground inside ; 

 raceme several-flowered, lax. Columbia (V), lb86. 



C. glaucoglossum (glaucous-lipped). Jl. large; sepals brown, 

 lii;iilate, acute ; petals glaucous, spotted brown, much larger than 

 the sepals, oblong, acute ; lip gluucoua, spotted brown intide, 

 having a depressed, rounded sac, and a triangular mouth ; raceme 

 stout, bearing several flowers, deflexed. Mexico, 1885. A curious 

 species, 



C. liObmannl (T.ohmann's). /. in a loose, drooping raceme ; 

 sopalH and petiUs green, equal, ovate, acute, conniveut in a globe ; 

 lip yollowi.sh-flesh-colour, semi-orl)icular->accate, trilobed. I, 

 luiaow -lanceolate. Columbian Andes^ 1886. A curious, but by 

 no iiinans beautiful, species. (U. (J. 12^3, a-g.) 



C. plloatum (capped). Jl. white, rather large ; sepals narrow- 

 oMo:ig, fu'nte ; petals broadly oblong, acute; lip large, broadly 

 triangular, with a bluntly conical spur; column with a very long 

 beak. 1336. 



C» sangulncum (bloody). Jl. ffreeniRh, speckled with brown or 

 dull red, not at all handsome, disposed in a close raceme; sepals 

 and petals turned upwards ; lip lacerated, except at the base. 

 Oottiiier and November. I. light glaucous-green. Pseudo-bulbs 

 6in. to Tin. long. Central America, 1850. 



C. 8. integrale (entire). /. having the anterior lip wholly entire. 

 1887. 



C, tabularo sorrulata (serrulated), ft. green, yellowish-white, 

 and blush-white, the side margins of the lip serrulated. 1886. 

 (U. G. 1223, h-m.) ^ 



C. tapiriceps (tapir-headed). Jl. numerous; sepals green ; petals 

 brown ; lip orange, trigono-saccifonn, the free margin toothieted, 

 the side Iririnire revolute, the middle one with a transverse, emar- 

 ginate keel not far from the margin; column resembling *'a 

 Malayan tapir, with its curved trunk." Brazil, 1888. 



C, tridcntatum bellum (pretty). A variety having purplish- 

 brown sepals, and a large, purplish-brown blotch on either side 

 the lip. Urazil, 1886, 



C. TruUa (trowel-shaped). Jl, green and brown; sepals and 

 pi'taU spreading, oval. Hat ; lip much the shape of a trowel, not at 

 all hollowed out into a bag, but merely concave like the bowl of 

 a spoon, the edges fringed ; colunm short, tendrilled. South 

 Americji, 1810. (15. It. xxvii. 34.) The variety mh-imherbe has no 

 fringe to the Up. 1887. 



C. T. maoalatlftsimtim (much -spotted). /., sepals, petals, and 

 the anterior part of tlu' sides of the column covered <iith brown 

 spots ; anterior side ol the lateral lobes of the lip having well- 



deveb)ped fringt^s. 1888. 



CATTLETA. The flpeciea of this genns are all 

 natives of the warmer parts of America, from Erazil to 

 Moiico, The following corrections of, and additions to, 

 the information ifiven on pp. 280-1^ Vol. I., are baaed upon 

 the monog^raph of the genua recently publi:?lied by Messrs. 

 James Veitcb and Sons, in Part II. of their '^ Manual of 

 Ortdsidaoeons Plants." 



C. alba (white). A form of C, Luddt'tnanniana. 



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C, amabilia (lovely). A synonym of C. intermr^ia. 



C* Amcslana (Ames*), a synonym of l,<TUa Avuetiana. 



C. anrea (goldenX A rariety of C. Dowiana. 



C. antnmnalis (aafcumnal). A garden synonym of 6. Ltyw- 



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C. blcolor Wrigleyiana (Wrigb^y's). ^., sepals and petals 



greyish-grtH^n ; lip dark purple. 1885. 



C. Bluntii (Blunfs). Jl. resembling those of C. Mfndelit in shape ; 

 sepaU and petals white ; lip white, stained yellow in the throat 

 bummer. L (and general habit) as in C. Mendrlii. Colombia. 





Cattleya— continued. 



C. BolSSierl (Boissler^s). /., sepals and petals Aof t rosy-lilac ; lip 



broad, with a beautiful, curving, yellow blotch extending half- 

 way down and nearly across it. L oblong, short and broad. 

 New Grenada. 



C. Boviini^ana (Bowring's). Jl. rich rosy-purple, about 2iin. in 

 diameter, the front of the lip deep purple, with a transverse, 

 maroon band, behind which the tube is whitish ; raceme 

 corymbose, five to ten-flowered. Autumn. Central America, 

 1886. A charmino: species, allied to C, Skinneru SvN. C, 

 autumnalis (of gardens). 



C. Brabantiae (Duchess of Brabant'^). Jl. rather large; sepals 

 and petals rose, blotched blacltish -purple ; lateral lobes of the 

 lip white, curved over the broad, rose-coloured column, the 

 front lobe magenta-purple, obtusely reniform. h lignlate-oblong. 

 Stems terete. A hybrid between C. Aclandiije &nd C. Loddigesii. 

 (F. M. 360.) 



C, brilliantissima (most brilliant). A garden synonym of 

 C. Luddemamiiana brilUantisshna. 



C. Brsmieriana (W. E. Brymer's). /., sepals and petals rosy- 

 purple; lip unusually broad, the side lacinise blunt-angled, the 

 middle one projecting, obcordate, the mid-area orange, the 

 margins of the laciniae purplish-mauve, the parts between the 

 edires and the orange lines rosy, fading to white; column white. 



1885. A supposed natural hybrid between C. stiperba and C. 

 Eldorado. 



C. Brysiana (Brys'). A synonym of Lcelia pxtrpnrata Brysiana. 

 C. bulbosa (bulbous). A synonym of C. WaliceHana. 



C. BuUlerl (Bullier's). A trifling form of C. TriancB. (B. H. 



1886, p. 444.) 



C. calummata (hooded). Jl. resembling those of C. Aclandiivm 

 form ; sepals and petals whitish, tinted ro^e and spotted violet; 

 lip having the large side-lobes white, and the wedge-shaped 

 centre, as well as the column, of a rich, velvety violet-red or 

 inasenta-rose. L oblong, emarginate, deep green, sometimes 

 spotted with violet. Pseudo-bulbs 3in. to 4in. long. French 

 gardens, 1884. A beautiful hybrid between C. intermedia and 

 a Adandice. (R. H. 1883, p. 564 ; W. O. A. iv. 166.) 



C. Candida (white^. /..sepals and petals white, shaded pink; 

 lip the same colour, with a dash of yellow in the centre; spike 

 three or four-flowered. July to November, h. 1ft. Brazil, 

 Allied to C. intermedia. 



C. Chamberlainiana (Rt. Hon. Jos. Chamberlain's). /. 5in. in 



diameter ; sepals brownish-purple ; petals purple ; lip rich purple- 

 magenta ; peduncles five to seven or more-flowered. A hybrid 

 between C. guttata Leopoldii and C. Doteiana, the former of which 

 It closely resembles. 



C. ohocoensis. This is now regarded as a variety of C. Triance, 



C. citrino-intermedia (hybrid). Jt., sepals and petals dull 

 creamy-white, inclining to flesh-white, the petals a little broader 

 than the sepals ; side lobes of the lip flesh-coloured, becoming 

 pale purple at apex, large, rounded, obtuse, the front lobe rosy- 

 purple, nparly truncate, minutely apiculate, with crisped margins; 

 column flpsh-white, yellow in front at base; peduncle 2Mn. long. 

 I. three, 7in. long, l|in. broad. 



C. crispa. This is now classed under Ladia, 



C. crocata (saffron-yellow). A form of C. Eldorado. 



C. Dawsonii (Dawson's). A synonym of C. Luddenianniana. 



C. dolosa. This is now regarded as a variety of C. WalJceriana. 



C- Dowiana. This is now regarded as a variety of C. iahiata. 



C. D. aurea (golden). Ji, very large ; sepals and petals pale 

 yellow ; Up rich, deep purple, veined with yellow. Columbia, 

 1883. A gorgeous variety. <W. O. A. 84.) SyN. C. aurea 

 (I. H.495). 



C> Bukeana (Dr. Duke's). /., sepals light ochre outside, the 

 middle one washed with dull mauve-purple inside, the lateral 

 ones mauve-purple and brownish inside; petals mauve-purple on 

 the disk, smaller ; side lacinise of the lip white and li:;ht purple, 

 dolabriform, not quite covering the column, the mid-lacinia light 

 pnrnle, with a narrow, white border; column white, lined purple. 

 1837. Probably a natural hybrid. 



C.Edithiana (Edith's). /. 6in. to Tin. in diameter ; sepals ami 



rtals liirht mauve ; lip white, striped mauve, the disk buff, 

 dark green, h, 1ft. Brazil. Habit like C. Mosnlce. 



C. Hldorado. This is now regarded as a variety of C. Iahiata. 



C. E. crocata (saffron-coloured). Jl. broad, white, with a broad, 

 deep onmge line running from the base of the lip on the anterior 

 disk, where it exp-inds into a pentagonal blotch, with teeth in 

 front. 1885. Syn. C. crocata, 



C, £. omata (adorned). A fine variety, having dark purple tips 

 to the petals. 1884. • 



C. E- virglnalis (virgin-white). Jl, sweet-scented ; sepals and 

 petals snow white^ the former lanceolate, acute, the latter broad, 

 elliptic, obtuse ; bp white, with a yellow disk and tube, entire, 

 with a frilled front lobe. August and September, Amazon 

 Country. SvN. C. virrnnalu (I. H. ser. iii. 25V). The fonn ro»jia 

 has a distinct, rosy-purple blotch on the front of the anterior 

 portion of the lip. 



