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EPIDENDRCM. 



iiauce can be placed on the supposed distinctions between it an C. labiata. It must 

 however be confessed. the queslion is open to further examination. 



Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. I. 6 : C. labiata Lndl. Coll. B. l. 33. — Bot. Reg. 1^9. — B. 

 M. 3988. — Alias C. Mossiae B. M. 3669. — B. R. 1840. 58. — The two lomis diffcr in 

 litlle except colour. In C. labiata the lip is stained with a deep uniform tint ofcrim- 

 son ; in Mossiae it is richly variegated wilh crimson veins upoii a yeliowish ground. 

 The first is from swamps of Brazil; ihe lalter is from ihe Caracas . 3000' about see. 



— C. quadricolvr, iu possesion of Mr. Rucker , I am not sufticienily acquainted with. 



b. Mossiae: 



Huc: Callleya Mossiae Parker Hook. B. Mag. 3669: 

 Caule elongalo raraoso pseudobulbirero, pseudobulbis oblongis sul- 

 catis, floribus giganleis speciosissimis, sepalis lanceolatis, petalis ellip- 

 tico-ovalis unguiculatis marginibus oblique crispatis, labello latis- 

 simo obovato inlus flavo oblique coccineo striato, ungue in tubum 

 superne acutissimum conduplicato, limbo bilobo pulcherrime crispato 

 crenulato. 



Fragrance like Gymnadenia corropsea, but much slronge:'. 7'/^' engl. in diameter from 

 the lip of the upper sepal to the tip of ihe labell . H'/i" from tip to lip ofopp. sepals. 



— '^4" circumf. Flowered with Mss. .Moss of Otterspool near Liverpool. ihe name 

 of her is suggested by niy friend Mr. Parker. — Introduced through the medium of 

 George Green Esq. of LiveKpool 3619' from La Guayra. 



Bot. Reg. XXVI. 1840. 58. 

 C. labiata. ^. peialis oblongis subcrispis, labelli disco luteo sanguineo 

 punciato aut picto. (Mossiae.) — La Guayra. 

 The characters relied upon to separaie it are : 1) its branching siem ; 2) its furrowed 

 pseudobulbs; 3) its broader sepais and pelals and larger llowers; 4) its unguiculate 

 peials; 5) its colour: bul none of ihese distinctions can be relied upon. 



Lindl. Orchid. Lindenianae p. 10. n. 55.: Near Caracas at 3000' March 1842. 

 Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. L 117. Tab. 'ii. Cattleya labiata: Large imponations have been 

 made from Caracas and New Granade of a C. with pinker flowers . much crimson, 

 while the spacos beiween were yellowish or white or both; some of them had--crim- 

 son veins run together = C. Mossiae. — Very diff., but no distinciive character. Our 

 variations are called : 



C. labiata candida (white rubby lipped). 



C. labiata picla (blotched) (utraque varietas in V. Houtte Fl. S. VIL 661 «i 



660 iteraia). 

 Catlleya labiata Liudl. lUchb. fil. Bonpl. 11.21. Caracas3500'. Nov. VVagener. 



c. Wageneri. 



Cattleya Wayeueri Rchb. fll. Bonpl. III. 21. 



Pseudobulbo cylindraceo basi attenuato monophyilo, folio oblongo 

 basi altenuato, spatha elongala acuta (ad iconem), pedunculo bifloro, 

 perigonio patulo, sepalis linearilanceolatis acutis firmis, lepalis sensim 

 cuneatis in laminas oblongas basi latiores sensirn paulo attenuatas apice 

 retuso rolundalas, margine sublilissime crenulatas, minule plicato un- 

 dulalas, labello tofa conformatione subaequali, a basi lata cuneato pro- 

 ducto, obsolele trilobo, lobo medio magno emarginato bilobo, toto mar- 

 gine valde undulato, disco subvelutino. 



Die Verwandtcn der C. Inbiata zerfnllen nach dem Grund der Tepala in zwei Abthei- 

 lungen : die rnit keilformig allmahlig aufsteigendem Grutui sintl C. maxima Lindl., 

 lobata Lindl. und diese. C. maxima liogt vor mir in Oiiginalbluthen von Hartweg, 

 Bluihen von v. Warscewicz und in Abbildung B. R. 1846, 1. Die Bluthe ist kleiner, 

 die Sepala sind breiier , die Tepala schmaler , vora spiiz. C. lobata kenae icta nur 



