[Plate 48.] 
THE PALLID CATTLEYA. 
(CATTLEYA PALLIDA.) 
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fine Stove Epiphyte, from the West of Mexico, helonging to the Natural Order of 
J'jcrific diararter* 
one-leaved. 
CATTLEYA. Pseiidobulbs long, furrow 
Leaves wavy, oblong, blunt, emarglnate. 
Flowers solitary, growing out of a very large spathe. Sepals 
lanceolate, petaloid. Petals oblong, wavy, 4 times as 
broad. Lip oblong, emarginate, rather wavy, hooded at 
the base for a little way. 
CATTLEYA P^ZZ/i)^; pseudobulbis elongatis sulcatis 
undulatis 
floribus solitariis e spatha maxim^ enatis, sepalis lanceo- 
latis petaloideis,petalis oblongis undulatis quater latioribus, 
labello oblongo emarginato subundulato basi cucullato 
Ifevi. 
rjiHis is tlie Cattleya mentioned in Hartweg's Journal {Journal of the Horticultural 
:ument m ves no infor 
mation. It is nearly related to the Moss Cattleya, from wliicli it differs in hadng very long furrowed 
pseudobulbs and flowers, without any indication of coloured veins. The flowers are larger too than 
usual, the lip much less wavy, and the leaves weak and undulating instead of stiff and firm. 
It is not so handsome as the generality of the species of this favourite genus ; but it is never- 
theless a fine ornament to the orchid house. 
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