CATTLIEYVA. 113 
Var. alba has pure white flowers, save a primrose-yellow 
blotch on the lip. 
Var. oculata is characterised by a large blotch of maroon 
on the lip. 
Var. parviflora has smaller flowers than the type, and 
a unicoloured lip. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4916. 
C. superba.—A beautiful species, but usually difficult to 
cultivate. The pseudo-bulbs are slender, channelled, about 
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Fig, 28. Flower of Cattleya superba 
(2 nat. size). 
Sin. long, purplish, two-leaved. Leaves 5in. long, ovate. 
Spikes three- to five-flowered; flowers 5in. across, bright 
rosy purple, suffused with white, very fragrant; lip with 
acutely-angled side lobes folding over the column, the 
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