134 ORCHIDS. 
lip is deep crimson-brown, with lines of yellow, the front 
lobe being white at the edge, with a blotch of brown in the 
centre, through which run three yellow keels. It should 
be grown in a Cattleya or intermediate house, in a basket 
suspended from the roof, and be watered liberally when 
growing. Native of Assam; introduced in 1879. 
Fig. 34; Williams’ Orchid Album, i. t. 29. 
Probably the plant known as C. tomentosa is merely a 
variety of this. 
C. ocellata.—A pretty little species, admirably adapted 
to basket-culture. The pseudo-bulbs are small and ovate. 
Leaves long, narrow, and bright green. Flower-spikes 
erect; the sepals and petals pure white, as is also the 
lip, which is curiously fringed or crested, and streaked and 
spotted with yellow and brown at the base; on each of 
the side lobes there are two bright yellow, eye-like spots, 
from which the plant takes its specific name. It usually 
flowers abundantly during the months of March and April, 
and should be grown in an intermediate house. It is a 
native of Sikkim, at 7oooft. elevation, whence it was 
introduced in 1822. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 3767. 
C. odoratissima.—This is of dwarf habit, with the pseudo- 
bulbs in dense tufts, about rin. high, each bearing a pair of 
pale green leaves, 4in. in length. The raceme is slender 
and drooping, bearing sweet-scented flowers; these are 
pure white, except the centre of the lip, which is stained 
with yellow. It succeeds in a cool house, being found in 
large masses on the summits of the highest Neilgherry 
Hills, but always on the north side, and frequently growing 
among stones and wet moss. It flowers in April. Intro- 
duced in 1864. 
Fig. 35; Botanical Magazine, t. 5462. 
