122 NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 
an inch and a-half broad, about half an inch apart, and of a rosy-lilae 
colour. Nativeof Mexico. Introduced to the Belgian Gardens in 1848. 
CaTTLEYA AMETHYSTINA—AMETHYST-LIPPED, 
Orchidaceae. 
A charming epiphyte, having considerable resemblance to the C. in- 
termedia of English botanists. It has a short thick round stem, with a 
furrow on one side, supporting two lance-shaped, smooth, thick, fleshy 
leaves. The flowers, which grow from three to five in a short terminal 
raceme, issuing from a pale-coloured spathe, are large, and generally 
of a light pink or pale flesh colour ; the sepals and petals are lanceolate, 
somewhat pointed at the tips, spreading, with a full streak of pale 
yellow down the middle, and faintly tinged with light green at the 
base and points; the lip is three-lobed ; the side lobes are of a light 
pink, the centre lobe, the striking feature of the flowers, being of a 
rich violet colour; a narrow band down the centre, fading off to white 
at the extremity. Native of Brazil. Introduced in 1848 to the 
Belgian Gardens. 
CATTLEYA ELEGANS—ELEGANT CaATTLEYA. 
Orchidaceae. . 
A handsome and magnificent species in the way of C. superba. 
The flowers, which are produced on a short few-flowered raceme, are 
large, and of a bright rosy-pink colour, which merges into a soft pale 
yellow towards the base of the petals, there terminating in light green. 
The lip, or labellum, is three-lobed, the two side lobes being white, 
with a faint rosy tinge on the outside. The intermediaie lobe is of a 
dark purple colour. Native of St. Catherine, in Brazil, Introduced 
to the Belgian Gardens. 
CRELOGYNE FULIGINOSA—DARK FLOWERED. 
Orchidee. Gynandria Monogynia. 
A native of India. It was one of the plants derived from the Rev. 
Mr. Clowes’ collection to the Royal Gardens of Kew. Each raceme 
of flowers has about four blossoms, of a rich ochre-yellow colour, ‘The 
lip is large, of a dark purple-brown, with a yellow margin. A separate 
flower is nearly three inches across. (Figured in Bot. Mag. 4440.) 
CyRTANTHERA CATALPEFOLIA—CATALPA-LEAVED. 
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It is of the same natural order as Justicia, It was sent from Hon- 
duras to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it displayed its large 
panicled heads of rich yellow flowers in the stove for a long time. It 
is a very handsome species, and would form a fine contrast with the 
fine old inhabitant of our stoves, Justicia coccinea. (Figured in Bot. 
Mag. 4444.) 
DIPLADENIA NOBILIS, VAR. ROSEA NOVEA—ROSE-COLOURED VARIETY 
oF DIPLADENIA NOBILIS. 
A handsome stove climber, differing from D. nobilis in having more 
tubular-shaped blossoms, with the limb more fully expanded, and in 
