DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 189 



Cattleya. Lindley. Epiphyte. 



Dedicated to Wm. Cattley. 

 A. Cattleya Acklandice. Bahia . . Pax. Mag., 9, i. 



B. R., 1840, 48. 



Fl. des Ser., 674. 



B. M., 5039. 



I- H., 565. 



Bat. 2d Cen., 119. 



Perianth olive-green, marked with dark-brownish yel- 

 low ; lip velvety purple, violet, or rose ; very fragrant. 

 This species has rounder and more fleshy foliage than 

 others. A beautiful but rare species, which is not very 

 free-blooming. Blooms in June and July. 



A. Cattleya amabilis. Brazil. 



A very beautiful and rare species. Sepals and petals 

 pink ; lip large, rich crimson. The plant makes two 

 growths a year, and blooms from the one formed in the 

 spring, with from three to five flowers on the spike. 

 Blooms in summer. 



A. Cattleya amethystina. Brazil . . . Lem. Jard., 379. 

 A free growing and blooming species, much resembling 

 C. Loddigesii, and like it a summer bloomer. It grows 

 about a foot high, with strong pseudo-bulbs, and two 

 thick dark green leaves. Flowers two to five, pink, with 

 amethyst lip. Very pretty, but not as showy as most 

 species. 



A. Cattleya amethystiglossa B. M., 5683. 



War. Orch., 2. 

 I. H, 538. 

 Stems one to three feet high, with two long leaves on 



