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showy as many of the Cattleyas ; but where there is room it is 

 worth growing, on account of its distinct colours. — Guatemala. 



FiQ.—Bot. Beg., 1842, 1. 1 ; Bot. Mag., t. 6048 ; Annales de Gand, 1846, 

 t. 103. 



C. guatemalensis, Moore. — A very distinct and pretty 

 Orchid, whose flowers, though not so large as those of many of 

 the species, are yet from their curious colour— which is in the 

 sepals and petals rosy purple and buff, and in the lip reddish 

 purple with an orange disk marked with a few crimson lines 

 — amply compensated for as to size, and being produced in 

 large racemes, the plant becomes a very desirable addition to 

 any collection. It is similar in habit to C. Skinneri, and requires 

 the same kind of treatment. — Guatemala. 



Fig.— Floral Mag., t. 61. 



C. guttata, Lindley. — A free-growing Orchid, attaining 

 about twenty inches in height, with slender terete stems, two 

 oblong fleshy leaves, and a nine to ten-flowered raceme of 

 handsome flowers, the sepals and petals of which are greenish 

 yellow beautifully spotted with crimson, the lip white stained 

 with purple. This is a very distinct species, and when well 

 grown will produce as many as nine or ten flowers on a spike. 

 It blooms in October and November, lasting two weeks in 

 perfection. — Brazil. 



'Em.— Bot. Reg., t. 1406 ; Loddiges, Bot. Cab., t. 1715 ; Trans. Hort. Soc, 

 2 ser., ii. 177, t. 8 ; Annales de Gand, 1848, t. 175. 

 Syn. — C. sphenophora, C. elatior. 



C. guttata Leopoldii, Linden et Bchb. f. — A charming 

 variety, whose terete stems reach about twenty inches in 

 height, and bear a pair of short dark green leaves ; it generally 

 has from six to ten flowers on a spike, and is a free-blooming 

 kind, producing its fragrant flowers after it has made its 

 growth. The sepals and petals are brownish or bronzy green, 

 spotted with crimson, the lip rich velvety purple. We have 

 seen this with thirty flowers on one head, a condition in which 

 it was exhibited at Regent's Park by Mr. Page, when gardener 

 to the late W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham, in whose collection it 

 was grown ; this was the finest spike we ever remember to 

 have seen. It continues in perfection about three weeks, 

 making a fine plant for exhibition on account of its distinct 

 colour. — Brazil : Bahia. 



Fig.— Pescatorea, t. 43; III. Hort., t. 69 ; Orchid Album, i. 1. 16; Flm^e 

 des Sevres, tt. 1471—2. 



