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so that it is possibly a hybrid between these two plants. 

 Mr. W. Davis, gardener to H. Gaskell, Esq., of Woolton, 

 Liverpool, says : — " In growth it resembles 0. lahiata, and it 

 has the double sheath generally seen in the true autumn- 

 flowering variety. It has made a much stronger growth this 

 year (1884), the bulb being about six inches high and the leaf 

 about five inches long, and I have no doubt that as the plant 

 gets stronger it will make a much larger bulb." Professor 

 Reichenbach observes that the dried flower reminds one of 

 Cattleya lahiata. The sepals are of a deep rosy tint with a 

 flush of olive green more evident on the outer side and at the 

 tips ; the petals are much broader and undulated, and of a 

 deeper and brighter tint of rich rosy magenta ; and the hp has 

 the two angular side lobes pale blush towards the base, the 

 reflexed borders and apex of a refined purplish rose colour; 

 the throat is of the finest orange colour with purple lines 

 running down the tube ; the anterior broad roundish reniform 

 lobe is prettily undulated and denticulate, and of a rich 

 magenta-rose, veined closely on the extreme edge, which is 

 pale rose, with deep crimson-magenta veins, these extending 

 backwards in a wedge-shaped form to just within the 

 orange throat. We received a three -flowered inflorescence 

 from H. Gaskell, Esq., in July, 1883. It is deliciously sweet- 

 scented, and is decidedly one of the most beautiful and distinct 

 of the high-coloured Cattleyas that has come under our notice. 

 — Brazil 



Fig— Orchid Album, iii. t. 115. 



ChtSIS, Lindley. 



[Tribe Epidendrese, szibtribe Bletiese.) 



This is a beautiful genus, containing some six or eight 

 reputed species. They are deciduous epiphytes, losing the 

 leaves during their season of rest. The stems are thick, 

 fleshy, and fusiform, about a foot long, producing their showy 

 flowers in lateral racemes, with the young growth. The 

 flowers are showy, with the parts spreading, the lip having 

 large erect side lobes, and a reflexed middle lobe. The 

 species inhabit Mexico and Colombia. 



