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was obtained in Messrs. Veitcli's nursery by Mr. Dominy, 

 between L. Perrinii and Cattleya crispa. The flowers are 

 larger than those of the latter, the sepals oblong Ugulate 

 acute, the petals broader oblong acute, both of a beautiful 

 French white ; the lip is narrow, rolled round the column, 

 three-lobed, the disk whitish yellow with deep purpHsh veins, 

 the anterior part very much crisped and toothed, pointed, 

 deep purple with a white margin. Professor Reichenbach, in 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1868, 815, describes one of these 

 hybrids as having rosy lake flowers, so that doubtless the 

 diiferent seedlings vary. — Garden hybrid. 



FlQ.— Floral Mag., t. 340. 



L, prsestans, B.chh. /. — A splendid dwarf evergreen species, 

 which grows six inches high, and often blossoms twice in a 

 year. It has short fusiform stems (pseudobulbs), solitary 

 oblong leaves, and short one-flowered peduncles. The 

 flowers are large, three and a half inches across ; the sepals 

 oblong, the petals ovate, both of a brilliant dark rose ; the 

 lip of a deep rich purple in front and around the margin, 

 the disk and throat yellow, and the exterior of the side 

 lobes where they are rolled over the column deep rose. This 

 plant resembles Cattleya maryinata in growth and in the size 

 of its flowers. There are several varieties, some of which are 

 much better than others. It grows best on a block with a good 

 supply of water at the roots in the growing season. The cool 

 house is best suited for its successful growth. — Brazil. 



'FlG.—Xenm Orck., ii. t. 114; Illust. Hort., t. 193— f. Rchb. ; Flore des 

 Serres, t. 1900 ; £ot. Mag., t. 6498 ; Batem. 2nd Cent. Oreh. PL, t. 128. 

 Stn. — Cattleya pumila major — f. Rchb, 



L. pumila. — See Cattleya makginata. 



L. purpurata, Lindley. — A magnificent species, often 

 designated the King of Orchids, a title which it richly merits, 

 as a nobler Orchid producing such large rich-coloured flowers 

 does not exist. It grows some two feet high or more, and has 

 fusiform furrowed stems, oblong emarginate light green leaves, 

 and a peduncle bearing from three to five flowers, which are 

 very large and showy. There are many varieties of it, all of 

 which are well worth growing, though some are much finer 

 than others. The recurvo-patent linear-oblong sepals and 

 the larger oblong undulated petals are pare white, while the 

 lip has the basal lobes folded over the column, whitish streaked 

 with rose, the throat yellow, striped distinctly with crimson, 



