CAREY AS INTE RVIE Dill: 
VAR. PUNCTATISSIMA Sander. 
Pseudobulbis elongatis subgracilibus cylindraceis v. laviter sulcatis vaginatis, foliis binis elliptico- v. lanceolato-oblongis obtusis coriaceis spatha 
ampla obtusa, racemo 2—6 floro, bracteis brevibus ovatis acutis rigidis, floribus magnis, sepalis lineari-oblongis subacutis, petalis subconformibus subfalcatis, 
labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus amplis apice rotundato obtuso, lobo medio rotundato emarginato undulato, disco leviter 5—7 lamellato, columna arcuata 
subclavata. 
CATTLEYA INTERMEDIA, Graham, ex Hook. Bot. Mag,, LV. (1828), t. 2851; Paxt. Mag. Bot, L, p. 151, cum ic.; Maund Botanist, I'V., t. 195 ; Rchb. 
Fl. Exot. L., t. 64; Veitch Man. Orch. Pl, pt. 2, p. 39, cum xyl.; Rolfe, in Gard. Chron., May 25, 1889, p. 648. 
EPIDENDRUM INTERMEDIUM, Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann., VL, p. 318. 
CATTLEYA OVATA, Lindl. Bot. Reg., XXII. (1836), sub. t. 1919. 
C. MARITIMA, Lindl. 1. c. 
C. AMETHYSTINA, Morr. in Ann. d. Gand, IV.,, t. 201 ; Lem. Jard. Fleur., IV., t. 379. 
C. AMABILIS, Hort., ex Veitch Man. Orch, PL, pt. 2, p. 39. 
VAR. GIBEZI#&, L. Lind. et Rod. in Lindenia, IIL. p. 77, t. 133; C. Gibesi@, L. Lind. et Rod., |. c. 
VAR. PALLIDA, Lindl. Bot. Reg, XXIL, t. 1919. 
VAR. PARTHENIANA, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., Aug. 18, 1888, p. 178. 
VAR. PROLIFERA, Rchb, f. in Gard. Chron., July 2, 1887, p. 13, fig. 3. 
VAR, PUNCTATISSIMA, Floribus copiose roseo-punctatis. 
VAR. PUNCTATISSIMA, Sander, supra. 
Cattleya intermedia was originally sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden by Mr. Harrison, of Rio de Janciro, through Captain Graham, in 1824. Two 
years later it flowered for the first time in that establishment, It is very widely diffused in Southern Brazil, and also very variable. Tweedie, who sent home 
numerous dried specimens, remarks (on his tickets) that it grows equally well on the sea-beaten rock and the moss-covered tree in the heart of the forest, that 
it is to be found in bloom at all seasons, that it is by far the handsomest of the tribe in the district of Santa Catherina, and that there is no end to its varieties, 
Lindley separated the small-leaved maritime form under the name C. maritima, remarking, “I suspect that Mr. Tweedie confounds different things, and that 
several species of Cattleya are to be found in the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres.” There can be no doubt, however, that Tweedie, and not Lindley, is right, 
and that both are forms of the same species. The locality “ Buenos Ayres” is also surely an error, Tweedie collected in this district also, but his specimens 
are distinctly labelled “St. Katherine.” Another species described by Lindley, namely, C. ovata, collected by Hindes in the same locality, is also a form of 
C. intermedia, Reichenbach makes C. maritima and C. ovata synonymous with C, Loddigesii, but Lindley’s type specimens conclusively prove this ‘to be 
erroneous. In fact, there is great confusion in the early history of C. intermedia, as var. angustifolia, Hook. (Bot. Mag., t. 3711) is Laelia Perrinii, and var, 
variegata, Hook, (Bot. Mag,, t. 4085) is Cattleya Loddigesii. The species is reported from the provinces of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Geraes, and even Bahia, as 
well as from Santa Catherina, though the correctness of one or two recorded localities is open to question. It varies in colour from pure white to light rose, as 
may be seen by the figures and descriptions above cited. The shape of the lip also varies somewhat, the side lobes sometimes being more acute and the front 
lobe more distinctly unguiculate than in the annexed woodcut. R.A. Rolfe. 
Icones analytice, Labellum expansum. Columna. Pollinia. 
THE distinct species of Cattleya, which received the name of C. intermedia about sixty-five years ago, was introduced to 
England by Captain Graham, who obtained plants from a Mr. Narrison, at Rio Janeiro. It flowered for the first time in 
1826, but as the flowers were damaged by an accident, no published description or drawing appeared at the time, and it 
was not until 1828, when flowers were produced for the second time, that a drawing was secured for the “ Botanical 
Magazine” (t. 2851). This form, upon which the specific description was founded, had long, narrow sepals and petals of 
a rosy tint, the lip being lighter in colour, with a large central lobe of a deeper crimson shade, veined, and having the 
margin neatly frilled. 
Since then many varieties have been introduced, differing considerably in merit—some much more brightly 
coloured and others paler, the flowers also differing in size and form. That represented in the accompanying plate, 
however, is one of the most distinct yet introduced, and possesses very unique characters. The sepals and petals are 
proportionately broad ; the lip also is of good shape, and all are profusely dotted with rose on a lighter ground, to which 
peculiarity the name refers. It was introduced by us from Southern Brazil among a batch of Lelia elegans, some forms 
of which it resembles. It is as easily cultivated as the type, which is one of the freest-growing and most profuse- 
flowering of all the Brazilian Cattleyas. 
In 1886 we introduced from Brazil a plant of a pure white Cattleya intermedia, and named it “alba.” We rarely, 
if ever, have seen a more lovely orchid than this: the flowers are of perfect shape, and snow-white. Our collector sent it 
home as “white,” but having imported C. intermedia annually for over twenty years, and never having seen a white 
variety—moreover, knowing how this species opens oftentimes white, and after a few days changes into a deep rose 
colour—we did not believe the story; and Mr. R. H. Measures wishing to take the risk of its turning out true, it passed 
into his hands for a few pounds, and this pure white variety is now one of the greatest treasures in the Woodlands 
collection, and the only plant in Europe. 
Our plate was taken from a plant that flowered in our establishment at St. Albans. 
