Plate 156. 



CATTLEYA ELEGANS. 



Elegant Cattleya. 



Oen. Char. {Vide supra, Plate 119.) 



Cattleya elegans ; pseudobulbis teretibus cauliformibus elongatis, foliis binis vel solitari*^ <?rnp; 



s 



2-10-florisj lineari-oblongis coriaceis^ sepalis oblongis acutis petalis lato-lanceolatifl acuti.s^ 

 labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus elongatis obtusis columnam involventibus mtcn-npflio apice 



latissimo traiisverso subunguiculato vix emarginato undulato-crispato, basi la^viusculo ( 

 callisque deficientibus^^). 



Cattleya elegans. '' Morren, Annalcs de Gaud, 

 Cattleya elegans. Pescatorea, pi 23, 



*' Ycuis 



Lelia Tut 



Wamei 



Walpe 



Received (in the autumn of 1852) from Messrs. Backliouse, York Nursery, as 



new species of Cattleya, from St. Cath 



Brazil. It appear 



how 



to have 



been ah-eady published by Professor Morren, at Ghent, and in ' P 



of C. eleg 



It varies in the size and in the tinting of its sepals and petal 



which are sometimes of a pale lilac, and at others of deep 



number 



flow 



Ilucke 



borne in a scape, but this is 



fly 



hose Cattley 



are 



ays 



onderfully fi 



It varies, also, in the 

 to cullivation. With 

 the stems are ivro feet 



b^gh, bear two leaves, and are crowned with at least a dozen flowers. It is a charm- 

 ing species, and easily managed. 



