CATTLEYA MORGAN. 
[PLatE 6. ] 
Native of the United States of Colombia. 
Epiphytal. Stems short, oblong or somewhat clavate, furrowed when mature, 
attaining with the leaves about eighteen inches in height. Leaves solitary, coriaceous, 
ligulate-oblong, acute, of a light green colour. Scape three to four-flowered, issuin 
from a terminal oblong compressed bract, which is about two and a half inches long. 
Flowers large and pleasing on account of their delicate colouring, about six inches 
across when expanded; sepals lanceolate, entire, three-fourths of an inch broad and 
about three inches long, recurved at the tip, white; petals spreading, clawed, broadly 
ovate, fully two inches across, the margin entire at the base and much undulated 
in the anterior portion, white; lip obovate, emarginate, about three inches long, the 
basal portion entire and rolled over the column, the anterior portion moderately 
expanded and beautifully frilled, white, like the rest of the flower, with a small 
blotch of pale magenta near the apex, but not quite extending to the margin, 
and stained on the disk with an obcordate blotch of clear yellow, passing into orange- 
yellow in the throat, the deeper portion being veined with yellow lines. Column 
concealed by the convolute base of the lip. : 
CaTTLEYA MorGAN, supra. 
One of the most chaste and charming of the summer-flowering Cattleyas, and 
quite distinct in aspect from all others in cultivation. We have great pleasure in 
dedicating it to Mrs. M. Morgan, of New York, who is a great admirer of this noble 
class of Orchidaceous plants, and, moreover, -has a fine and valuable collection of 
them. The first specimen we bloomed produced ten flower spikes, and was exhibited 
at the Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society's Show in June, 1879; the 
plant was the admiration of all who saw it, and was on that occasion awarded a 
First Class Certificate on account of its distinct and pleasing character. ’ 
Cattleya Morgane belongs to the same section of the genus as C. Mendeli, 
of which section there are many races or varieties, all of which are beautiful and 
rich in the colouring of the lip, some having the sepals and petals white, while 
in others they are of a rosy hue, more or less intense. The plant now before us 
grows about eighteen inches in height, and has light green foliage with a somewhat 
drooping habit. It produces its flowers freely, as many as four together on the 
spike. The sepals and petals are pure white; and the lip is white with a light 
magenta blotch near the apex, its throat orange colour, the incurved base white, 
and the edge beautifully fringed. | The® flowers are produced in May and June, 
and last from five to six weeks in perfection. It makes a fine subject for decorative 
purposes, since its pure white flowers form a charming contrast with the high- 
