518 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
pairs, chocolate-brown, streaked and barred with yellow; lip large, 
varying from rose to purple; July. 
. BOWRINGIANA (Bowring’s). Stems club-shaped, 12 inches long, 
two-leaved. Flowers in erect racemes, crowded, like those of C. Skinneri, 
but flowers smaller and coloured rose-purple ; lip deep purple and white ; 
October. British Honduras, 1884. 
C. CITRINA (citron). Pseudo-bulbs oval, small, two- or three-leaved. 
Flowers solitary, fragrant, waxy-looking, of a bright lemon tint; May 
to August. Introduced from Mexico, 1838. Should be grown on the 
underside of a block, and hung in greenhouse till end of summer, then 
removed to the vinery. 
C. DOMINIANA (Dominy’s). Flowers 6 inches across, white shaded 
with pink; lip rosy-purple edged with white, and orange at base. 
Hybrid. There is a var. alba, in which the lip also is white, except 
for a lilac blotch in centre. The var. /utea has blush-coloured flowers, 
with rose-streaked yellow lip, paling almost to white in front. 
C. EXONIENSIS (Exeter). Flowers soft rosy-lilac, with large, white- 
margined, purple lip. Hybrid, obtained by crossing C. labiata Mossi, 
and Lelia purpurata. 
C. GuTTATA (spotted). Leaves leathery, twin, at summit of -pseudo- 
bulbs. Flowers green, tinted with yellow and spotted with crimson ; lip 
white, stained with purple; raceme five- to ten-flowered; October and 
November. The var. Leopoldii has more numerous and fragrant flowers, 
of a deep chocolate colour spotted with dark red; the lip rich red-purple. 
The var. wmethystoglossa has taller stems and larger flowers, spotted 
with purple. 
_ C. INTERMEDIA (intermediate). Stems 1 foot high, jointed, two- 
leaved. Flowers three to five on erect racemes, rosy or rosy-purple ; lip 
blotched with deep violet-purple; May to July. Among the varieties of 
this species is var. superba, with delicate rosy flowers and broad 
purple lip. 
C. LABIATA (lipped). Stems 5 to 10 inches long, club-shaped, com- 
pressed, wrinkled when old, one-leaved; leaf oblong, leathery, 6 to 10 
inches long, 2 inches wide. Flowers 6 or 7 inches across, three or four 
in a raceme, deep rose-coloured, the petals broad and waved ; lip large and 
somewhat hooded, the front portion deep velvety-crimson ; late autumn. 
The varieties are numerous and very beautiful; among them are: Vat. 
dowiana, with very large, bright nankeen-coloured flowers, and rich purple 
lip shaded with violet-rose and streaked with yellow. From Costa Rica, 
1866. Should be grown in basket, near the glass, and, with more heat 
than other Cuttleyas require. Var. Eldorado, pale pink with purplish 
