PL. CDLVII. 
CATASETUM SPLENDENS coe. var. ALICIAE t. uno. et coon. 
H. S. H. THE PRINCESS OF MONACO'S CATASETUM. 
CATASETUM. Vide Lindenia, vol. I, p. 59. 
_ Catasetum splendens. Vide supra, p. 51. 
Var. Aliciae. Flores paullo majores. Sepala petalaque longius acuminata, tota intense rosea. Labellum sub- 
reniforme, margine partim subtiliter denticulato-lacerum, pulchre album, margine antice vix dilute roseum, sacco fundo 
leviter flavescente. 
C. splendens var. Aliciae L. Linn. et CoGN. supra. 
preg his beautiful variety, which flowered also about the end of December 
id ss | last in the houses of L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, is one of the 
suf M0St distinct amongst those formerly mentioned as allied to C. splendens. 
Its flowers are notably larger than those of the typical form; the petals 
and sepals are 1 cm. or more longer, more elongated and more finely acu- 
minate; their colouring is a very bright rose, passing to purple. The lip is 
proportionally somewhat broader ; while in C. splendens, this organ is rather 
orbicular, 4*/, cm. long and broad, in the variety Aliciae it is 5 cm. long 
and 6 cm. broad, and consequently of a somewhat reniform appearance, very 
finely serrulate, and so to say toothed, along the edges; the whole surface is 
of a very pure white, excepting a yellow marking at the bottom of the pouch, 
and a scarcely apparent, light rose shade on the anterior edge. The column, 
which is 1/2 cm. at least longer than in the type, is white, very finely dotted with 
rose on its inferior third part. 
As may be seen, the colour of the present variety is not the only distinctive 
character to be mentioned, and many forms which have received specific names 
are not characterized in a so distinct manner. 
Cette délicieuse variété, quia également fleuri vers la fin de décembre dans 
les serres de L’HorticutTure INTERNATIONALE, est une des plus tranchées parmi 
toutes celles qui viennent d’étre signalées et que nous croyons devoir rattacher 
au C. splendens. 
Ses fleurs sont notablement plus grandes que celles du type; ainsi les sépales 
et les pétales ont bien un centimétre de plus en longueur, et ils sont plus longue- 
ment et plus finement acuminés; leur teinte est entiérement d’un rose trés vif, 
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