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this resembles the type. The flowers are of a 

 uniform pure white, the throat of the Up being con- 

 spicuously stained with orange. September and 

 October. Rio Negro. 



C. exoniemis. — This is another of the Dominy 

 hybrids, and assuredly no more beautiful flower in 

 its way can be raised. It is the result of a cross 

 between Oattleya Mbssice and Zalia purpurata. 

 With two such grand parents it was impossible to 

 have an inferior offspring. The pseudo-bulbs are 

 olavate, and bear a single oblong-obtuse coriaceous 

 leaf, the peduncle issues from a rather acute sheath, 

 and bears four to five 

 large flowers, fully six 

 inches or more in dia- 

 meter ; petals more 

 than double the size of 

 the sepals, all of soft 

 rosy-lilac, the former 

 beautif uEy waved and 

 frilled; Hp very large 

 and spreading, cordate, 

 waved and crisp round 

 the edge, rich pur- 

 plish-crimson in front, 

 then a band of white, 

 and the throat golden- 

 yellow, whilst the edge 

 is narrowly margined 

 with white. August 

 and September. Gar- 

 den hybrid. 



0. gigm. — Of this 

 grand species there 

 are many forms. The 

 pseudo-bulbs are stout 

 and clavate, bearing a 

 single oblong -obtuse 

 leaf, which is very thick in texture, slightly bi-lobed 

 at the apex, and deep green ; the peduncle issues 

 from a long acute spathe, bearing three to six 

 flowers some seven inches in diameter ; sepals lance- 

 olate ; petals ovate, more than twice as broad 

 as the sepals, and soft pale rose-colour; lip 

 deeply bi-lobed in front, very large and broad, 

 deep rich purplish-crimson, then a band of white, 

 the throat golden-yellow, with numerous pur- 

 plish lines on the disc. April and May. New 

 Grenada. 



0. gigas Sanderiana. — A free-flowering and superb 

 form, equal to the type in size, with a rich deep 

 purpliah-magenta lip. July and August. Colombia. 



C. guttata, var. Leopoldii. — A bold-growing plant 

 belonging to the two-leaved section, having terete, 

 furrowed, stem-like, pseudo-bulbs, which attain a 

 height of one to two feet ; the peduncle issues from 



Cattleya MoSSIiE, 



n small acute sheath, and bears usually from six 

 to twelve flowers, but in fine examples double that 

 number have been produced ; sepals and petals about 

 equal, brown, with a greenish tinge, and profusely 

 spotted with crimson ; lip spathulate, reddish-purple. 

 Summer months. Island of St. Catherine, Brazil. 



C. intermedia. — This is a charming old species, 

 but too often slighted since the larger-flowered kinds 

 have been introduced, yet still well deserving a 

 place in the best collections. The pseudo-bulbs are 

 slender, and attain a height of about one foot, bear- 

 ing two and sometimes three coriaceous dark green 

 leaved; peduncle four 

 to six-flowered; sepals 

 and petals about equal, 

 white, or soft dcHcate 

 rose ; lip broad, frilled 

 in front, rich pur- 

 ple. May and June. 

 Brazil. 



C. lahiata. — This is 

 the species upon which 

 the genus was estab- 

 lished, and which still 

 remains rare in collec- 

 tions. The pseudo- 

 bulbs are stout, and 

 somewhat club-shaped, 

 furrowed, and bear a 

 solitary, broad-oblong, 

 coriaceous leaf, which 

 is deep green above, 

 and slightly tinged 

 with flesh-colour be- 

 neath; peduncle stout, 

 bearing from three to 

 four flowers, which 

 are oftentimes seven 

 inches in diameter ; sepals linear-lanceolate acute, rich 

 rosy-lilac ; petals same colour, but double the breadth 

 of the sepals ; lip obovate, emarginate, beautifully 

 crisp, deep ruby -red or crimson. October and No- 

 vember. Brazil. 



C. lal/iata, var. pallida — sometimes known by the 

 name of the " summer-flowering lahiata " — is a plant 

 which resembles the preceding, but both foliage and 

 flower are lighter in colour, sepals and petals pale 

 pink; the lip is crimson, with a beautiful, crisp, 

 white edge. July and August. Brazil. 



C. Mardelli. — A fine garden hybrid, raised from 

 0. ipeciosissima and C. Devoniensis. In growth it 

 muuh resembles C. mpo-ha. Sepals and petals bright 

 magenta ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes spreading, 

 soft magenta, pale towards the middle, middle lobe 

 rich deep magenta in front, broadly Streaked with 

 yellow in the centre. June and July. 



