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blotcted with dark purple, the lip magenta purple, with darker veins, and the 

 exposed column dark purple. It flowers in June or July, and remains long in 

 perfection. There are some fine specimens of this plant in the country. It is 

 a species apparently subject to much variation, some plants proving very 

 free-flowering, though it is generally rather shy-blooming and difiicult to 

 cultivate, and is best grown in a small basket, or on a block, and as near the 

 glass as possible. — Brazil. 



Fig.— -Bo*. Beff. 1840, t. 48 ; £ot. Maij., t. 5039 ; Paxton Mag. Bot., ix. 1, with tab. ; 

 Fl.d^ Serres, t. 674 ; Orchid Album, ii.'t. 69 ; III. HoH., t. 565 ; Sateman, 2nd Cent., 

 t. 119 ; Llndenia, viii. t. 346 ; Viiitch't Man. Orch. PI., ii. p. 29. 



C. ALBERT!, Godefroy. — A hybrid obtained by M. Pervenoud of Paris, 

 between C. intermedia and C. superha. The flowers are large, of a clear rose 

 colour marked with darker longitudinal lines ; the lip is three-lobed, the free 

 portion being of a deep rosy purple. — Garden hybrid. 



FlG.—L'Orchido2)hile, 1890, p. 321. 



C. ALEXANDRAE, L. Lind. et Bolfe. — This species is allied to C Leopoldii, 

 but differs by the remarkable length of its peduncles, which measure from 15 to 

 18 inches in length. The pseudobulbs are cylindrical and from 12 to 21 inches 

 long. Sepals and petals about 2 inches long and |-inch broad, of a clear green, 

 spotted with rich brown and tinted with violet at the margin, lip rosy violet ; 

 blooms in autumn. — Brazil. 



C. ALEXANDRAE ELEGANS, Bo7/e.— This variety has larger flowers than 

 . the type. The sepals and petals are of a rosy purple with purple lines, while 

 the lip is of a rich purple. — Brazil. 

 Fig. — Lindenia, viii. t. 358. 



C. ALEXANDRAE TENEBROSA, Bolfe.— A variety with smaller flowers than 

 the preceding one. The sepals and petals are of a rich brown marked with 

 darker lines of the same colour ; the lip is intense purple rose. — Brazil. 



Fig. — Lindenia, viii. t. 357, 



C. AMABILIS, Hort. — ^A magnificent free-flowering species, growing about 

 eighteen inches high, making two growths in one year, and blooming from the 

 one that is formed in spring, the spikes producing from three to five blossoms, 

 which remain about four weeks in perfection. The sepals and petals are 

 delicate pink, the lip is large, of the richest crimson. Undoubtedly the finest 

 of the group represented by C. interinedia, which it closely resembles ; it blooms 

 during the summer months, and makes a fine exhibition plant. Very rare. — 

 Brazil. 



C. AMETHYSTINA — See Cattleva istermedia. 



C. AMETHYSTOGLOSSA, Linden et Bclib. /.—A beautiful and distinct 

 species, growing from two to three feet high, in the way of C. Leopoldii, with 

 terete stems, slightly thickened upwards, and two oblong-lanceolate leaves on 

 the top of the stems, from between which are produced spikes with seven to ten 

 flowers, each measuring more than five inches across; indeed, we have had them 



