CATTLEYA; 16 ^ 



in July and August. The colour of the flower is i-emarkably attraotlvc, and 

 it always produces a good effect in a collection. — Brazil. 



Fia.—Jiot. lirg.. t. 1 172'; But. Miifi.. t. .S91 : Paxt. Mug. Jiot. v. p. ",, with tab • Belt, 

 Il.iit., iv. t. 11 ; JlouJt. Ut Cent., t. 32. ; Vritch'x Man. Orcl'i. PI., i'i. p. 64. . 



Syn. — Laclia crisjpa. 



C. CRrSPA BUCHANANIANA, Wmiams et Uoore.—We have here un- 

 doubtedly the finest forai of this grand Orchid; it is named in honour of J. 

 Buchanan, Esq., of Oswald Road, Edinburgh, a great enthusiast among Orchids. 

 In habit of growth it resembles the type, but the flowers are much larger, and 

 the lip, instead of being pointed and much curled, is very broad and well opened, 

 of a rich purplish crimson. — Brazil. 



Fig.— Orchid Album, ii.t. 81. 



C. CRISPA DELICATISSIMA, WiUiams.—^his chaste variety was first' 

 flowered by Sir T. Lawrence, Bart., but since then several plants have 

 passed into our hands. It resembles the type in every respect, except that the 

 flowers are pure white, save a few faint markings of rose on the lip which are 

 almost invisible. A very unique plant, flowering in July and August. — Bra::il. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, ix. t. 424. 



C. CRISPA PURPUREA, TViUiams.—A superb variety of vigorous habit, , 

 producing vei-y large flowers, which have the sepaLs and petals white with a faint 

 tinge of blush, and the much broader blunter lip richly blotched with deep 

 purple breaking out into radiating lines towards the margin. — Bra::il. 



Fig.— ^Vanu'r, Scl. Orcli. PL, li. t. 9. 



C. CRISPA SUPERBA, Hort. — A magnificent variety, the flowers of which 

 are larger than those of the type, and have the sepals and petals pure white, ' 

 and the lip rich crimson, beautifully friuged. "We consider this, when true, to 

 be one of the finest Cattleijas in cultivation, but many are sold under the name 

 which have no claim to it. It blooms in July and August, and will last from 

 two to three weeks in beauty. — Brazil. 



Fig.— Jovrn of Hort., xxv. 1892, p. 209, i. 29. 



C. CROCATA. — See Cattleya Bldokado virgixalis. 



C. DAWSONI, Warner. — This very fine and rare Cattleya, named in honour , 

 of the late T. Dawson, Esq., of Meadow Bank, in whose splendid collection it 

 first flowered, appears as if it were an intermediate form between C. labiata 

 and C. Mossiae. It grows a foot or more high, the leaves being of a dark green 

 colour, and of unusual thickness. The very large flowers are produced in 

 clusters of three or four, and are as much as six or seven inches in diameter ; 

 the sepals and petals delicate purplish rose ; the lip large, its upper part straw- 

 colour or yellow, the rest being of a beautiful deep roseate hue, and fringed at the . 

 margin. The flowers are of good substance, and consequently last a long time 

 in perfection. It is one of the grandest of its class, and is beautifully figured in 

 Mr. Warner's splendid work, quoted below. — Supposed to be from Bra~il. 



Fig.— Warner, Sel. Orch.PL, i. t. 16. 



