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C. LABIATA:ALBA, XtncJ. et Rodigas. — A pure .'white variety of this old 

 favourite flowered with M. Waroque/Mariemont, Belgium; the sepals arid.petals 

 are pure .white, also the lip ; the throat is stained with pale yellow. — Brazil. 



Via.— Llndenia, viii. t. 370 ; Journ. -of Ilort., xxvi., 1893, p. 23, f. 4. 



C. LABIATA AUTUMNALIS.— See 0. la,biata. 



C.LABIATA- CANDIDA, Lindley.— One of the finest of the Catlley as .vfhen 

 well bloomed ;. it grows about a foot high, and has light green • foliage. The 

 flowers are large,, but produced sparingly, and of ten deformejd. but when well 

 expanded they are magnificent, a single blopm sometimes measuring seven 

 inches across. The sepals and petals are pure white, whUe the lip is of the 

 richest crimson, beautifully fringed ; it flowers during June and July, and will 

 continue three or. four weeks in i perfection. This was first fidwered at Sion 

 House, and is hence often called the Sion House Oattleya. — Bnizil. , 



¥lG.—Paxt. Fl. Gavd., i. t. 24, fig. 1. 



C. LABIATA FLAMMEA, Lind. et JBoiiigras.— A' high-coloured variety with 

 deep rofey purple sepals and petals, lip deep rosy purple, veined with deep 

 Crimson purple towards the centre of the anterior part, throat deep yellow. 



Fig. — Lindenia, viii. 't. 370. ' ' 



C. LABIATA FOLEYANA, K. Williams.' — A very handsome variety, which 

 originated-in 1892 with Admiral Foley, Fordingbridge, Hants. The flowers are 

 eight and a, half inches- in diameter. .Sepals and petals pure white ; lip mottled 

 with rosy purple. Flowers produced in October and November. — Brazil. 



C. LABIATA GLORIOSA, Lind. et Bodigas. — Sepals and petals pale rose, lip 

 pale rose with a dark crimson purple blotch on the centre of its anterior part, 

 throat yellow with radiating orange lines. 



Fig. — Lindenia, viii. t. 370. 



C. LABIATA LEUCOPHAEA, Bvll.—A distinct variety of C. lahiaia, with 

 blush white sepals and petals, and a deep lilac-coloured lip margined with 

 White, the throat yellow. It was flowered by K. H. Measures, Esq., Woodlands, 

 Streatham. — Brazil. 



C. LABIATA LUDDEMANNIANA.— See Cattleya speciosissima Lowii. 



C. LABIATA PALLIDA, Williams.— A. beautiful variety, whose growth is 

 shorter than t>at of the type, and which blooms in August. The leaves grow 

 erect, and are of a light green colour. In the flowers the sepals and petals 

 are light pink and the lip crimson, beautifully fringed. A useful variety on 

 account of its flowering earlier than. (7. lah^ata, and if the flowers are kept dry, 

 it will remain three weeks in good condition. The finest plant we ever saw of 

 this variety is in the collection of the Comte de Germiny in France; this had 

 at the time we saw it no less than forty-eight expanded, flowers, and did great 

 credit to Mi Eondeau, the former gardener. This variety is closely allied to 

 G. Gaslcelliana. — Brazil. 



Fig'. — Orchid Allmvi, iii. t. 121. 



