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C. SCHRODERIANA, Echb. /.—A very distinct and curious Catileya. The 

 stems are nearly four inches high having two well-marked joints, two leaved, the 

 leaves oblong-ligulate. The flowers are about the size of a good Laalia majalis, 

 of a mauve-purple colour, somewhat in the way of C. dolosa, but having thinner 

 bulbs of equal thickness throughout, and not spindle-shaped as in that species ; 

 it flowers during the summer monthsi — ? Brazil. 



C. SCITA, Bchl). f. — This distinct and beautiful Cattleya was imported by us 

 with a lot of C. intermedia, and is thus described by the late Prof. Reichenbaoh in 

 the Gard. Chron., 1885, ii. p. 489 : " The sepals and broad waxy petals are of the 

 lightest ochre, with a few marginal, very light purple shades, and some snial] 

 blotches of the same colour scattered in a most irregular way over those organs. 

 The lip has its lateral laciniae half round, projecting in antrorse sharp angles. 

 The general colour of them is lightest sulphur, anterior edges of the laciniae 

 purple, disk white with some purple lines. Claw of the lip broad linear, entire, 

 long anterior blade transverse, oblong, emarginate in front, toothletted on the 

 sides. The whole of this part, excluding, however, the white base of the claw, 

 is of the finest purple, and the asperities on the disk teach us clearly the 

 affinity with Cattleya guttata. The column is of the lightest yellow, with some 

 fine purple lines and spots. It is exceedingly elegant, for the noble simplicity 

 of its fine colours." — Bra::il. 



C. SEDENIANA, Veitcli.—k. beautiful Veitchian hybrid, the parents being 

 C. crispa and C. granulosa ; it is tall in habit ; the flowers are large and hand- 

 some ; the sepals and petals are light rose, shaded with green, and the lip has a 

 white fimbriated margin, and a purple centre with darker veins. A desirable 

 plant. — Garden hybrid. 



C. SKINNERI, Bateman. — A beautiful and free-flowering plant, growing about 

 a foot high, and blooming in March, April, and May. The blossoms are rosy 

 purple, and remain three weeks in perfection, if kept dry. This fine species of 

 Cattleya, when grown strong, will produce as many as nine or ten flowers on a 

 spike. It is one of the finest Orchids that can be grown for the May exhibitions, 

 the colour being distinct and different from that of any other Cattleya. One of 

 the finest plants of this species we ever saw was flowered by G. Hardy, Esq., 

 Pickering Lodge, Timperley, and had numerous spikes, some bearing as many 

 as ten flowers ; it was in beautiful health, splendidly flowered, and measured 

 some three feet in diameter. This plant was named C. Skimieri oculata. — 

 Guatemala, Costa Rica. 



Fig.— Bot. Mai]., t. 4270 : Bateman, Orch. Mcx. ct Gawt., t. 13 ; Paxton, .Vntf. Bot., 

 x-i. 19.S, wit.h tab. ; Gard C/tTOtt.,N.S.,xxi. 548, fig. 107 ; id., 3 ser., v. 1889, p. 685, fig. 113 ; 

 Viitdi's Man. Orch. PL, ii., p. 47. 



C. SKINNERI ALBA, Bchb. /.—A most charming and delicate form of this 

 fine Cattleya, having pure snow-white flowers, produced in the same way as 

 those of the type. "We received a grand spike of this from Mr. Hill, gardener to 

 Lord de Rothschild, Triug Park, Tring.— Costa Bica. 



Fig.— Orchid Album, iii. t. 112. 



C. SORORIA, Bchb. f.— A. distinct and meritorious species imported by us 

 in 1886 from Brazil, together with C. vehttina and C. bicolor. Pseudobulbs 



