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and is carried far back into the throat, as well as on to that pa,rt of the lip 

 which encloses the column ; in the throat is a slight blotch of yellow about an 

 eighth of an inch wide. The leases of this variety are often tinted with bronze 

 colour. 



C VEITCHIANA, Ilort. — A garden variety, raised at Chelsea, produced 

 between C. crispa and C. labiata. The petals are of a pale pink, the sepals 

 being a richer and brighter shade of the same colour; lip deep rich crimson- 

 purple with yellow centre. It blooms diiring the STpring rciontiis.-^ Garden liyh-id. 



C. VELUTINA, Rclih. f. — This is a plant of very distinct character. It was 

 first flowered by J. Broome, Esq., of Didsbury, Manchester. The plant resembles 

 C. hicolor in growth ; the sepals and petals are pale orange, spotted and streaked 

 with purple ; the lip orange at the base, white with violet veins in front, where 

 the surface is velvety. The flowers are very fragrant, which is an additional 

 recommendation. — Brazil. 



Via.— Orchid Album, i. t. 26 ; Garil. Chruii.. 1872. p. 1259, iigs. 288—9 ; Gartenfloni, 

 1S88, t. 1265 (var. Lietzei). 



C. VERIFLORA, Bb;-f.— This 

 splendid hybrid was exhibited 

 by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 in March, 1877, at the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Gardens, South 

 Kensington. Its origin is not 

 known, but it seems to be be- 

 tween O.lahiata and C.Trianac, 

 and was bought as a seedling 

 at Stevens' Auction Booms. 

 The stems are short and thick, 

 about six inches long, of a. 

 light green colour ; the leaves 

 are about eight inches inlength, 

 and of the same colour ; the 

 sepals and petals are rosy 

 violet ; the lip deep magenta, 

 margined with rose, with the 

 throat orange. This variety is 

 a good addition to the winter- 

 flowering section of the genus. 

 — Oarden hybrid. 



CATTLETA VELUTIXA. 



(From the Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



C. VIRGINALIS. — See Cattleya Eldorado vihgin-alis. 



C. WAGENERI, Bchh. f. — A splendid free-flowering Cattleya, being a white- 

 flowered form of the Mossiae section, and with flowers equal to those of that 

 species in size. The sepals and petals are white ; the lip also white, with a rich 

 yellow patch in the centre. A fine plant for exhibition, producing blossoms in 

 June and July, and lasting about three weeks in perfection. A very rare plant. 

 — Im Qimyra. 



Fig. — Xenia OrcJi., i. t. 13 ; Orchid Album, vii. t. 295 L'Orchidophile, 1887, p. 15. 



Syn. — C. Mossiae alba. 



