194 orchid-grower's manual. 



C. WARSCEWICZII DELICATA SUPERBA, Hort.—This grand variety was 

 bloomed by Mr. W. Moore, when gardener to the Earl of Shrewsbury, at Altdn 

 Towers. It is by far the finest of its class we have ever seen; the lip is very 

 large and finely expanded, and the sepals and petals are broad and pure white. 

 — Brazil. ' 



C. WHITEI, Sort. Low: Rchl. f. — This new Cattleya was found on a tree 

 together with C. lahiata and C. Schilleriana, so that it is possibly a hybrid 

 between these two plants. Mr. W. Davis, gardener to H. Gaskell, Esq., of 

 Woolton, Liverpool, says : " In growth it resembles C. lahiata, and it has the 

 double sheath generally seen in the true autumn-flowering variety. It has 

 made a much stronger growth this year (1884), the bulb being about 6 inches 

 high and the leaf about 5 inches long, and I have no doubt that as the plant 

 gets stronger it will make a much larger bulb." Professor Reichenbach observes 

 that the dried flower reminds one of Cattleya lahiata. The sepals are of a deep 

 rosy tint with a flush of olive green more evident on the outer, side and at the 

 tips ; the petals are much broader and undulated, and of a deeper and brighter 

 tint of rich rosy-magenta ; and the lip has the two angular side lobes pale blush 

 towards the base, the reflexed borders and apex of a refined purplish-rose colour ; 

 the throat is of the finest orange colour with purple lines running down the 

 tube ; the anterior broad roundish reniform lobe is prettily undulated and denti- 

 culate, and of a rich magenta-rose, veined closely on the extreme edge, which is 

 pale rose, with deep crimson-magenta veins, these extending backwards in a 

 wedge-shaped form to just within the orange throat. We received a three- 

 flowered inflorescence from H. Gaskell, Esq., in July, 1883. It is deliciously 

 sweet-scented, and is decidedly one of the most beautiful and distinct of the 

 high-coloured Cattleyas that has come under our notice. — Brazil. 



Fio. — OrcMd Album, iii. t. 115. 



C. ZENOBIA, Bolfe. — A hybrid between C. Loddigesii and Laelia elegans 

 Tumerii, obtained by Mr. Seden. The sepals and petals are stated to be 

 "light rosy-pink, as is also the outside of the lateral lobes of the lip, while the 

 inside is paler, shading off into very light yellow in front. The front lobe is 

 very heavily veined with crimson purple on a paler ground, and with a narrow 

 margin of this lighter colour." — Garden hyhrid. 



CHYSIS, Lindley. 

 (_TnI)e Epidendreae, siihtrihe Bletieao.) 

 This is a beautiful genus, containing some six or eight reputed 

 species. They are deciduous epiphytes, losing the leaves during their 

 season of rest. The stems are thick, fleshy, and fusiform, about a foot 

 long, producing their showy flowers in lateral racemes, with the young 

 growth. The flowers are showy, with the parts spreading, the lip having 

 large erect side lobes, and a reflexed middle lobe. The species inhabit 

 Mexico and the United States of Colombia. 



