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C. x Veitchii. Carmine-rose. The first hybrid Calanthe. It was 

 obtained by crossing C. vestita and C. rosea. I. 

 C. vestita. White, with yellow eye. India. I. 



„ var. Beg trie Hi. White, shaded purple. Cochin-China. I. 



„ var. rubra-oculata. White, with red eye. India. I. 



,, var. Turaeri. White, with purple eye. India. I. 



Catasetum. — Very extraordinary Orchids chiefly from 

 South America, and exhibiting a wide range of form and 

 colour, and many interesting structural peculiarities. All 

 are worthy of a place in gardens, C. Bungerothii and a 

 few others ranking among our showiest Orchids. I. 



Cattleya. — This genus shares with Laelia, Dendrobium, 

 and Odontoglossum, the chief favour of lovers of showy 

 Orchids. There are a great number of species, and also 

 many garden hybrids. The following is a good selection: — 



C. Aclandice. Stems cylindric. Flowers 4 inches diameter. 

 Sepals and petals yellowish, blotched chocolate ; lip rose-purple. 

 Brazil. I. 



C. Bowringiana. Allied to C. Skinnerii. Flowers rose-purple. 

 British Honduras. I. 



C. citrina(fig.690). Pseudo-bulbs ovate, leaves glaucous. Flowers 

 large, pendulous, yellow; grow on blocks or rafts. Mexico. C. 



Fig. 691.— Cattleya Skmnerii. 



C. Doivia.ia. Flowers among the largest: buff-yellow, with 

 yellow-veined dark-crimson lip ; very fragrant. Costa Bica. I. 



C. Dowiana, var. aurea (C. aurea). Antioquia. I. 



C. Eldorado. Flowers pale-rose, with yellow and crimson lip. 

 Brazil. I. 



C. Eldorado, var. Wattisii White, with orange throat. I. 



C. granulosa. Stems reed-like. Sepals and petals greenish, 

 spotted brown ; lip crimson and white Brazil. I. 



C guttata. Flowers greenish, spotted brown; lip rose-purple. 

 Brazil. I. 



C. intermedia. Flowers pale-pink, lip crimson Brazil. I. 



C. labiata. The largest and showiest of the Cattleyas. Botani- 



cally it includes C. GasMliana, C. Mossice, C. Mendelii, C. Pevci- 

 valiana, C. Triance, and others, all of which are abundantly dis- 

 tinct for garden purposes, especially as they flower at different 

 seasons. All have large rose-and-crimson flowers, and there are 

 pure-white forms. The type, or autumn-flowering form, was in- 

 troduced in 1818 from Brazil. I. 



C. Lawrenceana. Flowers large, various shades of rose and 

 crimson. British Guiana. I. 



C. Loddigesii. Stems slender, 1 foot; flowers rose. Brazil. C. 

 Harrlsonice is a form of it. I. 



C. maxima. Flowers large, rosy-lilac, with crimson-veined lip; 

 often ten or twelve on a spike. Guayaquil. I. 



