By Mr. John Lindley. 



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and much shorter than the exterior sepals. This plant 

 was sent to the Society from Trinidad, by His Excellency 

 Sir Ralph Woodford, and is figured in the Botanical Re- 

 gister, tab. 844. It flowers in June, and appears at present 

 to be more difficult to manage than most plants of its 

 kindred* 



XXVII. Cattleya Forbesii. Lindley. 

 This is at once an elegant and interesting addition to the 

 genus Cattleya ; from the former species of which it is 

 distinguishable by the yellow colour of its flowers. It is a 

 parasitical plant, not producing above-ground bulbs, but from 

 a tortuous entangled prostrate caudex, throwing up a few 

 round stems about six inches high, and covered with greenish 

 white vaginae. On each stem are formed two oval lanceolate 

 leaves, which are obtuse, with a little point at the ends. 

 The flowers are large, appearing in pairs, of a dull dirty 

 yellow colour, their segments spread open, obovate, lanceolate, 

 and wavy. The labellum is wrapped round the columna ; on 

 the outside it is whitish, inside bright yellow, beautifully 

 marked with crimson dots; the middle lobe is cordate, 

 roundish, crisp, with a little bag at the very tip. Sent by 

 Mr. Forbes, in 1823, from Rio de Janeiro, where it appears 

 to be common in some situations, growing and flowering in 

 profusion on the trunks of dead trees. In this country it 

 blossoms in June.+ 



* Surely the Dendrobium album of Dr. Hooker's Exotic Flora, Vol. ii. tab. 

 142, is not different from this. 



f This is now figured in the Botanical Register, tab. 953, from the Society's 

 plant. 



