This is a second species of this truly splendid genus (the for- 
iner, C. labiata, having been given at t. 157- of this work) ; 
and although each individual blossom, taken separately, is nei- 
ther so large, nor so varied in colour as C. labiata, yet, from 
the circumstance of the plant producing a greater number of 
flowers, it is equally striking in appearance. 
Although recently figured by Mr Loddiges, it was intro- 
duced for the first time into Great Britain at the Botanic Gar- 
den of Liverpool, from the neighbourhood of St Paul's, Brazil *, 
by Mr Woodforde, so long ago as the year 1810. It blos- 
somed there in 1811, and has done so every year since; and 
from it Mr Shepherd believes have originated all the indi- 
viduals that now exist in other collections. 
Our drawing was made from a fine specimen communicated 
by our liberal friends the Messrs Shepherds, in the month of 
September. 
Fig. 1. Lip. Fig. 2. Column. Fig. 3. Anther-case from the pollen-masses. 
Fig. 4. have been removed. — Figs. 3. & 4. slighUy magrdjted. 
* Along with Gomesa recurva, Bromelia pallida, Amaryllis psittacina, crocala, striaiifolia^ 
and Marica ccerulea. 
