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CATTLEYA LABIATA. 
Splendid-flowered Catleya. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA— Nat. Ord. ORCHIDEM. 
Gen. Char.— Perianihium resupinatum, patens, laciniis subfequaUbus. Co- 
lumna Ubera, semiteres, labello eroso cuculato amplexa. Anthera infra- 
apicilaris opercularis persistens, columnae apice subulato supertecta 4-lo- 
cularis; septis completis membranaceis marginatis. Massce pollinis 4>, 
lenticulares, per pares filo elastico granulate in ipsis reflexo connexse. 
Herbae parasitica (Americce (BquinoctialisJ ; hulhis fasciculaiis ; foliis soli- 
tariis carnosis eiiervibus ; floribus terminalibus geminis grandibus subo- 
doris. 
Cattleya laUata ; perianthii laciniis exterioribus lineari-lanceolatis acu- 
tis, quam interiores triple angustioribus, labello in6i\ko.—Lindl. 
Parasitic. Roots consisting of a few white, simple, flexuose fibres. Bulbs 
3-4 inches in length, oblong, compressed, deeply furrowed, dark green 
clothed at the base with large withered brown scales, at the extremity 
furnished with a single fleshy, deep green, oblongo-lingulate, obtuse 
patent leaf, about 6-8 inches long. ' 
From the base of the leaf arises the double spatha: outer one large, 4-5 
inches long, compressed, cleft on one side, submembranaceoas, greenish- 
brown; inner one very much smaller, and quite included in the outer 
Peduncle scarcely exserted, terete, glabrous, bearing two very large and 
splendid flowers, measuring, when fully expanded, almost 6 inches in 
diameter. Petals spreading, of a delicate and yet bright hue, between 
Ulac and rose coloured: the three outer ones equal, linear-lanceolate, the 
two lateral ones four times as broad, ovate, their margins waved. Lip 
pendent, obovate, its lower margins rolled inwards, the extremity dilated 
the edges beautifully notched and waved : its general colour is pale pink 
the inside deep purple, forming a large unifoi-m and very bright co- 
loured blotch at the extremity, while the lower portion is picked out 
with whitish branching veins. Germen long, linear, cylindrical, curved, 
not twisted. Column about one-third of the length of the lip, 'standing 
out in the same direction, pure white, subsemicylindrical, with two la- 
teral teeth above, and one at the back, which adheres to the back of the 
anther. Stigma heart-shaped, concave. Anther subhemisphajrical, white 
with two brown membranes at the side, 4-celled, and containing four 
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