without any intimation of the précisé locality in which he found it. It is also said 
to hâve been sent from the same country by Mr. G. Ure Skinner. I cannot help 
thinking, however, that there is some error respecting these records. Ail later 
importations, so far as I am aware, hâve been from Brazil, and there are wild 
dried specimens, in the Kew Herbarium, gathered at Parahiba, N. E. Brazil. 
No confirmation of the Guatemalan habitat appears to be forthcoming, and as it 
is most unlikely that any Cattleya grows naturally in two such widely separated 
localities, we may regard the species as entirely Brazilian. The sepals and petals 
are olive-green, with a few small scattered red spots, and the front lobe of the 
lip white, covered with numerous crimson-purple papillæ. 
The variety Russelliana next appeared, in 1845. It was sent to Sir W. Hooker, 
from Woburn, as a plant of Brazilian origin. It is characterised by its larger 
flowers, with broader segments, and more richly coloured lip. 
The variety Schofieldiana appeared in 1882, being at first described as a 
distinct species. It flowered in the collection of Mr. G. W. Law-Schofield, of 
Rawtenstall, near Manchester. It is distinguished by its densely spotted segments 
and brilliantly coloured lip. 
The variety asperata appeared four years later. The sepals and petals are 
brownish, spotted with deep purple, and the front lobe of the lip bright purple, 
bordered with white. 
Thus it will be seen that our présent novelty differs in its more délicate 
colours, and in the absence of spots from the sepals and petals. Ail the forms agréé 
in habit, in the shape of the flowers, and, particularly, in the very characteristic 
lip, with its short, acute side lobes, and long unguiculate front lobe, covered with 
crimson papillæ, though they difier considerably in the colour of the flowers. 
R. A. Rolfe. 
