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Cattleya Mossce is another of the single-leaved and thick-bulbed 
species. It is a handsome plant, ranking next to Labiata, but is 
inferior to that species. The sepals and petals are pinkish red, 
and the lip is finely marked with white, yellow, and deep pink. It 
is best cultivated in a pot. It is a native of South America ; 
flowers immediately upon completing its pseudo-bulbs ; and some¬ 
times makes two shoots, and flowers twice in the same season ; 
that is, in the course of the same year. 
Cattleya Perrinii .—This is a most splendid species, and de¬ 
serves to be cultivated with the greatest zeal and’attention. It is 
the Laelia Perrinii of some botanists ; but it has all the cha¬ 
racters of the one-leaved species of Cattleya. The only thing, 
indeed, that distinguishes Leelia from Cattleya, is the different 
number of the pollen mosses : and so far as my observation goes, 
this does not appear to be constant. My opinion is, that when a 
plant of this tribe agrees with a certain genus in its outward and 
general form, no notice should be taken of the minute parts of the 
flowers, unless for the purpose of particular or individual dis¬ 
tinction. The plant under notice flowers in the autumn, after 
having completed its pseudo-bulbs ; but it does not begin to act 
till late in the spring, and produces only one shoot in the year. It 
answers best in a pot; and should be well rested after the flower¬ 
ing is over. 
Cattleya citrina .—I have never seen this species in flower ; but 
it has flowered in this country, and is represented as being very 
beautiful. It is so unlike Cattleya, and so like Lselia, that it 
should go along with the round pseudo-bulbed section of that 
genus. The leaves and pseudo bulbs are of whitish green colour. 
It is a native of Mexico, and answers very well upon wood. V» e 
have it here, in Messrs. Rollissoivs nursery, in fine healthy con¬ 
dition, and coming into flower, so that I can give a note of the 
flower when it makes its appearance. 
Cattleya Labiata.— This, though the last that I shall enumerate', 
is by no means the least ; on the contrary, it is the most noble and 
graceful of all the species that have yet flowered in this country. 
It has the largest flowers, and, at the same time, the richest 
colours. The petals are an exceedingly delicate pink ; the sepals 
brighter ; and the lip, which is large, is of the richest crimson ; 
with several intermediate colours, which give it a noble appear¬ 
ance. But it is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the 
