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CATTLEY A* erispa. 
Curled-petaled Cattleya. 
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GYNANDRIA. MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oxcurpem. § Epidendree Lindl. 
CATTLEYA. Supra, vol. 11. fol. 953. 
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C. erispa ; perianthii laciniis exterioribus lanceolatis unguiculatis: interiori- 
bus latioribus undulatis crispis, labello crispo acuminato, 
Folium solitarium, bulbo subcylindraceo, angulato insidens, oblongo- 
lanceolatum, emarginatum. Spica, ex axilla folii, 4-5-flora. Perianthii 
lacinie alba, exteriores lineari-lanceolate, unguiculate, interioribus undu- 
latis crispis angustiores. Labellum acuminatum, intis atropurpureum, 
margine quam maxime crispa. 
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This splendid epiphyte was sent from Rio Janeiro to 
the Horticultural Society by Sir Henry Chamberlayne, Bart. 
in 1826. It flowered in the stove in the Chiswick Garden 
in August 1827. It is very distinct from all the other 
species of Cattleya, both in colour and in the form of the 
labellum and other segments of the flower. There are 
now five species of Cattleya upon record. 
Cultivated in decayed vegetable mould, in which it 
erows freely. 
Leaf solitary, seated on a subcylindrical, angular bulb, 
oblong-lanceolate, emarginate. Spike of 4 or 5 flowers, 
from the axilla of the leaf. Segments of the perianthium 
white, the outer linear-lanceolate, unguiculate, narrower 
than the inner, which are wavy and curled at the edges. 
Labellum acuminate, deep purple inside, with an exceed- 
ingly curled margin. tt 
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* So called in compliment to William Cattley, Esq., of Barnet, in Hert-° 
fordshire, a great patron of Botany, and the most ardent collector of rare 
plants of his day. 
