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CATTLEYA Forbesii. 
Forbes’s Yellow Cattleya. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
_ Nat. ord, Oxcutprx, Tribus VI. Epidendree Lindl. Coll. Botanica 
in Append. ' . ; 
CATTLEYA Lindl. — Perianthium resupinatum patens: laciniis sub- 
sequalibus. Columna libera, semiteres, labello eroso cucullato amplexa. 
Anthera infra-apicilaris, oprecularis, persistens, columne apice subulato 
supertecta, 4-locularis; septis completis membranaceis marginatis. Masse 
pollinis 4, lenticulares, per pares filo elastico granulato in ipsis reflexo con- 
nexe. Herbee parasitice (Americe equinoctialis); bulbis Sasciculatis ; 
foliis solitariis, carnosis, enervibus; floribus. terminglibus, geminissgrandibus, 
subodoris. Lindl. 1. c. tab. 33. 
C. Forbest; foliis oblongis obtusis planis, sepalis lanceolatis subequalibus ; 
interioribus angustioribus undulatis obtusis, labelli trilobi lobo medio 
cordato lunato arguté dentato apice saccato. Lindl. Z. c. 
Planta epiphyta, é caudice tortuoso, cicatrizato, repente, promens caules 
plures, unipedales, teretes, sursim clavatos, vestigiis membranaceis arcte 
appressis, striatis, albidis, internodiis longioribus vestitos. Folia in Sastigio, 
bina, plana, coriacea, sessilia, ad margmem scabrella, enervia, ovali-lanceo- 
lata, subopposita, obtusa, cum apiculo. Flores bini, inodori.cum pedunculo 
terete folirs longiores. Bractea parva, non spathacea, sphacelata, rigida, 
acuminata, vaginans, pedunculo multd brevior. Perianthii lacinie lineari- 
lanceolate, acute, extis luteo-fusce, intis ochraceo-virides ; interiores angus- 
tiores, ad marginem crispe, Labellum pallidissimé flavidum, intis luteum, 
rubro venosum et punctatum, ad apicem trilobum; lobis lateralibus rotun- 
datis, porrectis, basi interiore sub-cordatis ; intermedio cordato, rotundato, 
explanato, crispo, argute dentato, apice saccato. _Labellum per azin lineis 
‘duabus elevatis. Columna inclusa, pallide ochroleuca, purpureo lineata. 
Stigma purpureo marginatum. F ys 
Native of Rio Janeiro, where it was found growing upon 
decayed trees, by the late Mr. Forbes, by whom it was 
transmitted to the Horticultural Society in 1823. Our _ 
drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden, in June 1824. 
The genus Cattleya now contains four well-ascertained 
Species, of which this is the least beautiful. They are all 
