. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 262 CATTLBYA CATTLETA 12. Var. Sanderiina, Hort. (C. gXgas, Lind. & Andr^). Pig. 387. A noble-fld. form, which, besides beingrich in color, is larger than the usual varieties of O. labiata. New Grenada. 21:178. Gn. 45, p. 445. 1:437. July 23, 1898, Suppl. 1:77 and 674. 10:892.—This
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 262 CATTLBYA CATTLETA 12. Var. Sanderiina, Hort. (C. gXgas, Lind. & Andr^). Pig. 387. A noble-fld. form, which, besides beingrich in color, is larger than the usual varieties of O. labiata. New Grenada. 21:178. Gn. 45, p. 445. 1:437. July 23, 1898, Suppl. 1:77 and 674. 10:892.—This is a form of var. Warseewicsii. 13. mixima, Lindl. Plants about 1 ft. high : and petals pink-lilac ; .labellum oval-oblong, obscurely 3-lobed, richly veined with crimson, expanded part crisped at the margin, a yellow median band on the disk. Equador. 4902. 20:2136. 1:298. 14. Lawrence&na, Beichb. f. Pseudobulbs 12-15 in. high, frequently brownish, rarely green : sheath red- dish brown : fls. few, about 4 in. across ; petals oblong, blunt at the apices ; sepals pale mauve, narrow; label- lum purple shaded with maroon. March. British Gui- ana. 7133. CO. Numter of fls. usually more than 6: pseudohulb s-3-leaved. 15. Sldnneri, Batem. Stems about 1 ft. high, attenu- ated at base, 2-lvd.: fls. 6-8, sometimes more, about 4 in. across, rose-mauve ; disk of labellum whitish, bor- dered with deeper rose-mauve or deep purple. Guate- mala. 4270. 11:193. 22:201. III. 20:6. 3:201. —Common, and a favorite. Runs into white-fld. forms. 16. Bowringe&na, Veitch (C. autumnAlis, Hort.). Pseudobulbs about 18 in. tall, Kin. in diam., subcylin- drieal, jointed, nodes about 6, base swollen, 2-3-lvd.: fls. 5-30, on stout peduncles 1 ft. long, double-sheathed; petals 1% in. long, deep rose-mauve; labellum magenta- purple at distal end, deeper colored toward sulfurous yellow throat. Blooms in autumn. Honduras. :37. 1890 a
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