crispum, Lind]. Both were raised by Messrs. Charles- 
worth & Co. Other seedlings are in existence, and the 
group is likely to extend considerably, as the union of the 
smaller-flowered but brilliantly-coloured species of Coch- 
lioda with the popular species of Odontoglossum promises 
to yield a race of handsome garden Orchids. 
Descr.—Plant about a foot high. Bulbs ovoid-oblong, 
somewhat compressed, 2—24 in. long, with one leaf at the 
apex, and three or four at the base. Leaves oblong, sub- 
acute, recurved at the apex, leathery, dark green, 35-6 in. 
long, $—-1 in. broad. Scape axillary, erect, slender, 1 ft. or 
more high ; raceme loose and many-flowered. Bracts ovate- 
oblong, acute, under $ in. long. Pedicels about 1 in. long. 
Flowers with a white ground, suffused at the apex of the 
segments, and spotted below with rosy purple. Sepals 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 1 in. long. Petals 
slightly shorter, and broader at the base than the sepals. 
Lip free, broadly stalked ; limb spreading, slightly 3-lobed, 
ovate, acuminate and recurved at the apex, shorter than the 
other segments ; disc with a pair of erect oblong laterally 
compressed crests, slightly toothed at the apex. Column 
clavate, under 4 in. long, with a pair of erect, subulate 
teeth at the apex.—R. A. Ronrr. | 
Fig. !, lip and column; 2 and 3, pollinarium :—all enlarged. 
