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single one being five or six inches across, in some of the 

 varieties still larger, and three or four growing on one spike. 

 There are many varieties of this plant, with blossoms of 

 various shades of colour, from white and pale pink to crimson 

 and rose purple. This species makes a noble plant for 

 exhibition. I have seen specimens of C. MossicB at the 

 Chiswick and Regent's Park shows, with from thirty to forty 

 flowers upon a single plant. The flowers will remain in 

 perfection for three or four weeks, if kept in a cool place. 

 Many of the varieties of this plant here enumerated bloomed 

 in the rich collection of Robert Warner, Esq., who makes 

 this species one of his special favourites, and where we have 

 seen as many as six hundred of these beautiful flowers open 

 together. Many of these forms are very distinct. The best 

 of those which I here introduce were named and described in 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle in 1864 by Mr. Thos. Moore, of 

 the Botanic Garden, Chelsea. 



C MossicB aurea. — A small-flowered variety, with the sepals 

 and petals blush, less spreading than in most other forms ; 

 lip small, strongly marked with bufi* orange at the base, 

 extending forward at the front edge, and having broken violet 

 rose lines in the centre, sm-rounded by a very broad pale 

 margin, which is almost white inwards, and tinged with blush 

 on the extreme edge. 



C. Mossia aurea grandijiora. — A large-flowered form : 

 sepals and petals blush ; lip marked wdth a bar and a few 

 broken lines of violet rose, very much stained with orange at 

 the base, and towards the upper part of the margin. 



C. MossicB aurea marginata. — Large-flowered : sepals and 

 petals deep blush ; lip with deep violet-rose centre and yellow 

 base, the yellow stain continued so as to form a broad margin 

 to the upper expanded portion of the lip. 



G. MossicB Blakei. — Sepals and petals deep blush, the latter 



