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and spreading, having the edge beautifully fringed, ground 

 colour dark rose, stained at the base with soft orange, and 

 variously blotched and streaked in front with violet purple. 

 In habit of growth it is also veiy distinct ; the pseudobulbs 

 are about three inches high, beai'ing a broad single leaf some 

 six inches long. 



C. Mossice marmorata. — One of the finest light-coloured 

 sorts, and one of the largest -flowered ; sepals and petals pale 

 blush, the latter very broad ; Hp large, light rose, broken up 

 into marbled markings, covering the whole surface, except a 

 narrow fringe at the edge ; it is a good deal stained with deep 

 orange at the base, and the margin is not only strongly frilled, 

 but conspicuously fringe-toothed. 



C. Mossice Mariana. — Small-flowered, but very distinct and 

 chaste, and very rare ; sepals and petals white ; lip with a 

 bright yellow stain at the base, prettily mottled with violet 

 rose in the centre, and broadly and evenly margined with 

 white. Although this variety is not so large flowered as many 

 others, it is at once the most elegant and pleasing of all the 

 kinds introduced into these pages, and is w^orthy of a place in 

 every collection in the country. 



C. Mossia Mooreana. — A beautiful variety, well marked by 

 the clearly- defined narrow white border of its lip, in the way 

 of the var. Mariayice ; sepals and petals pale blush ; lip dense 

 violet rose, moderately stained with orange at the base^ and 

 having a narrow even frill of white. 



C. 2Iossi(F Xajyoleanis. — A very telling variety from its 

 roseate tinge, and the erect habit of its full- sized flowers ; 

 sepals and petals deep blush ; lip lai^ge, of a mottled purple 

 in front, and deep orange at the base, with a broad margin of 

 pale blush. 



C. MossicB purimrata. — Large-flowered ; sepals and petals 

 deep blush ; lip large, of a very dense and nearly uniform 



