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with orange at the base, and having a broad pale margin ; 

 the flowers are amongst the palest in the series, and very 

 beautiful. 



C. pwnila. — A charming species from Brazil, about six 

 inches high, flowering in September. The blossoms are rose- 

 coloured, with a crisped crimson Hp, often edged with white. 

 It remains three or four weeks in perfection, and is similar to 

 C. marginata in its habit of growth. 



C. quadricolor. — A very rare and pretty species, which 

 grows about ten inches high, and produces its blossoms on 

 the young gi'o-^i^hs in May and June. Sepals and petals hght 

 rose ; lip of same colour, yellow on the upper part. There 

 are two varieties of this plant in cultivation. 



C. quinquecolor. — This pretty variety is the result of a cross 

 between C. Aclandice and C. Forbesii. The sepals and petals 

 are hght olive green, spotted with brown and dark chocolate ; 

 the lip is white, with a large yellow blotch, veined with 

 rose. 



C. ScMileriana. — A charming species, which grows much 

 like C. Aclandim ; the foliage is, however, darker and rounder. 

 It blooms during the summer months from the young growths, 

 the flowers being large, and nearly of the same colour as those 

 of C Aclandia, but much darker, and they remain in per- 

 fection three or four weeks, if kept dry. 



C. Scliilleriana Regnelli. — This is sometimes considered 

 distinct from the preceding, but although well marked, it is 

 evidently very closely allied to that plant. The pseudobulbs 

 are usually about four or five inches high ; leaves in pairs, 

 sometimes, however, three are produced ; these are thick, 

 fleshy, and dark green ; flowers borne upon upright spikes, 

 from three to five in a cluster, measuring nearly four inches 

 in diameter ; sepals and petals somewhat oblong, spathulate, 

 green sufi'used with olive, and spotted with purple ; the front 



