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end ; the lip is of a reddish brown, with the basal part yellow, 

 beautifully spotted with reddish brown. The plant blooms 

 during the months of April and May, and lasts in perfection 

 for several weeks if the flowers are kept from damp. Native 

 of Chiriqui. Professor Reichenbach separates this species, 

 with C. Schlimii, C. cancinunij and one or two others, under 

 the name of SeUnipedunn. 



C. caudatiim roseum. — A variety which grows in the same 

 way as the preceding, and blossoms at the same time. Flowers 

 dark rose, intermixed with yellow and green. It has all the 

 beauties of the species with additional charms, especially 

 brilliancy of colour. 



C. concolor. — A very distinctly-marked plant, a native of 

 Moulmein. The leaves are beautifully variegated, and the 

 flowers, which are cream-coloured and finely speckled, are 

 borne in pairs on dark brown stems. I have seen this plant 

 as imported, and by its appearance it is found growing 

 among limestone rocks. I should therefore recommend some 

 of that material to be mixed with the peat and sand. 



C. Crossiamim. — A garden hybrid raised between C. in- 

 sitjne and C. venustiim, leaves oblong, blotched, with dark 

 green upon a glaucous ground, sepals and petals bronzy, 

 dotted with black, lip brownish yellow. 



C. Dayanum. — A charming plant, the foliage of which is 

 beautifully variegated, and very distinct from any other of the 

 variegated class. The flowers, which are large, are produced 

 in May and June, and last a long time in perfection ; sepals 

 white, with green veins ; petals purplish, tinged with green. 

 This is not so showy in the colour of the blossoms as some 

 others, but the foliage is most beautiful, J. Day, Esq., has 

 flowered two varieties of this : one has darker foliage than the 

 other, and the colour of the flowers is also darker. Native of 

 Borneo. 



