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leaves have a sliining appearance ; tlie flower scape is hairy, 

 tearing three or four flowers ; sepals striped inside with purple ; 

 petals six inches long, very much twisted, beautifully blotched 

 with chocolate, purple, and green ; lip yellow. 



C. longi/oHum. — This is a very curious plant ; it is some- 

 what robust in growth, with long strap-shaped dark green 

 leaves ; the flowers are each furnished at the base with a very 

 large bract; the flower spike produces a quantity of flowers, 

 but as far as I have seen but one is fully expanded at a time ; 

 the dorsal sepal is broad greenish-white bordered with brown, 

 the lower sepal larger ; petals broad, tailed, ground colour 

 green, bordered with w^hite and brown at the ends ; lip very 

 curious in shape, green sufi'used with shining brown. It is 

 not a very showy plant. Native of Costa Rica. 



C. Loicii. — A curious and beautiful Orchid, with oblong- 

 ligulate light green leaves. This species produces its flowers 

 on a spike, generally two or more together. Dr. Lindley, 

 indeed, describes as many as eight being sometimes produced, 

 but I have never seen so many on cultivated plants. It blooms 

 during the summer, and continues in perfection for two or 

 three months if kept in a cool-house. The dorsal sepal is 

 downy outside, pale green wdthin ; petals long, the basal half 

 greenish spotted with purple, wholly pui'ple towards the end, 

 the margins being ciliated ; lip large, smooth, and shining, 

 bluntly oblong, light brown in colour sufi'used with purple. 

 Native of Borneo, where it grows upon very high trees. 



C. nivcum. — A lovely plant resembling C. concolor in its 

 foliage, although when closely examined the markings are 

 slightly difi'erent ; the flowers are satiny-w^hite inside, speckled 

 with a few minute dots of purple. It blooms during summer, 

 and sometimes produces two flowers on a spike. Every one 

 who sees it is charmed with it, and it is very free blooming. 

 A native of Moulmein. 



