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habit, the bulbs seldom being above six inches high. It is 

 generally a rather shy-blooming plant ; but its large chocolate- 

 coloured flowers are variegated with yellow, and have a rich 

 rose-coloured lip. It flowers in June and July, and remains 

 long in perfection. There are many fine specimens of this 

 plant in the country now ; it is a species apparently subject 

 to much variation, some plants proving very free flowering. 



C. amahilis. — A magnificent free -flowering species from 

 Brazil, growing about eighteen inches high, making two growths 

 in one year, and blooming from the one that is formed in 

 spring. On each spike are fi^om three to five blossoms, which 

 remain about four weeks in perfection ; the sepals and petals 

 are delicate pink ; the lip is large and of the richest crimson. 

 Undoubtedly the finest of the group is represented by C. in- 

 termedia, which it closely resembles ; it blooms during the 

 summer months, and makes a fine exhibition plant. Very rare. 



C. amethystoglossa. — A beautiful and distinct species from 

 Brazil, and one of the prettiest I have seen ; grows from two to 

 three feet high, in the way of C. Leo2wldii, with two leaves on 

 the top of the bulb. From the centre of the leaves are produced 

 spikes with six or seven flowers, each measuring more than 

 five inches across ; sepals and petals hght rose, spotted with 

 rich purple ; lip deep purple ; it blooms in March, April, and 

 May, and will last five weeks in perfection. There have been a 

 good many plants of this beautiful species imported during the 

 last year, and many varieties have bloomed. It is seldom 

 that two plants flower alike, 



C. amethystoglossa suljjJmrea. — A very pretty variety of this 

 fine Orchid, resembling in every respect the plant figured in 

 Warner's ** Select Orchidaceous Plants'' as (7. amethystoglossa, 

 saving that the ground colour of the flowers is of a pure lemon 

 colom', spotted as in the one preceding ; the lip is broad, and 

 of a rich cream colour. 



