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white margin, the ends blotched with rich brown. A very 

 remarkable plant, and well adapted for growing in the cool- 

 house with Odontoglossums. Known also as C. Pearcei. 



C. caudatum. — This is perhaps one of the most curious 

 of Orchids, owing to its singularity of character, and re- 

 markable beauty ; it has probably created a greater sensation 

 than any other of its genus. A specimen which was flowered 

 by Mr. Wilson, in the rich collection of W. Marshall, Esq., of 

 Enfield, was much the finest I ever witnessed. The plant is an 

 evergreen, and grows from a foot to eighteen inches high. The 

 fohage is of a light green colour. The flower scapes are pro- 

 duced after the growth is completed, and rise from the centre 

 of the plant to a height of from twelve to eighteen inches. 

 The sepals and petals are yellowish, marked with brown ; 

 the long tail-like petals are the most extraordinary part of 

 the plant, often reaching, when fully developed, to the 

 length of thirty inches, and being more deeply coloured 

 towards the 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 Reichen- 

 bach separates this species, with C. Schlimii, C. caricinum, 

 and one or two others, under the name of Selenijiedium. 



C. caudatum 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, espe- 

 cially 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 



