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of bloom it has a beautiful appearance ; it blooms in June 

 and July, and continues a long time in jQower, so that it is 

 invaluable for home decoration or exhibition pui-poses. Mr. 

 Penny, gardener to H. Gibbs, Esq., showed a \eYj fine speci- 

 men at Regent's Park Exhibition, July, 1867. When well 

 grown this makes a grand plant. It is sometimes grown 

 under the name of C. Veitchianurn. 



C. vexillarkmi. — This is an elegant hybrid, raised by Mr. 

 Dominy, and is the result of a cross between C. Fairrieanum 

 and C. barbatmn, the flowers being exactly intermediate. The 

 leaves are pale green, with a few darker markings. The 

 flowers are about the size of those of C. Fairrieanum; 

 dorsal sepal white, tinged with green towards the base, suf- 

 fused with light purple, and streaked with a darker shade 

 of the same colour ; petals deflexed as in C. Fairrieanum, 

 but less waved at the edges, purplish tinged with green, and 

 furnished with a few worts ; lip large, light brown, veined and 

 tinged with green. At present this plant is extremely rare. 



C venustum. — The leaves of this plant are light green, 

 curiously blotched and mottled with a deep black green, and 

 on the under side green mottled with purple ; the dorsal sepal 

 is greenish-white ; petals nearly of the same colour, whilst the 

 lip is yellowish gi'een. It is a pretty cool-house species, and 

 is very useful for cutting. Native of Sylhet. 



C. venustum spectahile. — A beautiful form of this useful old 

 winter flowering species. The leaves are beautifully mottled 

 with green. The flowers are medium sized, produced singly, 

 and far more handsome than those of the ordinary type ; the 

 dorsal sepal is white, broadly striped with green ; petals 

 greenish-white, streaked with deeper green, and tipped with 

 rosy red ; lip greenish-yellow, and tinged with rose. A rare 

 plant, beautifully figured in the second volume of Warner's 

 '' Select Orchidaceous Plants.'" Native of Sylhet. 



