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most instances beautifully fringed or crimped round the 
edge ; it is large and spreading, the front portion being 
suffused with rich violet, purple-veined, bordered with 
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Fig. 27. Flower of Cattleya Mossiz 
(4 nat. size). 
lilac, and, in addition, stained with orange at the base; 
the folding portion is veined with purple on the inside. 
By this marking of the lip this species is very easily 
