CYPTTPEDIONM. 191 
4in. long, twisted, pale green, stained with pink and veined 
with crimson; pouch large, in shape like that of C. cau- 
datum, and coloured rose-pink, white inside, spotted with 
crimson. It blossoms in December, and continues to 
develop flowers for several months. Raised by Messrs. 
Veitch and Sons. First flowered in 1883. 
C. Sedeni (from C. longifolium and C. Schlimii).—A free- 
flowering kind, and a popular garden plant. It has long, 
arching, green leaves, and tall scapes bearing many flowers, 
which open in slow succession, so that the plant is rarely 
out of blossom; dorsal and lower sepals whitish green, 
tinted with rose; petals narrow, twisted, deep rose, with 
whitish margins; pouch round, rich crimson, white and 
spotted about the mouth. Named after Mr. John Seden, 
the most successful of all hybridists, to whose skill we are 
indebted for the many beautiful hybrids distributed by 
Messrs. Veitch. 
Plate. 
Var. candidulum is a cross between C. longifolium and 
C. Schlimii var. album. It resembles C. Sedeni in every- 
thing except that the colour of the sepals and petals is 
white, and the pouch is deeper-coloured. 
Var. porphyreum.—This is a robust variety, with larger 
and deeper-coloured flowers. 
C. albanense is also a form of C. Sedeni. 
C. selligerum (from C. philippinense and C. barbatum).—A 
beautiful hybrid, with very distinct characters. The leaves 
are large, broad, fleshy, deep green, with darker mottlings. 
Scape stout, erect, dark purple, hairy, two- or three-flowered ; 
flowers large; dorsal sepal broad, white, green at the base, 
with dark crimson lines; petals curved downwards, 3in. 
long, 3in. broad at the base, hairy on the margins, dull 
red, veined with purple, and freely warted; pouch as in 
