192 ORCHIDS. 
C. barbatum, but paler. Raised by Messrs. Veitch and 
Sons, to whom we are indebted for the illustration. First 
flowered in 1878. 
Plate. 
Var. majus has larger and richer-coloured flowers than 
the type. 
C. Swanianum (from C. Dayanum and C. barbatum).— 
This is one of the finest of the barbatum group of hybrids. 
Foliage as in C. Dayanum, but darker. Flowers as in 
C. barbatum, but larger; dorsal sepal white, lined and 
shaded with green and purple; petals broad, usually 
warted, dull red at the apex, brownish green at the base, 
with green nerves; pouch large, crimson-purple, warted 
on the mouth. The flowers last a long time in per- 
fection. Raised in the gardens of Mr. W. Leech, Fallow- 
field. First flowered in 1876. 
C. Tautzianum (from C. barbatum and C. niveum).—A 
pretty little hybrid, very similar to C. tessellatum-por- . 
phyreum. The habit is that of C. niveum. Dorsal sepal 
elliptical, pointed, white, with purple and green veins; 
petals spreading, ligulate, green at the base, purple-lined 
towards the apex, spotted with darker purple, and fringed 
with dark hairs; pouch as in C. barbatum, dark purple, 
paler underneath. Raised by Messrs, Veitch and Sons. 
First flowered in 1886. 
C. tessellatum-porphyreum (from C. concolor and C. bar- 
batum).—A beautiful plant, quite exceptional in colour. 
Foliage as in C. concolor, but larger. Scape two-flowered ; 
‘all the floral segments of a pale buff-yellow, much stained 
with rose-purple, the purple greatly predominating; veins 
of upper sepal deep vinous purple, those of the lower 
sepal plainer; veins of the petals with numerous blackish- 
