342 ORCHIDS. 
bearing from twenty to twenty-seven large flowers, the 
sepals of which were pinkish externally. 
Plate (for which we are indebted to Mr. William Bull) ; 
Bateman’s Monograph, ii., tt. 14, 19. 
There are many named varieties of O. crispum, the 
most noteworthy among which are here described. Ad- 
ditional ones are being made known almost weekly. 
Var. aureum.—Sepals and petals lemon-yellow, spotted 
with brown; lip yellow, with two brown spots near the 
crest. 
Var. Chestertont—Sepals and petals broad, pure white, 
with reddish-brown blotches and spots; lip red-brown, 
with a margin of yellowish white. 
Var. Cooksont.—One of the best. Sepals and petals white, 
with broad patches of cinnamon-red; lip white, with a large 
blotch of crimson-brown and a few spots; crest golden 
yellow. 
Williams’ Orchid Album, iii., t. 118. 
Var. giganteum.—Unusually robust in pseudo-bulbs, leaves, 
and flower-scape. Flowers nearly 5in. across, white, flushed 
with rose; segments very broad and fringed; lip large, 
with a long, recurved point, white, with a few brown spots. 
Warner's Select Orchids, ili., t. 20. 
Var. Fenningsianum.—Segments oval; margins of the 
petals deeply jagged, thickly spotted with brown on the 
lower half; sepals bearing a few red-brown blotches; lip 
with two or three red-brown spots in front of the crest. 
Var. /imbatum.—Sepals lance-shaped; petals rhomboid, 
acute, white, tinged with rose; edge of the lip: marked 
with violet spots. 
Var. roseum.—Sepals and petals deeply tinted with lilac- 
rose and sparingly spotted with brown; lip broad, white, 
freely spotted with brown. 
Floral Magazine, ser. ii., t. 269. 
