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depressed. In the middle of the spreading crimson lip is a 

 patch almost white. 



Tautziana. — Sepals mauve, petals violet, somewhat 

 darker, lip almost maroon. It is singular in shape also, 

 forked like a bird's tail. 



Blenheimensis. — Sepals and petals rose with a violet tinge ; 

 very broad labellum with a distinct neck, emerging from 

 a short tawny tube — carmine in the throat, purplish at the 

 edges. 



Macro lob a. — The lobes here are white and enormous. 

 Enormous also is the lip, and singularly beautiful, deepest 

 crimson at the throat, with a broad purple margin netted 

 over with crimson lines. 



Juno. — This also has a very large white tube. Sepals 

 and petals rosy, rather slender, fine crimson lip. 



Matuta. — Large, broad and shapely. Sepals greenish, 

 with a pink tinge, petals rosy-tawny. Tube very short, lip 

 brightest crimson, standing out clear as a flag. 



Minerva. — One of the most spreading, but thin. Colour 

 rose, the petals darker. Narrow sepals. Tube white. Lip 

 carmine. 



Princess Stephanie. — Sepals bright green, petals slightly 

 green, edged with pale purple, and crimson lines. Bright 

 lip after the model of Catt. bicolor. 



Amphion. — A dark variety. The long lip has two eyes 

 like Catt. gigas. 



Beatrice. — A hybrid of L. e. Schilleriana and L. pur- 

 purata, remarkable for its lip, long and shovel-shaped, nearly 

 the same breadth throughout. 



Morreniana. — Sepals dullish red purple — the lower 

 strongly bowed, as are the wide petals of similar hue. 

 The lip spreads on either side of the white tube like the 

 wings of a purple-crimson butterfly. 



Mrs. Mahler. — A hybrid — Catt. Leop. x Catt. bicolor. 



