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Pyramus. — Sepals of the flushed stone-colour which I, at 

 least, admire so much ; but the flush is more conspicuous 

 than usual. Petals clear rose. Lip vivid crimson, with the 

 same yellow blotches under the white tube. 



Bella. — The purplish crimson sepals and petals are tipped 

 with buff\ Lip shovel-shaped, dark crimson. 



Sappho. — Here the pale purple sepals only are tipped 

 with bufi;, while the petals, which curl over, are rose. The 

 carmine of the lip is very pretty. 



Macfarlanei II. — Sepals of the same colour, but greenish, 

 strongly marked with the distinctive spots of Catt. Leopoldii, 

 edged with rose ; petals rose, lined with crimson on either 

 side of the white midrib. The long tube opening shows a 

 strongly yellow throat. The labellum is short, but superb in 

 colour. 



My er si ana. — A large form. Sepals dusky, tinged with 

 crimson at the edges. Petals softly crimson. Very long 

 tube. The crimson lip has a pale margin, and a pale blotch 

 in the front. 



Cleopatra. — One of the very best. Like that above in 

 petal and sepal, but paler. The broad tube, however, is 

 snow-white, saving a touch of magenta-crimson, bright as a 

 ruby, at the tip of the lobes. And the lip, finely frilled, is 

 all magenta-crimson, with not a mark upon it from throat 

 to edge. 



Wolstenholmae. — White, the sepals tinted with purple. 

 Petals broad, with a purple outline. Lip narrow and long, 

 of a colour unique, which may be described as crimson- 

 purple. In the throat are two curious white bars ; between 

 them run arching purple lines close set, which, on the outer 

 side of the bars, extend to the edge of the lip. A very 

 remarkable flower. 



Eximia. — Also very remarkable — not to say uncanny. 

 The narrow sepals and petals, almost white, have a mottling of 



