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ing to pink ; base greenish, slenderly feathered with carmine 

 Petals bowed, flushed with pink, pink lined, dotted with 

 carmine. Slipper pink, deepening to carmine along the 

 front, fading at the toe. 



M. Finet (callosum super bum x Godefroyae). White 



with a faint rosy blush. At the base of the dorsal is a 

 greenish tinge, which reappears somewhat stronger on the 

 petals. There are a few specks of crimson on the latter, and 

 a few crimson markings at the top of the slipper. 



Gertrude Hollington (ciliolare x bellatulum).~A flower of 

 remarkable size. The dorsal is low but exceedingly broad ; 

 white, very strongly scored with crimson. Upon the scores 

 stand spots of maroon, and a crimson splash follows the mid- 

 rib. The great broad petals are white of ground, but obscured 

 at the base by a cloud of crimson-maroon, save the edges. 

 Crimson lines, carrying spots and specks of maroon, overrun 

 the whole. Slipper purplish crimson. 



Macropterum (Lowii x superbiens). — Dorsal green, darker 

 below. Petals long, curving downwards, greenish at base 

 heavily spotted; the ends clouded with purple. Slipper 

 large, tawny purple. 



Bellatulum album. — The pure white variety of this strik- 

 ing species, so densely spotted in its normal form. It was 

 discovered by Mr. R. Moore when Assistant-Commissioner 

 of the Shan States in 1893. The dorsal is very low, spread- 

 ing and depressed ; the high-shouldered petals clasp the 

 slipper close all round, in such manner that their ends hang 

 below its tip. Grandly beautiful. 



Baconis (chlorops x Schlimii).— Very small, rosy. Sepals 

 scored with a brighter hue. They reverse half their length, 

 showing the back of brilliant rose. Slipper carmine. 



_ H. Ballantine (purpuratum x Fairieanum). — Dorsal rosy 

 white, ribbed with dark crimson branching lines. Petals 

 greenish, lined, dotted, and edged with coppery crimson. 



