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Holiday anum (concolor x alnium). — Excepting a narrow 

 white margin the dorsal is bright crimson, darkening towards 

 the greenish base ; petals greenish, with edges and dotted 

 lines of crimson. Slipper dull crimson, with yellowish 

 toe. 



Hirsuto-Salliern. — The upper half of the dorsal is 

 white, the lower clear yellow-green, the whole covered with 

 antlered lines of grass -green ; petals yellow- green, finely 

 frilled, tipped with palest purple. Pale purple and greenish 

 also is the slipper. 



Mrs. Herbert Measures (Lathamianum x Leeanum 

 giganteum). — The great dorsal, yellow tinged with purple, 

 has the shape of a flattened peg-top. A broad splash of 

 maroon bisects it. The cinnamon- coloured petals are 

 flushed with red, and lined with the same tint ; the midrib 

 is maroon. Slipper abnormally wide, purplish. 



Javanicum. — A species, named from its habitat. Small 

 and solidly green save the white crest of the dorsal, and the 

 pale purple tips of the narrow petals. Such strong and 

 decided colouring makes it useful to the hybridiser. 



Measuresianum (villosum x venustum). — The small 

 triangular dorsal, white, is evenly striped with green ; petals 

 yellow -green, with a grass -green base and emerald lines 

 from end to end. The slipper shows a charming network of 

 vivid green on a tawny yellow ground. 



Marchioness of Salisbury (bellatulum x barbatum super- 

 bum, Sander's variety). — Dorsal hollow, broadly crimson all 

 round the margin, dusky white inside, striped with crimson 

 and speckled with maroon. Petals closely depressed, white, 

 with a shade of green above, of crimson below, dotted with 

 maroon. Slipper tawny crimson, with clouding of the 

 same. 



Mar shalli anum (venustum - pardinum x concolor). — 

 Unique in efl'ect. Dorsal and petals ochreous white, with a 



