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faint crimson flush ; all densely covered with minute crimson 

 dots. Slipper of a yellow almost bright. 



Brysa (Boissierianum x Sedeni candidulum). — A hand- 

 some plant, with long pale leaves. Dorsal greenish, cork- 

 screw petals similar, tinged with pink. Slipper pale pink, all 

 the inside prettily dotted with brown. 



Muriel Hollington (niveum x insigne). — A broad flower 

 but compact. The globular white dorsal has a pink cloud 

 at the base and dots of crimson. The petals, similar, have 

 crimson lines. Slipper prettily mottled with pink. 



Lavinia (concolor x barbatum). — White of ground- 

 colour all through, with a faintest flush of rose-pink. The 

 whole of the dorsal marked with maroon dots upon regular 

 lines of crimson. The broad drooping petals are spotted 

 irregularly with the same tint. The narrow white slipper 

 has a close array of crimson dots round the edge. 



Cydonta (concolor x Curtisii). — Dorsal flesh-colour at the 

 edges ; in the middle a broad green stain which fades 

 towards the apex. Midrib brown -crimson, with a paler 

 network of the same over all. Petals crimson above, then 

 greenish, pink or light crimson below, with faint lines and 

 sharp little dots of crimson-brown. Slipper brownish and 

 green. 



Symonsianum (volonteanum x Rothschildianum). — Im- 

 pressive for size and width, but not brilliant nor attractive in 

 colour. Dorsal greenish, with pink-flushed edges, marked 

 by strong lines of crimson-brown. Petals greenish, tipped 

 with pale crimson, strongly dotted along the edges with the 

 bristling tufts of Rothschildianum. Slipper nondescript — 

 greenish and purplish. 



y. Coles (Godefrovae-leucochilum majesticum x Day- 

 anum superbum). — A charming flower. The dorsal is 

 purplish crimson, with a pretty tinge of green in the midst 

 and narrow white edges ; the whole lined and netted over 



