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Odontoglossum continued. 



O. C. A. guttulatum (small-spotted), fl. beautifully marked 

 with small brown spots on the sepals and petals ; hp white, 

 with a yellow base and a few brown lines. A pretty sub- 

 variety. 



O. c. Chestertonii (Chesterton's), ft., sepals and petals broad, 

 the sepals white, with small reddish-brown transverse blotches ; 



Odontoglossum continued. 



violet line at base ; lip obovate, very flat ; keels yellow. A distinct 



variety. 1878. 

 O. c. flaveolum (yellowish). A distinct variety, with yellow 



flowers, and a very few red spots and lines. Bogota, 1880. 



(W. O. A. i. 43.) 

 O. c. giganteum (gigantic), fl. white, spotted all over very pro- 



FIG. 715. ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM. 



petals white, with two to five red-brown spots ; lip red-brown, 

 with a broad, yellowish-white margin. 



O. c. fastnosum (proud), fl., odd sepal deep bluish-lilac, with a 

 white border and two large brown-violaceous blotches ; lateral 

 sepals white on the inner half, lilac-violet on the outer, blotched 

 brownish-violet towards the base ; petals white, with a brownish- 



fusely with reddish-brown, large ; spike 3ft. high, branching, and 

 many-flowered. A very fine, but rare, variety. 



O. O. guttatum (spotted).* A well-marked variety. To the 

 general features of the typical species, it adds larger flowers, of 

 a pure white ground colour, with a few well-marked spots of a 

 coppery red on each sepal and petal, and the singularly oblong- 



