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general appearance of the plant resemble those of C. Turneri, 

 as do also the flowers, but the Up differs in having the middle 

 lobe shorter, wedge-shaped, and emarginate, instead of deeply 

 parted, and instead of being white with a pink eye, it is 

 wholly rosy pink, which contrasting with the white sepals and 

 petals has a most striking and charming effect. It flowers at 

 the same time as C. Turneri. — Cochin China. 



C. Regnieri fausta, Bchh. f. — A very fine variety of this 

 novel species, having the deepest and warmest crimson at the 

 base of the lip and on the column of any form of C. Reynieri 

 as yet known, the marking on the disk of the lip forming a 

 three-lobed blotch. It has been recently introduced by us. 

 — Cochin China. 



C. Sanderiana, Hort. Sander. — A very pretty plant in the 

 way of C. Veitchii, bearing strong many-flowered spikes ; 

 sepals and petals rose-coloured, lip bright rosy crimson, 

 similar in shape to that of C. Regnieri. Flowers during the 

 spring months. — Cochin China. 



C. sandhurstiana, Gosse. — A well-marked and very hand- 

 some plant, raised by Mr. P. H. Gosse, of Sandhurst, Torquay, 

 between Limatodes rosea and Calanthe veatita ruhro-ocidata. 

 It has much of the character of C. Veitchii, being of the same 

 parentage, but is said to be of stronger growth. The pedun- 

 cles support long racemes ("forty-one grand flowers") of 

 very beautiful flowers, which are of large size, and of a rich 

 rosy crimson, much deeper than in C. Veitchii, and have 

 besides a beautiful eye-spot on the lip. It is one of the 

 darkest-coloured forms of this set of Calanthes, and likely to 

 have a great future before it ; indeed Professor Reichenbach 

 calls it a "magnificent" and a "glorious" thing, and such 

 it was judged to be when exhibited at South Kensington by 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart,, on December 9th, 1884, by the 

 award of a Ist-class Certificate. — Garden hybrid. 



C. Sedeni, Veitch and Rchh. f. — A very handsome hybrid, 

 raised in Messrs. Veitch & Sons' establishment by Mr. Seden, 

 and named in compliment to him. It was raised between 

 C. Veitchii and C. vestita ruhro-ocidata, and has pseudobulbs 

 resembling those of the latter, and racemes of large flowers, in 

 which the sepals and petals are of a brighter and higher tint 

 of rose than those of the former, and the lip is of the same 



