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forms ; lip a deep rich purple-rose, slightly stained at the 

 base with orange, and having a narrow even edge of pale 

 blush. 



YlG.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PI, iii. t. 16, fig. 1. 



C. Mossiffi grandis, Moore. — The largest of all the forms in 

 respect to the size of its lip ; sepals and petals pale blush ; 

 lip mottled violet-rose, with an irregular blush-coloured edge ; 

 the base stained with buif-orange. This is beyond doubt one 

 of the finest varieties of C. Mossia. 



C. Mossise Hardyana, Williams and Moore. — The most re- 

 markable and handsome form of C. Mossice that has yet come 

 under our notice. It is named in honour of G. Hardy, Esq., 

 Timperley, The flowers are large, having very irregular 

 markings ; sepals and petals pale blush rose, irregularly 

 blotched and veined with magenta-purple ; lip beautifully 

 frilled, the front portion striately marked with rich magenta- 

 purple, surrounded by an irregular margin of white, traversed 

 by veins of pale purple ; throat orange-yellow. Like the 

 rest, it flowers during the summer months. 



Fig.— Orchid Album, iii. t, 125. 



C. Mossiae Helenas, Moore. — Kemarkable for its high- 

 coloured flowers ; sepals and petals deep blush, mottled with 

 dark purple-rose ; the lip a rich motley purple, orange at the 

 base, and parti-coloured at the margin. 



C. Mossise kermesina marginata, Williams. — This magnifi- 

 cent variety has rich peach-coloured sepals and petals, with a 

 large beautifully fringed carmine lip, edged with white. 



C. Mossise Lawrenceana, Moore. — Large-flowered, with 

 erect stalks ; sepals and petals blush, the petals very broad 

 and considerably frilled ; lip large, rich deep violet-rose, 

 slightly stained with orange in the interior, veined and 

 mottled in front, with a narrowish and nearly even frill of 

 blush. It is in the way of the variety splendens, but rather 

 smaller in the lip, with the throat more expanded. 



C. Mossise magniiica, Williams. — In this variety the flowers 

 are of a very fine form, from eight to nine inches in diameter ; 

 sepals and petals of a deep rose colour ; lip orange, streaked 

 with purple. Like all the varieties of C. Mossice, if kept free 

 from the damp, it will remain a long time in bloom. 



