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C. Mossiae majestica, Williams. — This is a remarkably fine 

 flower ; the sepals and petals are broad, the latter measuring 

 upwards of nine inches from tip to tip, and of a dark rose- 

 colour ; lip large and spreading, having the edge beautifully 

 fringed ; ground colour dark rose, stained at the base with 

 soft orange, and variously blotched and streaked in front with 

 violet-purple. In habit of growth it is also very distinct ; the 

 pseudobulbs are about three inches high, bearing a broad 

 single leaf some six inches long. 



C. MoSSise Marianse, Moore. — Small-flowered, but very dis- 

 tinct and chaste, and very rare ; sepals and petals white ; lip 

 with a bright yellow stain at the base, prettily mottled with 

 violet-rose in the centre, and broadly and evenly margined 

 with white. Although this variety is not so large-flowered as 

 many others, it is one of the most elegant and pleasing of all 

 the kinds, and is worthy of a place in every collection. 



Fig.— Warney; Sel. Orch. PI, iii. t. 24. 



C. MossisB marmorata, Moore. — One of the finest hght- 

 coloured sorts, and one of the largest-flowered ; sepals and 

 petals pale blush, the latter very broad ; lip large, light rose, 

 broken up into marbled markings covering the whole surface, 

 except a narrow fringe at the edge ; it is a good deal stained 

 with deep orange at the base, and the margin is not only 

 strongly frilled, but conspicuously fringe-toothed. 



C. Mossise McMorlandii, Williams. — A fine variety, growing 

 about a foot high, and having dark green foliage. The flowers 

 are about six inches in diameter, the sepals and petals of a 

 beautiful light rose, the lip yellow and fringed ; it blooms in 

 June and July, and remains three or four weeks in perfection. 

 Very distinct, and makes a fine exhibition plant, 



C. Mossise Mooreana, Warner. — A beautiful variety, well 

 marked by the clearly-defined narrow white border of its lip, 

 in the way of the var. Mariana; ; sepals and petals very pale 

 blush, lip dense violet-rose, moderately stained with orange 

 at the base, and having a narrow even frill of white. 



C. Mossise Napoleonis, Moore. — A very telling variety from 

 its roseate tinge and the erect habit of its full-sized flowers ; 

 sepals and petals deep blush ; lip large, of a mottled purple 

 in front, and deep-orange at the base, with a broad margin of 

 pale blush. 



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