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C. Mossise Pottsii, Williams. — A most lovely and unique 

 variety of this ever-varying species ; it was bloomed in 1884 

 by Arthur Potts, Esq., of Chester. The flower is about seven 

 inches in diameter ; the petals are broad blush, beautifully 

 feathered in the centre with a broad band of magenta-purple, 

 most irregular in shape, the sepals are marked in the same 

 way, the lip is large and broad, its anterior part deep magenta- 

 purple, broadly margined with blush white ; throat yellow. 



C. Mossise purpurata, Moore. — Large-flowered ; sepals and 

 petals deep blush ; lip large, of a very dense and nearly 

 uniform violet rose, orange at the base, and having a pale 

 frill or margin. 



C. Mossise Eeineckiana, Hort. — A very chaste and rare form, 

 iaaving flowers seven inches in diameter ; sepals and petals 

 of fine substance, pure white ; lip lilac-mauve, beautifully 

 fringed ; throat bright yellow veined with crimson-purple. 



C. Mossiae EothscMldiana, Moore. — One of the larger-flow- 

 ered forms ; sepals and petals blush ; lip very bright orange 

 at the base, with rosy purple lines and splashes over the 

 centre, and a broad irregular white margin ; the petals are 

 finely denticulate. 



YlG.— Warner. Sel. Orcli. PL, iii. t. IG, fig. 3. 



C. Mossise splendens, Moore. — Large-flowered ; sepals and 

 petals blush ; lip rich full purple-rose, with orange base, the 

 margins blush, and very much frilled. 



C. Mossige striata, Moore. — A curiously marked sort ; sepals 

 and petals deep blush, with paler veins, producing a motley 

 striated appearance ; lip motley rose, striped throughout 

 with dark purple-rose, the margin paler and venosely striated, 

 the orange tint confined to the base. 



C. Mossise SUperba, Moore. — Dark blush sepals and petals, 

 the latter narrow and very slightly frilled ; lip large, promi- 

 nently stained with deep orange at the base, the front part 

 brighter, and the centre veined and somewhat mottled with 

 violet-rose, leaving a broadish irregular pale nrargin. 



C. Mossise Tenosa, Moore. — A very handsome variety, 

 distinct-looking from there being very little orange present, 

 and from the markings of deep violet-rose being evenly dis- 

 tributed ; sepals and petals deep blush, the petals becoming 



