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open, and has tlie peculiarity of being striped with orange. 

 This is one of the best of the large -flowered section. 



C. Trianse marginata, Williams. — A distinct and large- 

 flowered variety, with the blossoms six inches in diameter ; 

 sepals and petals blush white ; anterior portion of lip bright 

 magenta-purple, broadly margined with white, and beautifully 

 fringed ; throat orange ; very distinct and dehciously scented. 



C. Trianse Osmanni, Williams. — This gorgeous variety pro- 

 duces very large flowers of great substance, and bears as 

 many as five blossoms on a spike ; they measure seven inches 

 across ; the sepals are one inch broad, the petals two and a 

 half inches, both sepals and petals being of a bright rosy 

 magenta colour ; the lip is large, two and a half inches across, 

 of an intense magenta-crimson, having a velvety appearance, 

 this brilliant colour being narrowly margined with the same 

 colour as that of the sepals and petals. The colour is well 

 carried back into the throat, terminating in an acute point, 

 the throat being slightly marked with yellow. This variety 

 which was flowered in the collection of the late R. B. Dodgson, 

 Esq., Beardwood, Blackburn, under the care of Mr. Osman, 

 after whom it is named, generally produces its blossoms a 

 little later than the ordinary forms of C. Triancs. When the 

 Beardwood collection was sold by auction the original plant 

 was purchased by ourselves for the sum of 215 guineas, after 

 a spirited competition. 

 'ElG.— Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 361. 



C. Trianse quadricolor, Hort. — A very high-coloured and 

 charming variety, having broad and well-formed sepals and 

 petals, which are of a bright rosy magenta colour ; the lip is 

 large and well formed, its anterior part intense magenta-crim- 

 son, the throat rich orange. The upper portion of the lip, 

 which encloses the column, is of the same colour as the sepals 

 and petals, but of a darker tint. 



C. TrianSG reginSB, Williams. — Flowers large and compact, 

 six inches in diameter ; the sepals are three-fourths of an inch 

 wide, the petals two and a quarter inches, pure white, slightly 

 flushed towards the centre ; lip two inches in diameter, bright 

 magenta-purple, broadly margined with white ; throat pale 

 yellow. 



C. Trianse rosea, Hort. — A most distinct and desirable kind, 



