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Tliere are three varieties ; of these a very pretty one grown 

 by J. Day, Esq., Tottenham, is of smaller growth than the 

 type, the flowers not so large, but the sepals and petals 

 pure white, as also is the lip, which has a blotch of yellow 

 in the centre and rose-coloured spots on each side. — Khasya : 

 elevation 5,000—6,000 feet. 



The variety WilliamsiailllllL, Ikhh. /, has the front lobes 

 of the lip and the tips of the side lobes light purple. 



YiG.—Bot. Reg., 1847, t. 67 ; Bot. Mag., t. 5126 ; Balem. 2nd Cent., t. 

 177 ; Paxton, Mug. Bot., xv. 145, with tab. ; Jennings, Orch., t. 16 ; Warner, 

 Stl. Orch. PL, i, t. 27 ; Gard. Chron., N.S., xvii'. 497, fig. 78 (specimen 

 plant). 



C. elegans, Lindley. — A very rare and curious species pro- 

 ducing many-flowered nodding racemes of pale yellow blooms, 

 which have the peculiarity of remaining half closed. It is 

 nevertheless worthy of cultivation on account of the distinct 

 colour of its flowers, which are produced in autumn. It is 

 one of the bulbless group, with linear-ensiform leaves and 

 cylindraceous flowers, which are spotted inside the lip with 

 blood-red. — India : Nepal. 

 'FlG.—Lindl. Sert. Orch., t. 14. 



C. giganteum, WalUch. — This species, though not so 

 handsome as some others, nevertheless makes a good plant 

 for winter blooming. It is a rather large-growing kind, with 

 numerous distichous ensiform leaves, which become dilated 

 at the base and closely invest the large oblong pseudobulb. 

 The sepals are radical, two to three feet long, many-flowered 

 and nodding ; the flowers are fragrant, rather large, yellowish 

 green, striped with purple, and the lip yellow, densely spotted, 

 sometimes round the margin only, with bright crimson ; 

 they are produced during the winter season, and last long in 

 perfection, if kept dry. — Nepal. 



Fig.— Lindl. Sert. Orch., t. 4 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4844 ; Paxton, Mag. Bot., 

 xii. 241, with tab. 



C. HookerianuiQ, Bchb. f. — An attractive species, similar in 

 its habit of growth to C. (jiganteum. It is bulbless, with tough 

 leathery strap-shaped distichous leaves, two feet long, striped 

 with yellow along their sheathing base. The scape is radical, 

 erect, nodding in the upper floriferous part. The individual 

 blossoms are very large, four to five inches in diameter, the 

 sepals and petals yellowish green, and the lip straw-coloured, 

 deeper yellow at the margins, near which, on the crispy ciliate 



