238 okchid-grower's manual. 



C. Argus, Rchh. f. — This is a very distinct species, re- 

 sembling G. harhatum in growth. The oblong-lanceolate sub- 

 distichous dark green leaves are handsomely tessellated with 

 yellow-green. The scapes are from one and a half to two 

 feet high, and bear one large showy flower, of which the dorsal 

 sepal is whitish striped with green, the linear-oblong petals, 

 about three inches long, whitish, striped with green towards 

 the base, rose-coloured towards the tip, heavily spotted with 

 dark purple spots, many of which are ocellate ; the lip purplish 

 brown, green on the under-side. It flowers in March and 

 April, and is peculiar in the well-marked ocellate spots on the 

 petals. — Philippine Islands. 



Fig— Bot. Mag , t. 6175; Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 220. 



C. Artlnirianum, Bchh. f. — A small-growing hybrid, the 

 result of a cross between C. insigne and C. Fairrieanum. 

 It has ligulate leaves and flowers, having the general 

 appearance of C. insigne Maulei. The dorsal sepal is pale 

 yellowish green, veined and spotted with blackish crimson ; 

 the petals are veined with deep crimson, and are turned down- 

 wards like those of C. Fairrieanum ; the lip is veined and 

 mottled with brown on a pale greenish yellow ground. — 

 Garden hybrid. 



C. Ashhurtonige, Rchh. f. — A very distinct hybrid variety, 

 the result of a cross between C. barbatum and C. insigne. 

 The leaves are ligulate, bidentate at the apex, dark green, 

 faintly reticulated. The dorsal sepal is large, and some- 

 what as in C. barbatum ; the petals hgulate, white tinged with 

 green, and veined with purple ; Up pale purple, tinged with 

 yellow, and slightly blotched with purple. This distinct 

 variety was obtained by Mr. Cross, when gardener to Lady 

 Ashburton, of Melchet Park, Romsey. — Garden hybrid. 



'FlG.—Gard. Chron., 1871, 1647, fig. 348; Gartenflora, t. 976. 



C. barbatuin, Lindley. — A pretty species, with beautifully 

 spotted leathery oblong-acute channelled leaves, and purple 

 downy scapes bearing each a solitary flower, which has the 

 broad back sepal white striped with purple and green, the 

 linear-oblong fimbriate petals a good deal stained with purple, 

 and having a series of black hairy warts along the upper edge, 

 and the saccate lip dark brownish purple. It produces its 

 flowers at diff"erent times of the year, lasting six weeks in 

 bloom. There are many varieties of C. barbatum, some being 



