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C. caricinum, Lindley. — A very curious and elegant Orchid, 

 having a singular grassy or sedge-like appearance, and long 

 creeping rhizomes, totally distinct from those of any of the 

 other species. It grows a foot or more in height, the flower- 

 spike rising clear of the stiff narrow channelled foliage, and 

 producing from four to seven flowers of a pale green colour, 

 the sepals and petals having a white margin, and the ends 

 being blotched with rich brown, the latter narrow, deflexed 

 and twisted, and the oblong lip beautifully marked on the 

 inner margin by a row of black dots. The staminode is 

 bordered with black hairs resembling a pair of whiskers. A 

 very remarkable plant, and well adapted for growing in the 

 cool house with Odontoglossums. — Peru. 



FlQ.—Bot. M(ig., t. 5466 ; Flore des Sevres, t. 1648. 

 Syn. — C. Pearcti; Selenipedium caricinum, 



C. caudatum, Lindley, — This is one of the most remarkable 

 of Orchids, owing to its singularity of character and appear- 

 ance, and has no doubt created a greater sensation than 

 any other member of its genus. The plant is a stemless 

 evergreen, the ensiform distichous leaves are of a light green 

 colour, and the flower scapes, which rise from the centre of 

 the plant, and are produced after the leaf growth is completed, 

 grow from a foot to eighteen inches high. The sepals 

 and petals are yellowish, marked with brown, the long tail- 

 like petals, which are the most extraordinary part of the 

 plant, often reaching, when fully developed, to the length of 

 thirty inches, and being more deeply coloured towards the 

 end ; the lip is of a reddish brown, with the basal part 

 yellow, beautifully spotted with reddish brown. The plant 

 blooms during the months of April and May, and lasts in 

 perfection for several weeks if the flowers are kept from 

 damp. — Chiriqui, Pent. 



FlG.—Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. t. 9 ; Warner, Sd. Orch. PI, ii. t. 1 ; Eooh, Ic. 

 PI, vii. tt. 658, 659 ; Gard. Chron., N.S., iii. 211, fig. 40 (specimen) 

 Garden, iii. 313, with fig. ; Flore des Serves, t. 566 ; Pescatorea, t. 24. 



Syn. — Selenipedium caudatum. 



C. caudatum roseum, Hon. — A variety which grows in the 

 same way as the type, and blossoms at the same time, but 

 the flowers are of a dark rose, intermixed with the yellow 

 and green. It has all the beauty of the species, with addi- 

 tional charms, especially brilliancy of colour ; it is sometimes 

 called C. Warscewiczii. — Panama. 



Syn. — Selenipedium caudatum roseum. 



