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crimson dots. The sepals and petals are broad, and the lip 

 comparatively small. We have seen this plant as imported, 

 and from its appearance should judge that it grows naturally 

 among limestone rocks. We therefore recommend some of 

 that material to be mixed with the peat and sand used for 

 potting. — Mouhnein. 



FiQ.—Bot. Mag., t. 5513 ; Batem. ind Cent' Orch. PL, t. 153 ; Illust. 

 Hort., t. 444 ; Gard. Chron., 1865, 626, with fig. ; Id., N.S., xix. 19, fig. 3, 

 back figure ; Flore des Serves, t. 2321 ; Florist and Pomologist, 1870, 149, 

 with fig. 



C. CrOSSiamiin, Rchb.f. — A fine garden hybrid raised by Mr. 

 Cross, of Melchet Court, between C. insigne and C. venustum. 

 The leaves are oblong,'blotched with dark green upon a glaucous 

 ground. The sc^pe is purplish, hairy ; the dorsal sepal 

 broadly ovate, white with green lines and numerous blackish 

 dots near the base ; the petals are ligulate, brownish copper- 

 coloured, with blackish dots towards the basilar half, and the 

 lip brownish yellow with greenish veins. — Garden hybrid. 



C. Curtisii, Rchb.f. — A very beautiful acaulescent species, 

 very nearly related to C. siiperbiens and C. ciliolare ; the lip 

 is, however, much larger than in the latter and has acute side 

 angles. The distichous leaves are broad, oblong acute, re- 

 curved, boldly chequered with oblong dark green blotches on 

 a dull green ground. The scape is downy, dull wine-purple, 

 and the flowers large, distinct in character, and showy ; the 

 dorsal sepal is short and acuminate, greenish with a white 

 border, and numerous greenish purple nerves ; the petals are 

 linear- oblong, acute, deflexed, recurved at the tips, greenish 

 on the upper, whitish on the lower halves, indistinctly veined 

 with purple and thickly spotted with small magenta-purple 

 dots, as well as profusely fringed with short blackish hairs ; 

 the spots are smaller than in C. ciliolare, but continued 

 around the apex. The lip has a large oblong bluntly rounded 

 pouch of a dull wine-purple colour with a few darker purple 

 veins. It flowers in June and July. This fine species was 

 discovered by Mr. Curtis. — Sunda Isles. 

 Fig.— Orchid Album, iii. t, 122. 



C. Dayanuin, Rchb. f. — A charming plant, the foliage of 

 which is beautifully but sparsely variegated, and very dis- 

 tinct from any other of the variegated class. The flowers, 

 which are large, are produced in May and June, and last a 

 long time in perfection. The sepals are white with close 



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